Hardware Implementation of the Neural Network Predictive Controller for Coupled Tank System

Ammar A. Aldair^1,

¹Electrical Engineering Department, University of Basrah, Basrah, Iraq

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Ammar A. Aldair. Hardware Implementation of the Neural Network Predictive Controller for Coupled Tank System. American Journal of Electrical and Electronic Engineering. 2014; 2(2):40-47. doi: 10.12691/AJEEE-2-2-2

Abstract

In this paper, a neural network based predictive controller is designed for controlling the liquid level of the coupled tank system. The controlled process is a nonlinear system; therefore, a nonlinear prediction method can be a better match in a predictive control strategy. The neural network predictive controller that is discussed in this paper uses a neural network model of a nonlinear plant to predict future plant performance. The simulation results are compared with PID control. The results show that the effectiveness of using the neural predictive controller for the coupled tank system. The Simulink Toolbox in MATLAB has been used to simulate the controlled system with the proposed controller. The VHDL has been used to describe the implementation of neural controller. Xilinx ISE Project Navigator Version 10.1 is used to obtain the compilation and timing test results as well as the synthesized design. The hardware implementation of the neural network predictive controller using FPGA board is proposed. To make sure that the FPGA board works like the simulated neural predictive controller, MATLAB programme is used to compare between the set of the data that are obtained from the ModelSim program and the set of the data that are obtained from the MATLAB Simulink model. Simulation results show that the FPGA board can be used as neural predictive controller for controlling the liquid level of the coupled tank system.

Keywords

neural network predictive controller, coupled tank system, FPGA

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