A Hardware-in-the-Loop Simulation Approach for Analysis of Permanent Magnet Synchronous Motor Drive

A hardware-in-the-loop (HIL)simulation approach providing a platform to develop a controller prototype as well as emulators for motor system and power electronic converters that allows rapid testing and proactive system evaluation with an advantage of low cost, safety, and flexibility to operate in extreme boundary conditions. However, the variety of HIL combinations can be adopted to realize a system model that is neither too simple nor to be highly complex to match the realistic behavior considering transient condition and steady state condition. In this paper, a discrete time simulation model of the permanent magnet synchronous motor (PMSM)drive system is presented for FPGA HIL simulation. Moreover, different combination of HIL approach is adopted for detailed performance analysis considering transient behavior of the system. The entire system is implemented using the MATLAB/Simulink and system generator platform provided by Xilinx for HIL simulation using FPGA.