Search-and Rescue Robots for Integrated Research and Education in Cyber-Physical Systemsavailable as open-source software published under the free GNU Public License [7]. Hence the software can now be used for free. All exercises in the basic and advanced power electronics courses at ETH Zurich include a GeckoCIRCUITS simulation model [8]. Additionally, specific simulation exercises motivate the students to use a modern simulation tool to understand complex lecture contents.