Implementation of Multiple-Input Multiple-Output Dynamic Matrix Control Algorithm for Fast Processes Using Field Programmable Gate Array

Abstract

The objective of this paper is to describe an implementation of a Dynamic Matrix Control (DMC) algorithm for a Field Programmable Gate Array (FPGA). The DMC algorithm is implemented in a universal version for multiple-input multiple-output dynamic processes. The results of real experiments are presented in which the DE2i-150 development board produced by Terasic with Intel Cyclone IV GX chip is used. As the controlled process a laboratory stand especially developed for this work is used, which is a dynamic system with two manipulated inputs and two controlled outputs. The implemented DMC controller is very fast, it may be used for controlling processed which need sampling periods of a millisecond order.