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FPGA-based rapid control prototyping of permanent magnet synchronous motor servo drives

FPGA-based rapid control prototyping of permanent magnet synchronous motor servo drives

Due to tight time constraints and unknown disturbances, the position control problem in permanent magnet synchronous machine (PMSM) drives remains exceedingly challenging. Download this technical article to learn more about experimental validation of a cascade control structure for position control in PMSM drives.

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Speed Up Digital Control Development for Motors, Power Converters, and Battery Systems with Simulink

Speed Up Digital Control Development for Motors, Power Converters, and Battery Systems with Simulink

Digital control design for power electronics using Simulink® makes it easy to try new ideas, test them, and go to hardware without coding. You can use system-level models for desktop simulation, real-time simulation, and production code generation, speeding up designing and testing your power electronics control systems.

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10 Ways to Speed Design for Digitally Controlled Power Converters with Simulink

10 Ways to Speed Design for Digitally Controlled Power Converters with Simulink

This whitepaper highlights ways to accelerate digital control development for power converters with system-level simulation, how to validate control code on the processor without damaging electrical system hardware and developing real-time simulations of your electrical system.

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Rapid Control Prototyping

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Hardware-in-the-Loop Testing for Microgrids

Hardware-in-the-Loop Testing for Microgrids

Learn about Speedgoat and Mathworks’ the unified real-time solution for microgrid design, testing and validation using Hardware-in-the-Loop (HIL) and Power HIL

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Hardware-in-the-Loop

Automated and Continuous Hardware-in-the-Loop Testing

Automated and Continuous Hardware-in-the-Loop Testing

Learn about hardware-in-the-loop (HIL) testing and how to efficiently test controls using Speedgoat and MathWorks’ unified HIL solution.

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Hardware-in-the-Loop

Developing and Testing Control Systems with MATLAB and Simulink

Developing and Testing Control Systems with MATLAB and Simulink

The webinar explains you an engaging learning experience by exposing you to a broad set of real-life testing scenarios, including real-time interactions with digital twin simulators and physical systems, such as motion sensors, electric motors, and robot manipulators.

Rapid Control Prototyping

Hardware-in-the-Loop

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Testing Industrial Power Hardware with Power Hardware-in-the-Loop

Testing Industrial Power Hardware with Power Hardware-in-the-Loop

This webinar shows you how electrical engineers can use power hardware-in-the-loop (Power HIL) testing with Simscape Electrical™ and Speedgoat real-time solutions to test electrical equipment.

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Hardware-in-the-Loop

 Rapid Control Prototyping for Power Electronics Control Design

Rapid Control Prototyping for Power Electronics Control Design

This recorded webinar shows how power electronics control engineers can use rapid control prototyping (RCP) with Simulink Real-Time™ and Speedgoat real-time target machines to validate Simulink® algorithms against electric motor and power converter prototype systems.

Recorded Webinars

Rapid Control Prototyping

Hardware-in-the-Loop Testing of Control Algorithms for Modular Multi-Level Converters

Hardware-in-the-Loop Testing of Control Algorithms for Modular Multi-Level Converters

Learn how to use Simulink®, Simscape Electrical™, and Model-Based Design to develop and test the embedded software that controls a multi-level power converter and improve your knowledge of simulating power electronics control systems or wants an introduction to code generation from Simulink models.

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Hardware-in-the-Loop

Accelerate Development of Power Systems with Real-Time Testing

Accelerate Development of Power Systems with Real-Time Testing

This webinar will present how real-time solutions are being used to accelerate electric power generation, renewable energy integration, and onboard systems development. It highlights how Speedgoat real-time solutions enable electrical and control engineers to develop, test, and validate their innovations with hardware prototypes.

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Hardware-in-the-Loop

Rapid Control Prototyping

HIL and Automated Testing Applications for Aerospace

HIL and Automated Testing Applications for Aerospace

This recorded webinar presents how hardware-in-the-loop (HIL) testing is used to develop, test, and validate new aircraft components or systems such as controllers for aileron actuators. 

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Hardware-in-the-Loop

Advancing Electrification with Real-Time Testing

Advancing Electrification with Real-Time Testing

This recorded webinar presents how you can leverage real-time solutions to accelerate renewable energy integration and electric vehicle developments.

Recorded Webinars

Rapid Control Prototyping

Developing and Testing Next Generation Control Systems

Developing and Testing Next Generation Control Systems

Learn how Speedgoat enables you to prototype and test complex control algorithms using full-vehicle simulation. By building a virtual environment for safe and realistic testing and verification, you can reduce prototype testing costs.

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Hardware-in-the-Loop

Rapid Control Prototyping

Using Simulink to Develop Grid-Tied Solar Inverter Controls

Using Simulink to Develop Grid-Tied Solar Inverter Controls

Learn how you can design, implement, and test the controller code for a 3-phase grid-tied solar inverter using Simulink.  Learn how you can develop a controller that can adhere to grid codes and maintain inverter grid connection during upset conditions.

Hardware-in-the-Loop

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Real-Time Simulation and Testing: Hardware-in-the-Loop

Real-Time Simulation and Testing: Hardware-in-the-Loop

Hardware-in-the-Loop (HIL) Simulation and Testing with Simulink Real-TimeTM and Speedgoat target computers.

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Hardware-in-the-Loop

CPU, FPGA, and I/O Solutions for Real-Time Simulation and Testing with Simulink

CPU, FPGA, and I/O Solutions for Real-Time Simulation and Testing with Simulink

In this webinar, MathWorks together with Speedgoat will showcase how to perform real-time simulation and testing, enabling you to rapidly and continuously test and prove your designs, from desktop simulation to testing your designs in real time on hardware platforms.

Recorded Webinars

Hardware-in-the-Loop

Rapid Control Prototyping

Model-Based Design for Predictive Maintenance, Code Generation and Real-Time Testing

Model-Based Design for Predictive Maintenance, Code Generation and Real-Time Testing

This video shows how to automatically generate C code from classification models. First, you’ll see how to validate your algorithm on the desktop. Then, once it is validated, the video will show how to generate code. Next, the video walks through how to use Simulink® to deploy the classification model onto a B&R PLC, and then test it on a real-time representation of the system using a Speedgoat machine.

Recorded Webinars

Hardware-in-the-Loop

Rapid Control Prototyping

Power Hardware in-the-Loop Validation of DC-DC Power Converter

Power Hardware in-the-Loop Validation of DC-DC Power Converter

The paper describes the development of a power converter small-scale mock-up and a real-time model of an offshore wind farm. Power Hardware In-the-Loop (PHIL) validation is proposed for a demonstration of grid architecture and control principles. Results obtained with a test bench underline the importance of PHIL testing in the power converter development for DC grid applications.

Publication on ieeexplore.ieee.org

Published Papers

Experimental Validation of Model Predictive Control Applied to the Azura Wave Energy Converter

Experimental Validation of Model Predictive Control Applied to the Azura Wave Energy Converter

Ocean wave energy is a promising area of renewable energy development. However, there are unique operational challenges, particularly modeling, estimation, and control. This article presents a model-predictive control (MPC) formulation and its experimental testing applied to the 1/15th scale Azura wave energy converter developed by Northwest Energy Innovations (NWEI).

Publication on ieeexplore.ieee.org

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Software Simulation Tool for Design of the Energy Management System in Elevators

Software Simulation Tool for Design of the Energy Management System in Elevators

This work shows the development of a software tool that provides realistic operation power profiles in elevators for residential and public buildings applications to accelerate Energy Management System prototyping. The simulator is validated and verified through computer simulations, through a HIL (Hardware-in-the- Loop) platform and is finally validated using a full-scale laboratory prototype.

Publication on ieeexplore.ieee.org

Published Papers

Wave Tank and Bench-Top Control Testing of a Wave Energy Converter

Wave Tank and Bench-Top Control Testing of a Wave Energy Converter

This paper details the design and execution of an experiment for evaluating the capability of model-scale wave energy converters to execute basic real-time realizations of prospective control algorithms. Model-scale hardware, system, and experimental designs are considered, meeting the dynamic requirements of a control system. A dry bench testing method is proposed and utilized for efficient rapid control prototyping.

Publication on sciencedirect.com

Published Papers

Rapid Control Prototyping for Permanent Magnet Synchronous Motor (PMSM) Control

Rapid Control Prototyping for Permanent Magnet Synchronous Motor (PMSM) Control

Power Electronics and Motor Control Prototyping on CPU/FPGA Target Hardware with Simulink Real-TimeTM.

Recorded Webinars

Rapid Control Prototyping

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