Microcontroller / Digital Signal Processor Solution pkFPGA Motor Control Solution
Motor control application design Traditionally uses a microcontroller (MCU) or digital signal processor (DSP) to run motor control algorithms. However, as people increasingly deploy high-performance industrial control systems with higher levels of integration, scalability, and existing IP reusability, FPGAs are a priority, especially combining ARMCortexM3 microcontroller and FPGA logic resource solutions. Provides an ideal division of labor for many key tasks.
They are increasingly being adopted for the following reasons:
First, due to the architecture and access to the instruction memory, the microcontroller is well suited for slower serial tasks, but FPGAs are an ideal choice for time-critical parallel processing. For example, in multi-axis control, multiple motors that are speed independent are controlled by implementing a deterministic control loop. Typically, multi-axis motor control systems also integrate peripheral control, sensor interface, protection logic/security, and network communication. Tasks related to these functions each have different execution times and priorities.
