Power Systems Control Implementation Based on Two Dedicated FPGA Development Boards Using a Hard/soft Communication Interface

Serge Raoul Dzonde Naoussi^1, , Charles Hubert Kom¹ and Jean-Philippe Blonde²

¹Lab. d’Electronique, Electrotechnique, Automatique et de Télécommunication, L2EAT, University of Douala, Cameroon

²Lab. des sciences de l'Ingénieur, de l'Informatique et de l'Imagerie, ICUBE, University of Strasbourg, France

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Serge Raoul Dzonde Naoussi, Charles Hubert Kom and Jean-Philippe Blonde. Power Systems Control Implementation Based on Two Dedicated FPGA Development Boards Using a Hard/soft Communication Interface. American Journal of Electrical and Electronic Engineering. 2017; 5(3):85-93. doi: 10.12691/AJEEE-5-3-3

Abstract

This paper presents an unusual Field Programmable Gate Array (FPGA) development platform for power systems control. This platform is made up of two FPGA boards with a hardware and software communication interface. The one initially realized for direct torque Motor control is now dedicated for analog and digital signals input/output and the other card of much important density is specialized in data processing. A fully digital modules have been developed inside FPGAs from synthesis tools Quartus 2 and Maxplus 2, and a physical link have been realized to manage the communication between the cards. The control strategy takes advantage of the parallelism of the FPGA technology to share in real-time the controller’s information with its environment. Simulations and experimental results validate the feasibility of a simple handshaking communication protocol between both cards. On the other hand, with the proposed implementation solution it was shown a safe operation in a power grid switching station, a successful instantaneous frequency measurements used for grid synchronization and Active Power Filter control, followed by a production of Pulse Width Modulation (PWM) gating signals used for inverter in motor control and power quality applications.

Keywords

FPGA, communication interface, design methodology, power systems control

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