Motor Drive Development Made Easy with the PE-Expert4 and Embedded Code Gen

Developing a motor drive poses several key technical challenges.

In this webinar, we focus on the control algorithm development for a PMSM drive. To aid in this process we use generated code from PSIM and deploy it onto the PE-Expert4 digital control development system.

The PE-Expert4 is a high-performance DSP/FPGA development tool, which is specifically designed to aid in the development and debugging of power converters with digital control.

We look at an open-loop drive using a forced angle with ramped frequency to verify the analog feedback signals and PWM outputs; in both simulation and with the hardware.

Then we look at closing the loop with the Motor Control Design Suite and deploying the code on the PE-Expert4.

More about the PE-Expert4:

The PE-Expert4 is a mixed dual DSP/FPGA user-configurable development system. It features two C6657 DSPs from Texas Instruments. One DSP handles the control code execution while the other accesses shared memory which allows for high bandwidth monitoring of the code execution, 16 signals at 100kHz or 8 signals at 200kHz.

The peripherals (ADC, PWM, etc.) are handled by FGPA daughter cards. In this webinar, we use a daughter card equipped with 6 PWM outputs and 8 analog feedback signals. Configuration of up to 144 PWMs and many analog ins/outs are available.

Watch the demo video for more information on the PE-Expert4: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=akiyrrHMwns