VILLASnode

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 protcols 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: https://villas.fein-aachen.org/doc/node.html

Copyright

2018, Institute for Automation of Complex Power Systems, EONERC

License

This project is released under the terms of the GPL version 3.

This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
any later version.

This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
GNU General Public License for more details.

You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.

For other licensing options please consult Prof. Antonello Monti.

Contact

• Steffen Vogel stvogel@eonerc.rwth-aachen.de
• Marija Stevic mstevic@eonerc.rwth-aachen.de

Institute for Automation of Complex Power Systems (ACS)
EON Energy Research Center (EONERC)
RWTH University Aachen, Germany