# 
VILLASnode
[](https://git.rwth-aachen.de/acs/public/villas/node/-/pipelines/)
This is VILLASnode, a gateway for processing and forwardning simulation data between real-time simulators.
VILLASnode is a client/server application to connect simulation equipment and software such as:
- OPAL-RT RT-LAB,
- RTDS GTFPGA cards,
- RTDS GTWIF cards,
- Simulink,
- LabView,
- and FPGA models
by using protocols such as:
- IEEE 802.2 Ethernet / IP / UDP,
- ZeroMQ & nanomsg,
- MQTT & AMQP
- WebSockets
- Shared Memory
- Files
- IEC 61850 Sampled Values / GOOSE
- Analog/Digital IO via Comedi drivers
- Infiniband (ibverbs)
It's designed with a focus on very low latency to achieve real-time exchange of simulation data.
VILLASnode is used in distributed- and co-simulation scenarios and developed for the field of power grid simulation at the EON Energy Research Center in Aachen, Germany.
## Documentation
User documentation is available here:
## Related Projects
- [MIOB](https://github.com/RWTH-ACS/miob)
- [DINO](https://github.com/RWTH-ACS/dino)
## Contributing
All contributions are welcome!
If you want to contribute to VILLASnode, please visit the [contribution guidelines](https://villas.fein-aachen.org/docs/node/development/contributing/) in our documentation.
## License
This project is released under the terms of the [Apache 2.0 license](LICENSE).
We kindly ask all academic publications employing components of VILLASframework to cite one of the following papers:
- A. Monti et al., "[A Global Real-Time Superlab: Enabling High Penetration of Power Electronics in the Electric Grid](https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/8458285/)," in IEEE Power Electronics Magazine, vol. 5, no. 3, pp. 35-44, Sept. 2018.
- S. Vogel, M. Mirz, L. Razik and A. Monti, "[An open solution for next-generation real-time power system simulation](http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/stamp/stamp.jsp?tp=&arnumber=8245739&isnumber=8244404)," 2017 IEEE Conference on Energy Internet and Energy System Integration (EI2), Beijing, 2017, pp. 1-6.
For other licensing options please consult [Prof. Antonello Monti](mailto:amonti@eonerc.rwth-aachen.de).
- SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2014-2024 Institute for Automation of Complex Power Systems, RWTH Aachen University
- SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2023-2024 OPAL-RT Germany GmbH
- SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2022-2024 Niklas Eiling
- SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2018-2024 Steffen Vogel
- SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2018 Daniel Krebs
- SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
## Contact
[](http://www.acs.eonerc.rwth-aachen.de)
- Steffen Vogel
- Niklas Eiling
- Felix Wege
- Alexandra Bach
[Institute for Automation of Complex Power Systems (ACS)](http://www.acs.eonerc.rwth-aachen.de)
[EON Energy Research Center (EONERC)](http://www.eonerc.rwth-aachen.de)
[RWTH University Aachen, Germany](http://www.rwth-aachen.de)