Development languages and environments for induction cooking system design and simulation

Multi-hob induction cooking systems can achieve a high degree of complexity. Since they are made up of analogical and digital blocks, a mixed-signal environment is needed for modeling and simulation. The modeling issue can be approached at different levels of abstraction and accuracy: various allowable solutions are considered and some of them (Matlab/Simulink, VHDL, VHDL-AMS and an extension of SystemC to analog mixed-signal), are employed in the modeling process of an induction cooking basic system.