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 […]
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Touch Screen Dash We acquired a shiny Avnet Display Kit for use with our Microzed board. Our first project on this kit was a basic dash display demo, which ran Xilinx Linux on a Zynq 7Z010 SoC with the aid of some Xylon graphics IP. However we hit a speed bump in our progress. Our […]
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One question which is commonly asked is “how do I represent fractional numbers on my fixed-point MCU, DSP or FPGA?” One of the best solutions to this is use of the Q number system. The Q number system is a fixed point system where the available bits are divided amongst the integer bits (those to […]
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If you are following the Zynq pathway for your new control platform for power electronics or another application then welcome to the Xilinx Zynq SoC adventure. The Zynq definitely is a great choice and has the benefits of being both a processor and an FPGA at the same time. We have had Zynq SoCs at ELMG Digital Power for […]
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This demonstration of a simple car dash on 7z010 Zynq SoC from Xilinx implements an touch screen automotive car dash cluster with speedometer and rev counter. The hardware target is the Avnet MicroZed which is mounted on a carrier board. The LCD is a seven inch touch display. We put this together using the […]
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