Ultralow Latency HIL Platform for Rapid Development of Complex Power Electronics Systems

Vekić, Marko; Grabić, Stevan; Majstorovic, Dusan; Čelanović, Ivan; Celanovic, N.; Katić, Vladimir

doi:10.1109/tpel.2012.2190097

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“…This may represent, in view of more complex case studies, a possible limitation of our approach. Actually, what we do can be considered as the pencil-and-paper version of the modeling approach described in [6].…”

Section: Software Debugging Through Hil Rtmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…This is also due to the needs, posed by smart grid applications, for the simulation of complex power systems [3]. In this field, popular state-ofthe-art digital platforms are: the so called Real Time Digital Simulator (RTDS) [4], from RTDS Technologies, the RT-LAB [5], from OPAL-RT Technologies, and the Typhoon-HIL emulators [6], [7]. RTDS and RT-LAB are PC/FPGA based special purpose computers, while the Typhoon-HIL emulators are utralow-latency platforms based on applicationspecific digital processor cores.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Digital Controller Development Methodology Based on Real-Time Simulations with LabVIEW FPGAc Hardware-Software Toolset

Caldognetto¹,

Buso²,

Mattavelli³

2013

ELS

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In this paper, we exemplify the use of NI Lab-VIEW FPGA as a rapid prototyping environment for digital controllers. In our power electronics laboratory, it has been successfully employed in the development, debugging, and test of different power converter controllers for microgrid applications. The paper shows how this high level programming language, together with its target hardware platforms, including Compact RIO and Single Board RIO systems, allows researchers and students to develop even complex applications in reasonable times. The availability of efficient drivers for the considered hardware platforms frees the users from the burden of low level programming. At the same time, the high level programming approach facilitates software re-utilization, allowing the laboratory know-how to steadily grow along time. Furthermore, it allows hardware-in-the-loop real-time simulation, that proved to be effective, and safe, in debugging even complex hardware and software co-designed controllers. To illustrate the effectiveness of these hardware-software toolsets and of the methodology based upon them, two case studies are presented

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Section: Software Debugging Through Hil Rtmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Digital Controller Development Methodology Based on Real-Time Simulations with LabVIEW FPGAc Hardware-Software Toolset

Caldognetto¹,

Buso²,

Mattavelli³

2013

ELS

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“…The real-time platform chosen for this hardware setup is the Typhoon HIL400 [10], [11]. The HIL400 is a commercial off-the-shelf real-time processor architecture that implements the ideas described in Section II-C.…”

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confidence: 99%

A linear-switched observer for large-signal state estimation in power electronics

Poon

Genic

Ding

et al. 2012

2012 15th International Power Electronics and Motion Control Conference (EPE/PEMC)

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In this paper, we describe the design and implementation of a state observer for power electronics converters, the dynamics of which can be described by a linear-switched state-space model. The observer is also described by a linearswitched state-space model, and for each particular subsystem, the observer essentially behaves as a Luenberger observer. As part of the design procedure, we provide sufficient conditions that guarantee the stability of the observer. In order to experimentally demonstrate its feasibility, the observer is implemented in a dedicated real-time processor architecture. We present experimental results that illustrate the observer behavior when used for state estimation in single-phase and two-phase boost converters.

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“…In [5], it is used for evaluating modular multilevel converters. Additionally, in [6], the authors propose an ultralow latency platform for the RTS, which can be used for complex power electronics systems and, as a case study for this particular platform, a driver for a Permanent Magnet Synchronous Generator (PMSG) is simulated. As shown in these references, RTS is employed to test the controller used in power electronics converters and all simulations use a commercial HIL system.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

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Real-Time Hardware in the Loop Simulation Methodology for Power Converters Using LabVIEW FPGA

Estrada¹,

Vázquez

Vaquero

et al. 2020

Energies

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Nowadays, the use of the hardware in the loop (HIL) simulation has gained popularity among researchers all over the world. One of its main applications is the simulation of power electronics converters. However, the equipment designed for this purpose is difficult to acquire for some universities or research centers, so ad-hoc solutions for the implementation of HIL simulation in low-cost hardware for power electronics converters is a novel research topic. However, the information regarding implementation is written at a high technical level and in a specific language that is not easy for non-expert users to understand. In this paper, a systematic methodology using LabVIEW software (LabVIEW 2018) for HIL simulation is shown. A fast and easy implementation of power converter topologies is obtained by means of the differential equations that define each state of the power converter. Five simple steps are considered: designing the converter, modeling the converter, solving the model using a numerical method, programming an off-line simulation of the model using fixed-point representation, and implementing the solution of the model in a Field-Programmable Gate Array (FPGA). This methodology is intended for people with no experience in the use of languages as Very High-Speed Integrated Circuit Hardware Description Language (VHDL) for Real-Time Simulation (RTS) and HIL simulation. In order to prove the methodology’s effectiveness and easiness, two converters were simulated—a buck converter and a three-phase Voltage Source Inverter (VSI)—and compared with the simulation of commercial software (PSIM® v9.0) and a real power converter.

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Ultralow Latency HIL Platform for Rapid Development of Complex Power Electronics Systems

Cited by 58 publications

References 24 publications

Digital Controller Development Methodology Based on Real-Time Simulations with LabVIEW FPGAc Hardware-Software Toolset

Digital Controller Development Methodology Based on Real-Time Simulations with LabVIEW FPGAc Hardware-Software Toolset

A linear-switched observer for large-signal state estimation in power electronics

Real-Time Hardware in the Loop Simulation Methodology for Power Converters Using LabVIEW FPGA

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