Rapid Prototyping and Hardware-In-the-Loop Verification of Enhanced Sliding Mode Control of an Asynchronous Machine Using a Xilinx System Generator and an FPGA-Zynq Board

Abstract

This article describes rapid prototyping using the Xilinx system generator (XSG) of a direct field oriented control (DFOC) strategy based on improved super twisting sliding mode controllers (ISTSMCs) of an asynchronous machine to succeed a hardware implementation on a field programmable gate array (FPGA) board. The main goal is to enhance regulation loops governing rotor speed, rotor flux, and stator current components within the classical DFOC structure. These ISTSMCs replace integral proportional controllers, resulting in improved system dynamics, faster speed and torque responses, and heightened robustness against load and rotor resistance variations, surpassing other control methods. Additionally, the article aims to implement this DFOC-ISTSMC method on an FPGA board to reduce control system sampling time and loop delays, leveraging the FPGA’s parallel processing capabilities. The hardware architecture is designed using XSG in the MATLAB/Simulink environment, enabling effective simulation, testing, discrete algorithm creation, and VHDL code generation for FPGA implementation via the hardware-in-the-loop (HIL) process. Assessment involves digital simulation studies and HIL processes using XSG with a Xilinx FPGA Zynq 7000 under MATLAB/Simulink, demonstrating improved system performance, reduced time delays, and efficient FPGA utilization. This approach validates the effectiveness of the proposed DFOC-ISTSMC algorithm in enhancing control strategy for asynchronous machines.