November 26, 2015 by
Migration from MCU or DSP to FPGA for Power Electronics Following on from the first part of this post on migration from MCU or DSP to FPGA for Power Electronics, the question was asked: “…What suggestions do you have to start this migration, both in terms of a cheap evaluation board…” This is a good […]
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In a recent discussion we were asked about the migration path from MCU/DSP to FPGA. “I am probably not alone when I use MCU/DSP devices to implement control algorithms, protection, logic etc to control the power hardware, using code such as ASM, C or C++, but want the advantages of FPGA. What suggestions do you […]
Read the full articleSeptember 14, 2015 by
Three Key Issues People often ask us what are the key advantages in Digital Control of Power Electronics that make it such a good solution to modern power converter control. The advantages of Power Electronics Digital Control are Flexibility A common control platform technology across different converters The repeat cost on code is zero The […]
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ELMG Digital Power are pleased to announce that we have been accepted as a member in the Xilinx Alliance Program. ELMG Digital Power have been using Xilinx FPGAs in digital power converter control, automotive and wired and fiber optic communication since 2009. Dr. Hamish Laird, ELMG Digital Power CTO, previously used Xilinx FPGAs for power […]
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Partitioning is critical to product development. And even more critical is partitioning digital power development where the team’s skills required do not fit into the traditional hardware software split. This post was originally published in 2010. It is re-run here as part of the ELMG Redux series. Developments run smoothly Ever […]
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We have started a group where we can share questions and discuss Digital Power Electronics Control on LinkedIn. The group’s name is Digital Power Electronics Control. The link to the group is https://www.linkedin.com/groups?home=&gid=6677852. Look out for the group identified with the z-transform image like that shown above. Recent Group Discussions Recent discussions have included one on […]
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