VHDL simulation of peak detector, 64 bit BCD counter and reset automatic block for PD detection system using FPGA

Abstract

Currently, FPGA (Field Programmable Gate Array) technology is being widely used for accelerator control owing to its fast digital processing capability. This paper is purely a model to determine the design circuit to implement Partial Discharge (PD) detection in FPGA technology. The research shall involve ISE Simulator version 9.2i (Xilinx) and Very high integrated circuit Hardware Description Language (VHDL) programming to evaluate the use of Field Programming Gate Array (FPGA) for the detection and counting of partial discharge signals in underground cable. The impulse signals at the input data have very fast rise time in the range of 1 ns to 2 ns. The impulse signals will be processed, detected and counted using ADC with peak detector block, counter with reset block and reset automatic block.