Show HN: Open Twin, a modelica-based simulator for real-world physical systems

Category: devtools

Tags: modelica, simulation, plc, physical-systems, testing

Score: 5.7/10 (Innovation: 6, Technical: 6, Documentation: 1, Utility: 5)

Open Twin is a demo of a simulator that uses Modelica to model and simulate real-world physical systems, aimed at testing PLC regulation logic against simulated environments. It's interesting as a lightweight approach to hardware-in-the-loop testing without requiring physical prototypes, but remains a very basic early-stage project.

Target audience: industrial automation engineers, control systems developers, PLC programmers

Repository: https://open-twin.netlify.app/w/d5e756e1-4b43-415b-a10c-bb83fb98fe55

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