HW/SW FPGA design for active control of flexible structures

Abstract

This paper presents a FPGA based embedded system to perform active vibration control of flexible structures. The FPGA flexibility integrates digital generation, acquisition, and the software for the control application. A single FPGA-based board with no external digital components was used to build an embedded system, providing maximum flexibility and reduced part count. Experimental setup presents the entire system and the resource usage results shows that the platform provides enough room for much more complex control laws experiments regarding the control of flexible structures.