RTDS Technologies' RSCAD software suite, running on the company's purpose-built NovaCor and PB5 hardware platforms, delivers true electromagnetic-transient (EMT) simulation at time steps as small as 2 µs — fast enough to close the loop with physical hardware in real time. Digital simulation allows protection equipment to be subjected to virtually all possible faults and operating conditions in a controlled, flexible environment. PTI Consulting uses hardware-in-the-loop tests to simulate complete protection and control schemes within the power environment using real-time digital simulation (RTDS), helping improve complex power system protection and control studies.