According to this EEtimes article, the Association of Home Appliance Manufacturers (AHAM) took the opportunity of being at the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen to release a very well written 25 pages document titled “The Home Appliance Industry’s Principles & Requirements for Achieving a Widely Accepted Smart Grid“. In this document, the AHAM - […]
Here’s a recent article written by Greg Crouch, Embedded Systems Business Director at National Instrument., on the topic of FPGA-based motor control for Factory Automation.
Embedded-machine builder EUROelectronics reduced power use with FPGA-based field-oriented control (Source : National Instruments)
“FPGA-based algorithm control delivers better efficiency than microprocessors can achieve. A wide range of control-system algorithms are available, […]
Here’s a recent brochure from Altera on Motor control solution in industrial space.
“While microcontrollers and DSP devices may be well suited to certain aspects of motor control systems, they lack flexibility to support motor control IP and interfaces in hard logic. With our Cyclone® III FPGA, you can integrate processors, digital logic interfaces, DSP functions, motor […]
Here’s a very small article from Acromag positionning its FPGA products toward smart-grid and Wind Turbine Control applications.
”The basic components of a control system to maximize energy capture from a wind turbine include: rotor pointing, blade speed regulation, minimization of pointing and pitch control, and the mitigation of disturbances (i.e. excessive rotor speed, wind gusts, […]
An Altera variation on the last post is presented here. This article is based on the work of students from Yuan Ze University in Taiwan.
“Solar energy is becoming increasingly attractive as we grapple with global climate changes. However, while solar energy is free, non-polluting, and inexhaustible, solar panels are traditionally fixed. As such, they cannot […]
Many factors are currently pushing toward a technolgy-shift in power generation management :
- expected long-term increase of energy prices
- increase of green regulations such as the Kyoto protocol
- public pressure and customer awareness toward clean energy
- decrease of cheap oil ressources
- increase of world population and increase of the quality of life
- smart grid, etc…
It […]
Here’s a recent article published in Industrial Embedded Systems magazine on the topic of using FPGA to increase flexibility of design, power savings are costs reduction. The article has been written by Jason Chiang, Sr. Technical Marketing Manager Industrial Business Unit, Altera Corporation.
This article has a couple of interesting points regarding the use of Motor Control […]
Here’s an interesting online tutorial presented by the famous Clive ‘Max’ Maxfield introducing Actel Fusion mixed-signal FPGA and how they can useful for Motor Control applications. A general introduction on FPGAs is presented for people that aren’t familiar with this type of technology (which typically the case for motor control system designers).
Hurry up : this tutorial […]
Here is an interesting article from Kevin Morris on Actel Fusion FPGA where built-in analog programmable properties fits particularly well for control applications such as Motor Control. Here are some highlights :
”Fusion has been around for awhile now, and it seems to be finding a unique groove in the industry. Applications such as smart motor control […]
To learn more about the MotionFire control platform and general interest regarding FPGA-based motor control, here is an interesting web-TV program presented by National Semiconductor.
This program shows Jeff Wimett, Sr. App. Eng. at Altera, and Steve Herhusky, FAE at Arrow, discussing about advantages brought to motor control system designers by integrating FPGA devices in their medical or industrial applications. […]