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Through the course of this book, modeling tools are used to facilitate discussion and provide in‐depth understanding of the concepts in electric drives. MATLAB/Simulink™ and Sciamble™ Workbench [5] are computer simulation tools used to demonstrate all topics in this course.

MATLAB/Simulink™ is widely accepted as the standard tool for electric drives simulation and analysis. The student version of this tool is sufficient for the purposes of this text and is reasonably priced for educational institutions. With an abundance of online training material, it is easy for a new user to become proficient in its use.

Sciamble™ Workbench is a mathematical simulation tool developed at the University of Minnesota for educational purposes. Workbench simulation software is free of cost enabling academic institutions access to advanced tools in education. All examples and key concepts explained in this book are also simulated using Workbench and the results are provided in the accompanying website.

Another noteworthy motivation for using Sciamble™ Workbench is its seamless transition between mathematical simulation and hardware prototyping modes. Hardware prototyping simplifies the development of a real‐time controller enabling rapid laboratory experimentation of concepts taught in this book. Real‐world experimentation enables a more in‐depth and practical understanding of the contents of this book. Sciamble™’s electric drives hardware kit is used for laboratory implementation of all topics in this book.

All the simulation files using both MATLAB/Simulink™ and Sciamble™ Workbench, as well as the manual for laboratory implementation using Workbench, are available on the accompanying website.