Open AccessDesign of HIL for Multilevel Inverter Using Zynq-7000 Platform – Part 2
Author(s) -
Bálazs Farkas,
Károly Veszprémi
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
periodica polytechnica. electrical engineering and computer science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.158
H-Index - 13
eISSN - 2064-5279
pISSN - 2064-5260
DOI - 10.3311/ppee.10934
Subject(s) - field programmable gate array , embedded system , matlab , interface (matter) , software , computer science , computer hardware , operating system , bubble , maximum bubble pressure method
Development of power electronic devices requires multi -disciplined engineering activities. These cover the thermal, electrical and software design. Due to this design complexity rapid prototyping methods and model-based design are becoming more and more important in the R&D projects in this field. This article is the second part of the series which introduces the development of Hardware-in-the-Loop (HIL) device for the simulation of Cellular H-Bridge inverter (CHB). Zynq-7000 platform is chosen as a hardware platform for HIL. This part focuses on the details of the model transformation, development of the hardware environment and the verification of the HIL. FPGA development is also demonstrated including interfaces, IPs and introduction of the resource utilization. Apart from them, operation of the system software in ARM core is also described including TCP/IP interface, IRQ handling and Matlab synchronisation mechanism. Finally, the Matlab interface and simulation results are introduced.