Rapid Control Prototyping: A Thorough Tutorial of RCP for 3-Phase Inverter Controller Design

Leveraging Code Generation and HIL for Rapid Control Prototyping. This webinar introduces the concept of Rapid Control Prototyping. Using a 3-phase inverter as the case study, PSIM is being used to simulate and generate a fully defined Code Composer Studio project that can implement the controller on an F28335 processor from Texas Instruments. The control code is being verified with real-time hardware in the loop simulation with a Typhoon HIL system. Once the offline simulation is verified against the real-time model, test routines and procedures are being utilized to determine the viability of the generated code in an end-product application. As problems are exposed, we use PSIM to simulate and verify changes to the control code which is then re-generated and uploaded to the F28335.

A seamless and smooth change iteration process with extreme ease of use is being demonstrated.

Some Specific Topics Covered:

- PSIM offline simulation setup

- Code Generation and import to Code Composer Studio

- Verify operation with Typhoon HIL

- Iterate and re-verify control as needed

Hardware used: Typhoon HIL real-time simulation platform, F28335 MCU from Texas Instruments