22 POWER ELECTRONICS DESIGN https://www.celus.io/ Issue 3 2026 Power Electronics Europe www.power-mag.com undertaking routine/repetitive design tasks, engineers have more time to consider architecture and system behavior, as well as the trade-offs that require genuine engineering judgement. It can also make design iteration less expensive. Designers could investigate multiple possibilities earlier, rather than investing heavily in a single approach before discovering that it creates problems elsewhere. AI That Works Within Engineering Constraints For AI to be useful in power electronics, it must operate within the realities of engineering rather than treating design as a purely generative exercise. Designers need visibility not just into the information used and the assumptions made, but also the reasoning behind recommendations. They also need to remain able to change requirements, reject suggestions, and make decisions based on their own knowledge and experience. This is the direction in which platforms such as CELUS are evolving. The CELUS Design Assistant is moving towards an agentic architecture capable of capturing requirements, planning design activities, executing tasks, and checking resulting work against the original demands. This approach has particular relevance to power electronics, where design decisions are so closely interconnected. A concrete example is already live. On the CELUS platform, an engineer names each supply net, sets its voltage and direction once, and from that point the platform only proposes components whose supply ports can carry that rail. An impossible combination returns a specific message rather than a general failure to find a solution, and the net names carry through to the exported schematic and netlist. The constraint is set by the engineer; the AI works inside it. Designing More Efficiently, Not Less Carefully Although power electronics engineers should retain responsibility for decisions that determine design suitability, AI can reduce the amount effort required to reach those decisions. By helping engineers interrogate technical information, explore component options, understand interactions between parameters, and automate repetitive activities, AI has the potential to make complex power electronics design tasks far more manageable. stages of checking and refinement. The engineer still provides the final judgement. AI simply helps make the process of reaching that judgement more efficient. Making Engineering Expertise Go Further The value of AI in power electronics design is ultimately unlikely to be measured by how much of the design process it can perform without human involvement. A more meaningful measure is what it allows engineers to achieve within the project timeline. If AI can reduce the effort involved in searching datasheets, comparing components, transferring information, and To receive your own copy of Power Electronics Europe subscribe today at: www.power-mag.com Name: Company Name: Address: Post Code: Tel: Total Number of Copies @ £ p+p Total £ Drives S & S Hyd H/B Pne H/B Ind Mot Comp H/B H/B Air QUANTITY QUANTITY Hydraulics & Pneumatics There are now 6 of these handy reference books from the publishers of the Drives & Controls and Hydraulics & Pneumatics magazines. Published in an easily readable style and designed to help answer basic questions and everyday problems without the need to refer to weighty textbooks. We believe you’ll find them invaluable items to have within arms reach. From the publishers of QUANTITY QUANTITY QUANTITY 2-5 copies £4.30, 6-20 copies £4.10, 20+ copies £3.75. QUANTITY PRACTICAL ENGINEER’S HANDBOOKS HYDRAULICS INDUSTRIAL MOTORS SERVOS AND STEPPERS PNEUMATICS COMPRESSED AIR INDUSTRIAL ELECTRIC DRIVES PLEASE ALLOW UPTO 28 DAYS FOR DELIVERY $&! -!.5&!#452).' -%$)! ,4$ 4HE (IGH 3TREET 4ONBRIDGE +ENT 4. "% Postage and Packaging: 1-3 copies: £2.99 4-6 copies: £4.99 7 or more copies: £6.99 If you would like to obtain additional copies of the handbooks, please email info@dfamedia.co.uk or call us on 01732 370340. Alternatively you can return the completed form below to: Engineers Handbook, DFA MANUFACTURING MEDIA LTD, 192 The High Street, Tonbridge, Kent TN9 1BE #HEQUES SHOULD BE MADE PAYABLE TO $&! -ANUFACTURING -EDIA ,TD AND CROSSED ! # 0AYEE #OPIES OF THE HANDBOOKS ARE AVAILABLE AT a PER COPY $ISCOUNTS ARE AVAILABLE FOR MULTIPLE COPIES
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