Changelog
New updates and improvements to dcide.
2024-12-17
Brand new look and feel
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As 2024 comes to a close, we are excited to announce the latest DCIDE release, boasting a brand new look and feel. Experience enhanced navigation, an improved overview, and unprecedented speed. Benefit from a step-by-step profile creation in less than 5 minutes, easy exploration of the product catalog and reference designs, and - last but not least - a powerful spotlight search.
2024-11-25
Simulate how batteries (dis)charge
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Battery sizing is crucial for optimizing energy systems, especially those with intermittent renewable sources or backup power needs. Our advanced power flow simulations let you upload real-world load and generation data and specify battery capacity to accurately model charging and discharging cycles. This enables you to assess battery state-of-charge under diverse loading conditions, ensuring optimal efficiency and cost-effectiveness for your solution.
2024-11-15
Validation quick fixes
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DCIDE automatically checks your design for errors in the background. Before running power flow simulations, it is crucial to address any identified issues to obtain reliable results. We have implemented a new feature to guide you through the error resolution process, offering specific suggestions to help you fix the problems.
2024-07-01
Power flow simulations in DCIDE
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DCIDE now features power flow simulations. Visualize power, voltages and currents and experience how your designs could work in practice. Voltage drops get calculated, electron flows are visualized and you are even able to specify power-voltage droop control curves to study the behavior.
2024-04-30
Simply connect the dots
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2024-04-16
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