Matlab/Simulink Generated FPGA Based Real-time HIL Simulator and DSP Controller: A Case Study

Abstract

The paper reports the development of a case study for creating a unified development environment for the process of code generation from Matlab/Simulink into both HDL and C languages of FPGA and DSP targets. The FPGA is used for the Hardware-In-the-Loop (HIL) simulation of the high power, main circuit of a simple solar-based battery charger while the control functions belonging to this system are implemented in a DSP. The case study is planned to be a building block of the HIL simula tion of either such a sophisticated, cyber-physical system like a microgrid which connects various forms of energy produced by renewable sources.