Banca de DEFESA: SÉRGIO NATAN SILVA

Uma banca de DEFESA de MESTRADO foi cadastrada pelo programa.
DISCENTE : SÉRGIO NATAN SILVA
DATA : 22/07/2016
HORA: 10:00
LOCAL: Auditório NPITI
TÍTULO:

Development of a Real-Time Simulator for Dynamic Systems using a FPGA Platform

PALAVRAS-CHAVES:

Real time, Simulation, Dynamic systems, FPGA.

PÁGINAS: 60
GRANDE ÁREA: Engenharias
ÁREA: Engenharia Elétrica
SUBÁREA: Eletrônica Industrial, Sistemas e Controles Eletrônicos
ESPECIALIDADE: Automação Eletrônica de Processos Elétricos e Industriais
RESUMO:

In most cases, the development of new embedded algorithms for the automation and control of industrial plants requires real-time testing. However, the use of real plants can often involve high costs, which can prohibit the testing of new algorithms. The objective of this project was therefore to develop an embedded field-programmable gate array (FPGA) platform for the real-time simulation of dynamic systems. FPGAs are flexible reconfigurable hardware platforms that may be altered or programmed in run time. Different to commonly used processors, this reconfigurable computer enables adjustment and optimization of the hardware structures for executing specific algorithms, aiming to improve execution performance. The platform proposed here, called the Real-Time Simulator for Dynamic Systems (RTSDS-FPGA), have potential in both academic and industrial environments. In industry, the RTSDS-FPGA can be used in the optimization and tuning of embedded control and automation algorithms. In the academic field, it can be used to support research into new solutions in the area of automation and control, and as a tool to assist teaching at undergraduate and postgraduate levels. In addition to performing real-time simulations, the RTSDS-FPGA can also speed up the simulation of complex dynamic systems, due to the parallelization capacity provided by the FPGAs. This paper presents test-bench results obtained for the RTSDS-FPGA, configured to perform the real-time simulation of a longitudinal vehicle model. The results are compared with non-real-time simulations using error measurements for different route profiles. In all the tests, the RTSDS-FPGA gave satisfactory results with errors of around 5%, when compared to the non-real-time simulations. It was demonstrated that the RTSDS-FPGA provides a viable and highly efficient way of assisting the development of new control and automation algorithms.

MEMBROS DA BANCA:
Presidente - 1837240 - MARCELO AUGUSTO COSTA FERNANDES
Interno - 2885532 - IVANOVITCH MEDEIROS DANTAS DA SILVA
Externo ao Programa - 2452782 - DIOGO PINHEIRO FERNANDES PEDROSA
Externo à Instituição - EDUARDO RODRIGUES DE LIMA - IPE