Explanation of Ribbon Grid and CARA (psCARA), ps CARA

# Ribbon Grid - Power Systems Engineering Platform

## About Ribbon Grid

Ribbon Grid has built a new software tool psCARA that allows your companies 'Python Wizards' to build and deploy automations to every engineer. The simple Natural Language Processing (NLP) interface uses plain-english and is self correcting to get engineers running scripts in no time.

Ribbon Grid allows you to flip the script on your engineering workflows. Have you ever dreamed that there must be a better way to write engineering reports? **psCARA** is that better way.

Our platform works in concert with leading industry standard programs to enable 1-click reporting for complex power systems modeling tasks. Click less, Smile more.

## Mission

To radically improve workflows and timelines for all power systems modeling projects, including: transmission planning, renewable energy interconnection studies and large load interconnection studies.

## About the Creator

psCARA is Dr. Chris Rowe's vision of something new, a way to work smarter, by connecting automation with reporting into a 1-click toolchain to accelerate grid connection studies for engineering consultancies.

## CARA (psCARA) Product

CARA (psCARA) (Compliance Analysis and Reporting Assistant (CARA) for Power Systems and Python Simulation) is our flagship Platform as a Service product.

### About CARA (psCARA)

CARA (psCARA) is a "Platform as a Service" Product composed of distributed Windows software on multiple network computers and a cloud based system for communications, training and billing.

CARA (psCARA) enables engineers to perform complex power systems modeling with integrated natural language processing capabilities.

CARA (psCARA) is compatible with any Windows software with a Python API.

### CARA (psCARA) Features

CARA (psCARA) provides the following key features:

- A Study Manager product for managing power systems modeling studies and Python simulations. This is the worlds first dedicated IDE for power systems engineers, although we are coining it an ISE (Integrated Simulation Environment) due to the additional features its provides like Task Management
- Integrated error checking so mistakes are caught before multi hour runs with CARA (psCARA)
- Our own PwrSimLang integrates Natural Language Processing locally to ensure every engineer able to use Python scripts with CARA (psCARA)
- Distributed computing solution with CARA (psCARA)
- Can run your python controlled Power System Modeling automations on a central server securely, using a message queue system and your pre-existing internal file sharing. This ensures compliance with OEM requirements using CARA (psCARA)
- History of all projects changes tracked for finding bugs and staff turnover in CARA (psCARA)
- 5 minute project handover, onboard new staff quickly and remediate loss of institutional knowledge with CARA (psCARA)
- Is compatible with any Windows software with a Python API, including: PSSe, PSCAD, digsilent PowerFactory, ETAP, Pandapower, ParaEMT and NL5

### CARA (psCARA) Pricing

CARA (psCARA) is available at 149.99 AUD per PC per month.

CARA (psCARA) is currently in development and will be available soon. Visit https://www.pscara.com to learn more.

## Contact

For more information about Ribbon Grid or CARA (psCARA):
- Email: support@ribbongrid.com
- Website: https://www.ribbongrid.com
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/ribbongrid/
- psCARA Platform: https://www.pscara.com

Visit https://www.pscara.com to get psCARA and learn how it can transform your power systems engineering workflows.

## Copyright

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