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Live webinar on motor control apps with FPGAs
Clive Maxfield8/1/2012 4:44 PM EDT
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I_B_GREEN
In the smartfusion chip you can do it in both a hard core ARM or the FPGA fabric ...
Dr DSP
It will be interesting to compare/contrast the motor control techniques for ...
I just heard from those nice folks at Microsemi that they are hosting a Free Webinar on August 28 2012 (8:00am to 9:00am Pacific Time).
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Many systems require the control of multiple independent motors, often requiring individual microcontrollers for each motor. Microsemi's SmartFusion cSoCs provide a unique combination of features to efficiently address the system design requirements in such applications. By embedding an ARM Cortex-M3 microcontroller in a high reliability flash-based FPGA along with integrated programmable analog circuitry for motor sensing, SmartFusion cSoCs provide a best-in-class feature set to address the challenges in these applications. Along with SmartFusion cSoCs, Microsemi provides advanced motor control algorithms to address DC brushless, AC brushless and three phase motor control applications. In this Webinar Microsemi will discuss how to use FPGAs in motor control applications to significantly reduce power, system complexity, system footprint and operational cost while improving system reliabilty.
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Many systems require the control of multiple independent motors, often requiring individual microcontrollers for each motor. Microsemi's SmartFusion cSoCs provide a unique combination of features to efficiently address the system design requirements in such applications. By embedding an ARM Cortex-M3 microcontroller in a high reliability flash-based FPGA along with integrated programmable analog circuitry for motor sensing, SmartFusion cSoCs provide a best-in-class feature set to address the challenges in these applications. Along with SmartFusion cSoCs, Microsemi provides advanced motor control algorithms to address DC brushless, AC brushless and three phase motor control applications. In this Webinar Microsemi will discuss how to use FPGAs in motor control applications to significantly reduce power, system complexity, system footprint and operational cost while improving system reliabilty.
After registering you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the Webinar.
System Requirements
PC-based attendees
Required: Windows 7, Vista, XP or 2003 Server
Macintosh-based attendees
Required: Mac OS X 10.5 or newer
If you found this article to be of interest, visit Programmable Logic Designline where – in addition to my Max's Cool Beans blogs – you will find the latest and greatest design, technology, product, and news articles with regard to programmable logic devices of every flavor and size (FPGAs, CPLDs, CSSPs, PSoCs...).
Also, you can obtain a highlights update delivered directly to your inbox by signing up for my weekly newsletter – just Click Here to request this newsletter using the Manage Newsletters tab (if you aren't already a member you'll be asked to register, but it's free and painless so don't let that stop you [grin]).
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Dr DSP
8/4/2012 1:03 PM EDT
It will be interesting to compare/contrast the motor control techniques for FPGAs vs. those for MCUs. MCUs have been doing motor control for decades and seem to have the main functions very well defined.
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I_B_GREEN
8/8/2012 8:03 PM EDT
In the smartfusion chip you can do it in both a hard core ARM or the FPGA fabric or optimize with using both, depending on the sophistication of the motor control and type of motor.
Witha MCU only approuh you usually end up in interupt hell.
Most all of these functions can be done in the fabric, drastically lowering the needed interupts to a managable #.
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