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Typhoon HIL Software Manual
System Requirements
Guidelines for the hardware and/or software environment necessary to run Typhoon HIL software, for both PC and Test Server/Virtual Machine-based setups.

Typhoon HIL Software Manual
- Introduction
  Overview of the categories covered in the Typhoon HIL Software Manual
- System Requirements
  Guidelines for the hardware and/or software environment necessary to run Typhoon HIL software, for both PC and Test Server/Virtual Machine-based setups.
- Typhoon HIL Quick Start Guide
  Instructions in this section should help you quickly install all necessary software tools and setup hardware components in order to run an example model, either in real-time simulation or TyphoonSim.
- Typhoon HIL Toolboxes
  List of the Toolbox Packages available in the Typhoon HIL software suite
- Connecting to your HIL device
  Guidelines on how to connect to a HIL device using either USB or Ethernet ports.
- Device Manager
  Device Manager is used to create, manipulate, and activate HIL device setups.
- Typhoon HIL Control Center
  This section provides a general description of Typhoon HIL Control Center and lists the main software components accessible from it, as well as additional software tools which can be invoked from its interface.
- TyphoonSim
  This section provides a general description of the TyphoonSim software, which is available as both a standalone software and integrated in Typhoon HIL Control Center.
- Example Explorer
  General Description of the Typhoon HIL Control Center Example Explorer.
- Signal Access Management
  This feature allows you to change the visibility of signals
- Schematic Editor
  Introduction to the Schematic Editor tool in Typhoon HIL software toolchain
- TyphoonSim Solver Engine
  Summary of the TyphoonSim solver engine algorithms and capabilities as well as its modeling principles and simulation workflow.
- Simulation context definitions
  Introductory overview of the different simulation contexts - Real-time (VHIL) and TyphoonSim. Core library component and feature availability and visibility for each of these contexts are explained in detail.
- Schematic Editor Component Libraries
  Detailed functionality and use of the pre-built Component Libraries in Schematic Editor
- Third-party integrations
  This section provides an overview of the key third party integrations within Typhoon HIL's toolchain.
- HIL SCADA
  Description of the HIL SCADA tool in Typhoon HIL Control Center
- Waveform Generator
  This section describes the waveform generator tool in Typhoon HIL Control Center.
- Test and Calibration Tool
  Description of the Test and Calibration tool in Typhoon HIL Control Center
- TyphoonTest IDE
  This section describes TyphoonTest IDE
- Signal Analyzer
  Description of the Signal Analyzer tool in Typhoon HIL Control Center.
- Lookup table extraction tool
  Description of the Typhoon HIL Control Center tool for extracting characteristics (lookup tables) from datasheet graphs and charts into a format that can be imported by non-linear models.
- Package Manager
  Description of the Typhoon HIL Control Center tool for creating and managing Typhoon packages that contain Schematic examples, Schematic and widget libraries, documentation etc.
- Usage Logging
  This section briefly describes Typhoon HIL software logging feature.
- Python Interpreters
  Overview of how you can use Typhoon HIL Python Interpreters to further customize your test files.

System Requirements

Guidelines for the hardware and/or software environment necessary to run Typhoon HIL software, for both PC and Test Server/Virtual Machine-based setups.

Typhoon HIL software - System requirements

The following requirements are for running an instance of Typhoon HIL Control Center or TyphoonSim Standalone software on a desktop PC or laptop.

Operating System

64-bit version of one of the following:

Windows 10, Windows 11
GNU/Linux distributions
- Debian 11
- Ubuntu 22.04 LTS
GNOME desktop environment is required if a graphical desktop environment of Typhoon HIL Control Center or TyphoonSim Standalone will be used.

CPU

64-bit processor with at least four (4) CPU cores.

Memory (RAM)

At least 8 GB of memory is required for basic software use, although 16 GB or more is recommended.

Storage

Every clean installation of Typhoon HIL Control Center will require up to 10 GB of storage space. Every clean installation of TyphoonSim Standalone will require up to 3 GB of storage space. Additional space will be required depending on your specific workload (the number and size of models you create; generated files from compiling, automated tests, etc.; any other required resources).

Solid-state (SSD) storage is recommended.

Typhoon HIL software - System requirements for Test Server/Virtual machine based setups

The following system requirements are for server computers which host a number of virtual machines/Docker images each running one instance of Typhoon HIL Control Center or TyphoonSim Standalone, primarily used for test execution.

CPU

64-bit processor with at least four (4) CPU cores plus two additional CPU cores for each additional VM and/or Docker image hosting one Typhoon HIL Control Center or TyphoonSim Standalone instance.

Memory (RAM)

At least 4 GB of memory for general tasks, plus 16 GB of memory for every additional VM and/or Docker image hosting one Typhoon HIL Control Center or TyphoonSim Standalone instance.

Storage

Every clean installation of Typhoon HIL Control Center will require up to 10 GB of storage space. Every clean installation of TyphoonSim Standalone will require up to 3 GB of storage space. Additional space will be required depending on your specific workload (the number and size of models you create; generated files from compiling, automated tests, etc.; any other required resources).

Enterprise (server and data center) class solid-state (SSD) storage is recommended.