Release Note

2.4 - 2023/11/17

Main Features
  • First working version of Vision on Linux available.
  • The vision runtime has been removed in order to avoid redundancy with the cosimulation toolbox.
  • The waveform generator plugin can be used nnow to generate waveform files to be used in the system architect.
  • The diagram editor provides two new blocks (input and output) to define the input and outputs port of a Multiblock.
General Improvements
  • Vision now runing on Java 17.
  • Fixed an issue where the data explorer panel used an excessive amount of memory causing the application to crash.
  • Refactoring of data levels and variables in Vision simulation curves.
  • Refactoring following AMCAD API modifications of file managements for cross platform compatibility.

System Architecht

New features

  • New source EAWGS-IWF added to use iwf files, generated from the waveform generator, as input signal.
  • New probe IQ-Probe added. This probe must be used to activate the demodulation computation at the end of a simulation with a EAWGVS-IWF source.
  • Multi carrier demodulation available.
  • New blocks added : InputMultiblock and OutputMultiblock to facilitate the configuration of inputs and outputs ports of a MultiBlock.
  • New templates added: antenna, import measurement, IQ probe.

Bug fixes

  • Fixed sample rate inversion during demodulation computing.

  • Error message added when sNp file is missing in antenna far field data directory.

Device Modeler

New features

  • HPA-B-HFLF model added.
  • New version of 3-Tones measurement file.
Bug fixes
  • Issue with HPA-B-HFLF licence.
  • Issue where the description was erased after renaming a device.
  • HPA-U-HF and HPA-U-HFLF: "Wideband amplifier" parameter renamed "Amplifier model option".

2.3 -2023/04/20

General
  • New HPA-B-HFLF model added in System architect and Device modeler.
System architect
  • Imx to simulation process improved.
  • SNP improved with parametrized Touchstone data format.
  • New model added for simulation: HPA-B-HFLF.

2.2 - 2022/10/28

General
  • Binaries updated to version 1.9.1

System architect

  • First working release of imx import to schematic template.
Device modeler
  • Fixed error when using AUTO_SEARCH_POLE_NUMBER.
  • HPA_UBF_Model: #define clause causing memory acces error removed.
  • HPA_UHF_Model: #define clause causing memory acces error removed.

2.1 - 2022/02/18

Device modeler
  • HF and HFLF models extra wideband option updated to match ATOP models.
  • New HFLF model for CW_2TONEGP measurement file.
  • New parameter to control the number of pole/residue for all models: AUTO_SEARCH_POLE_NUMBER.
  • New parameter to control the frequency grid density: FREQUENCY_GRID_DENSIFY.
  • New parameter to control the multi-variable interpolation precision control for the MFC: MFC_INTERPOL_ACCURACY.

  • New debug option added : AUTO_INCREASE_POLE_NUMBER.

System architech
  • MFC Block: Attenuation and phase parameters internals or ports.
  • Fix netlist for Ground, ECap and EInd blocks.
  • Fix 2TONESVS source.
  • Fix steady state reduce factor and matlab_api.
  • New Co-simulation blocs added: MatlabApi, UserDllApi, CustomDllApi.
  • HPA steady state: fixed.

2.0 - 2021/06/16

General

New features

  • New user interface.
  • New diagram editor.
    • Multiblock.
    • Multi-port.
    • Schematic hierarchy.
  • Html documentation added.
  • Extraction and simulation export to whiteboard.
  • Project archive tool added.
  • Binaries updated to version 1.7.0.

Improvement

  • Vision project directory reworked.

Device Modeler

New features

  • Antenna device added.
  • Cst file conversion to Vision format for device extraction.
  • Fix HPA-UHF and HPA-UHFLF files after copy error.
  • HPA-UHF and HPA-UHFLF models improved.

System architect

New features
  • Antenna SnP block added.
  • Ansys communication block added.
  • Radiation patern for antenna block.
  • Simulink import interface improved.
  • New parameters in simulation controller block : Hpa steady state, time step control.
  • New parameter for noise management in sources : CW, 2-Tones, Awgvs, Pulse.
  • Upgrade CITIFile for MFC block.
  • New blocs : MiMo, NodeProbe. Average PAE, PAPR.
  • New parameter parallel_instance added.
  • ACP bloc fixed.
  • Block sweep temporal file fix.
  • Model export with solver dataflow.
  • New blocs : Antenna array, Power Divider SnP, Power Combiner SnP, Bus.
  • List sort parameter added to variable type LIST and RANGE_LIST of the variable block.

1.2 - 2020/06/25

New features
  • Binaries updated to version 1.2.0.

System architect

  • Fixed error during a import of model from Simulink : Variable not initialized."
  • Chart.xml generation for multiport spectrum fixed.
  • Labels : MEL switched to MIX, HFBF switched to HFLF.

1.1 - 2019/09/12

New features
  • Binaries updated to version 1.1.0.
Device modeler
  • Option USE_HF_FREQ_TRUNC is now enabled by default.
System architech
  • Issue with variable sweep order fixed.

1.0 - 2019/07/18

  • Initial release of Vision.