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. Engineers use RCP to test C and HDL code before deploying it to a microcontroller or FPGA controlling a power electronics-based system. RCP workflows provide enhanced debugging and controller tuning capabilities while avoiding the overhead of developing drivers and specialized I/O.
Starting with Simulink^® models for motor control and power converter control, you will see how algorithms are transformed into code using Simulink^® Coder™ and HDL Coder™ and deployed to Simulink^® Real-Time™ running on a Speedgoat real-time target machine. In addition, you will learn about Speedgoat’s dedicated software and hardware support for real-time simulation of power electronics-based systems.

Specific topics that will be covered include:

Trends in power electronics and motor control
Benefits of rapid control prototyping
Generating C and HDL code from Simulink^® control algorithms
Deploying C and HDL code onto CPU and FPGA of a Speedgoat real-time target machine
Autotuning controller gains in real-time
Seamlessly programming Speedgoat’s configurable FPGAs with code modules, such as for PWM generation and capture
Streaming data from the FPGA using DMA
Synchronizing between analog IOs and PWM signals on the FPGA