Tracking performance and stability play a major role in observer design for speed estimation purpose in motor drives used in vehicles. It is all the more prevalent at lower speed ranges. There was a need to have a tradeoff between these parameters en...
Self-driving vehicles have experienced an increase in research interest in the last decades. Nevertheless, fully autonomous vehicles are still far from being a common means of transport. This paper presents the design and experimental validation of a...
The integration of photovoltaic (PV) systems into global energy production is rapidly expanding. However, achieving maximum power extraction remains a significant challenge due to the nonlinear electrical characteristics of PV modules, which are high...
Two-Line Element (TLE)-based orbit forecasts propagated with Simplified General Perturbations 4 (SGP4) exhibit time-dependent, biased, and spacecraft-specific errors. Previous approaches have reduced these errors by optimising SGP4 parameters against...
Permanent magnet synchronous generator (PMSG) with a back-to-back power converter is one of the commonly used technologies in tidal power generation schemes. However, the nonlinear dynamics and time-varying parameters of this kind of conversion syste...
The abrupt transfer from grid-connected (GC) to stand-alone (SA) operation modes is one of the major issues that may threaten the stability of a distributed generation (DG) system. Furthermore, if the islanding mode happens, it is vital to take into...
This work develops a hybrid sensorless control scheme for a two-level voltage-source-inverter (VSI)-fed interior permanent magnet synchronous motor (IPMSM) operating under constant-switching-frequency direct torque control (DTC). It combines a stator...
This study presents an implementation of a proportional–integral–derivative (PID) controller utilizing particle swarm optimization (PSO) to enhance the compromise on road holding and ride comfort of a quarter car semi-active suspension sy...
The digital signal processing (DSP) processor-in-the-loop tests based on automatic code generation technology are studied. Firstly, the idea of model-based design is introduced, and the principle and method of embedded code automatic generation techn...
Loop unrolling can provide more instruction-level parallelism opportunities for code and enables a greater range of instruction pipeline scheduling. In high-performance very-long-instruction-word (VLIW) digital signal processors (DSPs), there are spe...
The controls of most power electronic inverters connected to an electrical power system (EPS) rely on the precise determination of the voltage magnitude, frequency, and phase angle at the point of common coupling. One of the most widely used approach...
To overcome the thermal loss and interconnect delays of conventional electronic processors under escalating AI computing workloads, analog optical processors have emerged as a compelling low-latency alternative. This work introduces an integrated opt...
The global shift toward sustainable energy systems has led to an increased adoption of PV systems, driven by their enhanced performance and environmental benefits, including reduced carbon emissions. Improving the efficiency of Grid-Tied Photovoltaic...
The precise calculation of phase angle, voltage magnitude and frequency is crucial for the effective control of power electronic inverters connected to an electrical power system. The phase-locked loop (PLL) is a commonly employed method for measurin...
This paper presents a high-performance sensorless control strategy for Brushless DC (BLDC) motors based on predictive current control combined with back-EMF-based speed and position estimation. The main objective is to achieve accurate speed regulati...
CubeSats are increasingly adopted for space missions due to their low cost and short development cycles. However, their attitude determination and control systems (ADCS) often suffer from limited verification environments and constrained hardware con...
This paper addresses a common challenge in space systems: how to effectively manage multiple actuators under demanding mission conditions. We introduce a flexible, optimization-based algorithm designed to dispatch control commands among a set of avai...
Due to the intense penetration of wind energy into the power grid, grid quality and stability have become a crucial necessity in this type of power generation. It is in this context that this article has just designed an Adaptive Nonlinear Control st...
This paper proposes a computationally efficient sensorless control framework for a permanent magnet synchronous generator (PMSG)-based wind energy conversion system (WECS) employing three-level neutral-point-clamped (3L-NPC) back-to-back converters....
Anomaly signals in the Attitude Determination and Control System (ADCS) of nanosatellites can significantly degrade mission performance, especially in the absence of robust Fault Detection, Isolation, and Recovery (FDIR) mechanisms. Thus, traditional...
Higher efficiency, predictability, and high-power density are the main advantages of a permanent magnet synchronous generator (PMSG)-based hydro turbine. However, the control of a PMSG is a nontrivial issue, because of its time-varying parameters and...
This paper investigates the memory usage of battery management system (BMS) software functions required for operating the high-voltage battery system (HVBS) of a light-duty electric vehicle (EV). Seven BMS software functions—battery balancing a...
In the years to come, Connected and Automated Vehicles (CAVs) are expected to substantially improve the road safety and environmental impact of the road transport sector. The information from the sensors installed on the vehicle has to be properly in...
To maintain the stability of the power system, frequency fluctuations must be reduced in the shortest possible timeframe. Load frequency control (LFC) plays a critical role in achieving this objective by regulating the system frequency and the desire...
The increasing complexity of spacecraft On-Board Software (OBSW) necessitates advanced development and testing methodologies to ensure reliability and robustness. This paper presents a digital twin approach for the development and testing of embedded...
The extensive use of renewable energy sources (RESs) in energy sectors plays a vital role in meeting the present energy demand. The widespread utilization of allocated resources leads to multiple usages of converters for synchronization with the powe...
A closed-loop protection method for a radio frequency (RF) power amplifier (PA) module applicable to mobile handsets has been introduced. The load impedance of the PA was adaptively sensed by an embedded impedance detector which was digitally control...
An increased level of autonomy is attractive above all in the framework of proximity operations, and researchers are focusing more and more on artificial intelligence techniques to improve spacecraft’s capabilities in these scenarios. This work...
To address the issues of coarse-grained thread allocation and difficult load balancing in compiler automatic parallelization for processors, this paper proposes a loop-block-level automatic parallelization method for compilers based on an iterative c...
The quantum approximate optimisation algorithm is a p layer, time variable split operator method executed on a quantum processor and driven to convergence by classical outer-loop optimisation. The classical co-processor varies individual application...
This paper focuses on the digital closed-loop design for a step-up converter with hybrid switching. For this purpose, for the first time, the control-to-output small-signal transfer function of a hybrid switching converter is determined in the ration...
Variable-speed electrical drive control typically relies upon a two-loop scheme, one for torque/speed and another for stator current control. In modern drive control methods, the actual mechanical speed is needed for both loops. In practical applicat...
In this work, a new real-time Simulation method is designed for nonlinear control techniques applied to power converters. We propose two different implementations: in the first one (Single Hardware in The Loop: SHIL), both model and control laws are...
The LLL (Lenstra–Lenstra–Lovász) algorithm is an important method for lattice basis reduction and has broad applications in computer algebra, cryptography, number theory, and combinatorial optimization. However, current LLL algorit...
Permanent Magnet Synchronous Motors (PMSMs) are widely used in industries, and high-speed PMSMs are becoming common. Digital control systems are frequently used for PMSM control, which introduce control delays. These delays may reduce the bandwidth o...
This paper proposes a speed-loop periodic controller design for fault-tolerant surface permanent magnet synchronous motor (SPMSM) drive systems. Faulty conditions, including an open insulated-gate bipolar transistor (IGBT), a short-circuited IGBT, or...
The matrix converter-based IPMSM drive has 360 Hz virtual DC-bus voltage variations which produce severe stator harmonic currents. To solve this problem, a speed-loop classical periodic controller and two current-loop periodic controllers, including...
This paper analyzes a Digital Signal Processor (DSP) based One Cycle Control (OCC) strategy for a Power Factor Corrector (PFC) rectifier with Common-mode Voltage (CMV) immunity. It is proposed a strategy that utilizes an emulated-resistance-controlle...
In this article, a simple closed-form analytical expression for the line-voltage total harmonic distortion (LTHD) of three-phase staircase-modulated (SCM) multilevel inverters (MLI) is proposed. The revealed expression is valid for any conventional M...
This paper presents a voltage control approach to a Switched Reluctance Generator (SRG) using a Proportional Integral (PI) controller. The principle of operation is described and the considerations in the design of controller are discussed. A current...
In autonomous vehicle trajectory tracking, lane-keeping control often relies on high-order robust controllers designed with multiple performance requirements encoded via weighting functions. Such designs typically entail a significant computational c...
Ultra-high sampling rates in coherent optical front-ends increasingly exceed the processing capabilities of real-time baseband processors, creating a bottleneck in coherent free-space optical communication systems. We propose a unified state-space fr...
This paper presents small-signal analysis of a soft-switching naturally clamped snubberless isolated current-fed half-bridge (CFHB) DC-DC converter using state-space averaging. A two-loop average current controller was designed and implemented on a d...
GNSS receivers with multi-system and multi-frequency capabilities allow more reliable positioning, especially in challenging environments. However, increased available systems and signals lead to hardware resource allocation problems. This issue esca...
This paper proposes a low-cost on-chip Hardware-in-the-Loop (HIL) platform for teaching and fast prototyping of dynamic systems. A dual-core digital signal controller (DSC)-based solution is proposed for the HIL system. CPU core A, as the simulation...
This study introduces a robust model-based framework designed for the verification and validation (V&V) of Attitude Determination and Control Systems (ADCSs) in nanosatellites, focusing on magnetic actuation while still being applicable to larger...
This paper presents the implementation of a Compensatory Adaptive Neuro-Fuzzy Inference System (CANFIS) controller to control an inverted pendulum. This controller is developed in order to readjust the parameters relating to the membership functions...
Stabilization of silicon micro-resonators is a key requirement for their inclusion in larger photonic integrated circuits. In particular, thermal refractive index shift in non-linear applications can detune devices from their optimal working point. A...
Stepper motors are employed in a wide range of consumer and industrial applications. Their use is simple: a digital device generates pulse-bursts and a direction bit towards a power driver that produces the 2-phase currents feeding the motor windings...
The SOGI-FLL (second-order generalized-integrator frequency-locked-loop) is a well-known and simple adaptive filter that allows estimation of the parameters of the grid voltage with a small computational burden. However, this structure has shown to b...
of 4