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Sensor Fusion and Motion Control for Autonomous Racing Cars

Sensor Fusion and Motion Control for Autonomous Racing Cars

Learn how a research team from the Technical University of Munich uses Speedgoat real-time solutions, MATLAB® and Simulink® to develop and test an autonomous driving software stack, capable of operating a racing vehicle close to its physical limits. As an integral part of the framework, sensor fusion and motion control algorithms are optimized and validated for safe and accurate real-time operation, using Rapid Control Prototyping and Hardware-in-the-Loop simulation.

Rapid Control Prototyping

Hardware-in-the-Loop

Whitepapers

FPGA-based rapid control prototyping of permanent magnet synchronous motor servo drives

FPGA-based rapid control prototyping of permanent magnet synchronous motor servo drives

Due to tight time constraints and unknown disturbances, the position control problem in permanent magnet synchronous machine (PMSM) drives remains exceedingly challenging. Download this technical article to learn more about experimental validation of a cascade control structure for position control in PMSM drives.

Whitepapers

Speed Up Digital Control Development for Motors, Power Converters, and Battery Systems with Simulink

Speed Up Digital Control Development for Motors, Power Converters, and Battery Systems with Simulink

Digital control design for power electronics using Simulink® makes it easy to try new ideas, test them, and go to hardware without coding. You can use system-level models for desktop simulation, real-time simulation, and production code generation, speeding up designing and testing your power electronics control systems.

Whitepapers

10 Ways to Speed Design for Digitally Controlled Power Converters with Simulink

10 Ways to Speed Design for Digitally Controlled Power Converters with Simulink

This whitepaper highlights ways to accelerate digital control development for power converters with system-level simulation, how to validate control code on the processor without damaging electrical system hardware and developing real-time simulations of your electrical system.

Hardware-in-the-Loop

Rapid Control Prototyping

Whitepapers

Timing and Synchronization

Timing and Synchronization

Connect distributed systems with multiple nodes and create deterministic real-time applications with Speedgoat timing and synchronization solutions.

 

How To

Update Target Operating System to R2020b and Later

Update Target Operating System to R2020b and Later

Simulink Real-Time R2020b and later releases ship with a QNX-based 64-bit real-time operating system (RTOS). Learn how to update the software of your existing Speedgoat real-time target machine running on R2020a or earlier.

How To

Part 1: System Configuration of Host PC (R2020b and later)

Part 1: System Configuration of Host PC (R2020b and later)

Learn how to set up the host computer for smooth operation, test the host-target communication and troubleshoot basic installation issues.

How To

Part 2: Configuration of Target Machine (R2020b and later)

Part 2: Configuration of Target Machine (R2020b and later)

Understand the operating principles of real-time target machines, learn how to configure your target machine and create and transfer a Simulink Real-Time™ kernel.

How To

Part 3: Running Real-Time Applications (R2020b and later)

Part 3: Running Real-Time Applications (R2020b and later)

Understand the main principles of real-time simulation. Configure and prepare Simulink® models for real-time execution. Deploy Simulink® models as real-time applications onto Speedgoat target machines.

How To

Part 4: Data Logging (R2020b and later)

Part 4: Data Logging (R2020b and later)

Monitor, visualize, and log signals using the Simulation Data. Inspector (SDI) on the development computer. Write data to the disk of the target machine using “File Scope” blocks.

How To

Part 5: Control and Instrumentation (R2020b and later)

Part 5: Control and Instrumentation (R2020b and later)

Learn how to use a Simulink® model as a direct user interface to the real-time application. Tune parameters using MATLAB command lines to control the execution of the real-time application. Create custom user interfaces using MATLAB App Designer.

How To

Developing and Testing Motors and Drives for Vehicles and Robots

Developing and Testing Motors and Drives for Vehicles and Robots

Prototype motor control designs, and test motor drives using a fully connected model-based environment and digital twin simulation.

Recorded Webinars

Hardware-in-the-Loop

Rapid Control Prototyping

How to Configure a Speedgoat Test System for Simulink Real-Time

How to Configure a Speedgoat Test System for Simulink Real-Time

Configuring your Speedgoat machine for Simulink Real-Time: A Step-by-Step Guide

How To

Hardware-in-the-Loop Testing for Electric Powertrains

Hardware-in-the-Loop Testing for Electric Powertrains

Advance EV powertrain testing: real-time digital twin simulation, modular hardware-in-the-loop test benches, end-to-end automation. 

Recorded Webinars

Hardware-in-the-Loop

Hardware-in-the-Loop Testing of Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) Controllers

Hardware-in-the-Loop Testing of Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) Controllers

Test your UAV controllers, design and tune your controllers through Simulink, 

Recorded Webinars

Hardware-in-the-Loop

Hardware-in-the-Loop Testing of Industrial Equipment Controllers

Hardware-in-the-Loop Testing of Industrial Equipment Controllers

Learn how you can perform hardware-in-the-loop testing of industrial equipment controllers using Speedgoat test systems that provide unrivaled integration with Simulink

Recorded Webinars

Hardware-in-the-Loop

Hardware-in-the-Loop Testing for Electric Motor Control

Hardware-in-the-Loop Testing for Electric Motor Control

Learn about full-scale testing and validation of new controller algorithms under all conditions, including edge cases, using Simulink and Speedgoat test systems.

Recorded Webinars

Hardware-in-the-Loop

Hardware-in-the-Loop Testing of Battery Management Systems

Hardware-in-the-Loop Testing of Battery Management Systems

This webinar will show you how to develop and test complete battery management systems (BMS) using Simulink®, Simscape Battery™, and Speedgoat Test Systems.

Recorded Webinars

Hardware-in-the-Loop

Validating Motor Control Algorithms with Hardware-In-The-Loop Testing

Validating Motor Control Algorithms with Hardware-In-The-Loop Testing

Learn how to develop and test motor control algorithms. See how you can validate the embedded software by performing hardware-in-the-loop (HIL) testing of the control algorithms

Recorded Webinars

Hardware-in-the-Loop

Real-Time Testing for VTOL and Conventional Aircraft Development

Real-Time Testing for VTOL and Conventional Aircraft Development

Learn how Simulink Real-Time™ enables real-time controls testing to ensure safety and performance in advanced aircraft designs, including transitioning from desktop simulation, in the webinar highlighting the challenges of aircraft electrification.

Hardware-in-the-Loop

Rapid Control Prototyping

Recorded Webinars

Designing a Generic, Software-Defined Multimode Radar Simulator For FPGAs Using Simulink HDL Coder and Speedgoat Real-Time Hardware

Designing a Generic, Software-Defined Multimode Radar Simulator For FPGAs Using Simulink HDL Coder and Speedgoat Real-Time Hardware

This publication focuses on the implementation and testing of a fully-parameterized radar signal processing prototype. A Speedgoat Performance machine with two Simulink-Programmable FPGA I/O modules IO342 are used for the implementation of a radar signal processing design containing several common waveforms and tunable parameters and a radar scene generator for delay, doppler, and amplitude measurement.This setup helped increase the simulation fidelity while reducing the time to test.

Published Papers

Hardware in the Loop Testing for Power Electronics

Hardware in the Loop Testing for Power Electronics

Learn about hardware-in-the-loop (HIL) testing for power electronics applications, such as testing embedded controllers and power converters (leveraging Power-HIL).

Hardware-in-the-Loop

Recorded Webinars

Enabling Innovation for Automotive Hardware-in-the-Loop Testing and Control Design

Enabling Innovation for Automotive Hardware-in-the-Loop Testing and Control Design

Learn how Speedgoat real-time test solutions, help you to speed up designing and testing automotive control systems.

Recorded Webinars

Hardware-in-the-Loop

Advancing Marine Power Systems Using Hardware-in-the-Loop Testing

Advancing Marine Power Systems Using Hardware-in-the-Loop Testing

Discover key challenges for modern shipboard power systems. Learn about Speedgoat / MathWorks' scalable HIL solution for real-time testing and simulation of shipboard power electronics and energy power systems

Hardware-in-the-Loop

Recorded Webinars

Full-switching Electric Drive FPGA-based Hardware-in-the-Loop Simulation

Full-switching Electric Drive FPGA-based Hardware-in-the-Loop Simulation

Learn how to perform hardware-in-the-loop testing of power electronics controllers, without leaving the MATLAB and Simulink environment.

Speedgoat FPGA I/O modules are used to execute electric drive models with the required resolution and fidelity for simulating high frequency switching dynamics such as current ripple and spatial harmonics. 

Hardware-in-the-Loop

Recorded Webinars

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