Finite set-model predictive control (FS-MPC) is used for power converters and drives having unique advantages as compared to the conventional control strategies. However, the computational burden of the FS-MPC is a primary concern for real-time imple...
This research investigates the implementation of complex-exponential-based neurons in FPGA, which can pave the way for implementing bio-inspired spiking neural networks to compensate for the existing computational constraints in conventional artifici...
The conversion and control for the utilization of power generated from energy sources can be performed using a power electronic converter system. The voltage source inverter (VSI) is one of the commonly used converter topologies, being controlled by...
The proportional-integral (PI)-based control for the motor drive system is commonly used in industrial applications. However, motor drive system development and prototyping are tedious tasks especially considering a field programmable gate array (FPG...
This paper presents a hardware implementation upon a Field Programmable Gate Array (FPGA) of improved Vector Control Strategies (VCSs) based on a Fuzzy Logic System (FLS) of a grid-connected wind energy conversion system. Usually, the classical VCS i...
In this paper, finite-set model-predictive control (FS-MPC) is inducted for a motor drive system. The dynamic response and multiple constraint handling nature of FS-MPC are the major factors that stand out among the controller family. However, for re...
The classical direct torque control (CDTC) of the induction motor (IM) drive is characterized by high ripples in the stator flux and the electromagnetic torque waveforms due to the use of hysteresis comparators. Furthermore, the motor speed in this c...
Photovoltaic (PV) energy is gaining traction due to its direct conversion of sunlight to electricity without harming the environment. It is simple to install, adaptable in size, and has low operational costs. The power output of PV modules varies wit...
This article presents a design methodology for designing an artificial neural network as an equalizer for a binary signal. Firstly, the system is modelled in floating point format using Matlab. Afterward, the design is described for a Field Programma...
Currently, high-level synthesis (HLS) methods and tools are a highly relevant area in the strategy of several leading companies in the field of system-on-chips (SoCs) and field programmable gate arrays (FPGAs). HLS facilitates the work of system deve...
Nowadays, M-Quadrature Amplitude Modulation (M-QAM) techniques are widely used to modulate information by bit packets due to their ability to increase transfer rates. These techniques require more power when increasing the modulation index M to avoid...
Division remains one of the most computationally demanding operations in digital arithmetic. Traditional algorithms, such as restoring, non-restoring, and SRT (Sweeney–Robertson–Tocher) division, are limited by sequential dependencies tha...
This paper addresses critical gaps in the digital implementations of fractional-order memelement emulators, particularly given the challenges associated with the development of solid-state devices using nanomaterials. Despite the potentials of these...
In this paper, we present a new stereo vision-based system and its efficient hardware implementation for real-time underwater environments exploration throughout 3D sparse reconstruction based on a number of feature points. The proposed underwater 3D...
The pulse width modulation (PWM) is an important segment in power electronic inverters and multilevel inverters (MLIs) design. The space vector modulation (SVM) methods own distinct advantages over other PWM methods. However, MLI SVM has involved mor...
This paper proposes a parallel fixed point radial basis function (RBF) artificial neural network (ANN), implemented in a field programmable gate array (FPGA) trained online with a least mean square (LMS) algorithm. The processing time and occupied ar...
In the near future, LHC experiments will continue future upgrades by overcoming the technological obsolescence of the detectors and the readout capabilities. Therefore, after the conclusion of a data collection period, CERN will have to face a long s...
In this paper, we propose a hardware-based architecture for automatic blue whale calls classification based on short-time Fourier transform and multilayer perceptron neural network. The proposed architecture is implemented on field programmable gate...
In the next years, modular multilevel converters (MMCs) are going to be a next generation multilevel converters for medium to high voltage conversion applications, such as medium voltage motor drives, medium voltage flexible AC transmission systems (...
This work deals with the design of a three-phase grid-tied photovoltaic (PV) cascade H-bridge inverter for distributed power conversion. The power balancing among the phases must be properly addressed. In fact, an intra-phase power imbalance—arising...
In the implementation process of a convolution neural network (CNN)-based object detection system, the primary issues are power dissipation and limited throughput. Even though we utilize ultra-low power dissipation devices, the dynamic power dissipat...
This paper proposes an algorithm and hardware realization of generalized chaotic systems using fractional calculus and rotation algorithms. Enhanced chaotic properties, flexibility, and controllability are achieved using fractional orders, a multi-sc...
Microgrids are a highly efficient means of embedding distributed generation sources in a power system. However, if a fault occurs inside or outside the microgrid, the microgrid should be immediately disconnected from the main grid using a static swit...
Bedsides diagnosis using portable ultrasound scanning (PUS) offering comfortable diagnosis with various clinical advantages, in general, ultrasound scanners suffer from a poor signal-to-noise ratio, and physicians who operate the device at point-of-c...
In this paper, a new pipelined architecture of the multi-band spectral subtraction algorithm has been proposed for real-time speech enhancement. The proposed hardware has been implemented on field programmable gate array (FPGA) device using Xilinx sy...
The password-based key derivation function Scrypt has been employed for many services and applications due to its protection ability. It has also been employed as a proof-of-work algorithm in blockchain implementations. Although this cryptographic ha...
Power electronic converters are used for an efficient and controlled conversion of power generated from renewable energy sources and can interface generated power to the grid. Among available power converters, voltage source inverters (VSIs) have bee...
In this study, with an FPGA-board using VHDL, we designed a secure chaos-based stream cipher (SCbSC), and we evaluated its hardware implementation performance in terms of computational complexity and its security. The fundamental element of the syste...
The generation of unique identifiers extracted from the physical characteristics of the underlying hardware ensures the protection of electronic devices against counterfeiting and provides security to the data they store and process. This work descri...
This paper presents the validation of a novel approach for a true-random number generator (TRNG) based on a ring oscillator–physical unclonable function (RO-PUF) for FPGA devices. The proposal takes advantage of the different noise sources that...
In recent years, the technological node used to implement FPGA devices has led to very high performance in terms of computational capacity and in some applications these can be much more efficient than CPUs or other programmable devices. The clock ma...
One of the most common mitigations against network-borne security threats is the deployment of firewalls, i.e., systems that can observe traffic and apply rules to let it through if it is benign or drop packets that are recognized as malicious. Cheap...
Data logging and complex algorithm implementations acting on multichannel systems with independent devices require the use of time synchronization. In the case of Gas Electron Multipliers (GEM) and Thick-GEM (THGEM) detectors, the biasing potential c...
Multiple serial interfaces have emerged to meet system requirements across devices, ranging from slower-speed buses, such as I2C, to high throughput serial interfaces, like JESD204. To address the need for a medium-speed protocol and to resolve I2C s...
A new embedded chaotic cryptosystem is introduced herein with the aim to encrypt digital images and performing speech recognition as an external access key. The proposed cryptosystem consists of three technologies: (i) a Spartan 3E-1600 FPGA from Xil...
At present, the embedded systems are facing various kinds of attacks, especially for the data stored in the external memories. This paper presents a hardware-enhanced protection method to protect the data integrity and confidentiality at runtime, pre...
Induction motors (IM) play a fundamental role in the industrial sector because they are robust, efficient, and low-cost machines. Changes in the environment, installation errors, or modifications to working conditions can generate faults in induction...
As technology evolves, embedded systems access more networks and devices, which means more security threats. Existing security-monitoring methods with a single parameter (data or control flow) are not effective in detecting attackers tampering with t...
This study proposes a heterogeneous hardware-based framework for network intrusion detection using lightweight artificial neural network models. With the increase in the volume of exchanged data, IoT networks’ security has become a crucial issu...
This research article presents a modified novel crisscross augmented ladder (CCAL) structured multilevel inverter (MLI). MLIs can be operated in symmetric and asymmetric binary and ternary voltage ratios. The modified structure comprises a generalize...
In this paper, we present the logic designs of two FPGA hardware programming algorithms implemented for a Coherent Doppler Lidar system used in wind sensing. The first algorithm divides the received time-domain signals into segments, each correspondi...
Infrared imaging sensors are frequently used in thermal signature detection applications in industrial, automotive, military and many other areas. However, advanced infrared detectors are generally associated with high costs and complexity. Infrared...
Modular multilevel converters (MMCs) are primarily adopted for high-voltage applications, and are highly desired to be operated even under fault conditions. Researchers focused on improving current controllers to reduce the adverse effects of faults....
With the rapid proliferation of real-time digital communication, particularly in multimedia applications, securing transmitted image data has become a vital concern. While chaotic systems have shown strong potential for cryptographic use, most existi...
The multilevel inverter (MLI) has been developed as a powerful power conversion scheme for several processes, including renewable energy, transmission systems, and electric drives. It has become popular across medium- to high-power operations due to...
A new generalized optimum strapdown algorithm with coning and sculling compensation is presented, in which the position, velocity and attitude updating operations are carried out based on the single-speed structure in which all computations are execu...
In the actual industrial production process, the method of adaptively tuning proportional–integral–derivative (PID) parameters online by neural network can adapt to different characteristics of different controlled objects better than the...
The increment in the use of high-resolution imaging sensors on-board satellites motivates the use of on-board image compression, mainly due to restrictions in terms of both hardware (computational and storage resources) and downlink bandwidth with th...
In Wireless Sensor Networks (WSNs), server clusters, and other systems requiring secure transmission, the overhead of data encryption and transmission is often not negligible. Unfortunately, a conflict exists between security and efficiency in proces...
This paper presents an experimental platform for regulating the DC motor angular speed powered by photovoltaic cells. The experimental platform comprises an Eco Green Energy EGE-260P-60 solar panel, DC/DC SEPIC converter, DC bus, DC/DC buck converter...
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