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Real-World Workflow for Building a Hybrid Inverter Controller with Typhoon HIL System

June 23, 2026
If you’ve ever built controls for power electronics, you know the painful part isn’t writing the first controller—it’s discovering the edge cases once real hardware shows up. In this article, we walk through how a grid-tied hybrid inverter control system (multiple PV inputs + energy storage + a four-leg three-phase inverter) was developed and verified using Typhoon HIL’s HIL506 real-time simulator.

Digital Twins in Power Electronics: Bridging Physical Systems and Virtual Models for Smarter Projects

September 3, 2025
Discover how Digital Twin technology, combined with Typhoon HIL real-time simulators, is transforming power electronics with high-fidelity modeling, real-time validation, and predictive maintenance. From electric vehicles to renewables and smart grids, this approach boosts efficiency, reliability, and adaptability in energy systems. Learn more in our latest blog.

Before the Blades Turn: Real-Time Wind Turbine Simulation

August 20, 2025
Not only are wind turbines getting larger, but their control software is becoming increasingly complex, managing everything from grid compliance to fault ride-through requirements. Typhoon HIL’s real-time simulation and HIL testing help developers validate every part—before a turbine ever spins—ensuring better performance, higher efficiency, and lower risk. Learn more about this topic in our blog arti…

5 Reasons HIL is the Pillar of e-mesh™ PowerStore BESS Product Development

August 18, 2021
Michele Fusero is an R&D engineer and control specialist for the e-mesh PowerStore Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) at the Grid Edge Solutions Product Group at Hitachi Energy. He delivered a talk at the virtual PEDG2021 conference on how HIL became the pillar of the e-mesh solution product development. Watch the video above or read the full blog article to learn more.