DSP Builder for Intel® FPGAs (Advanced Blockset): Handbook

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Document Table of Contents x
1. About DSP Builder for Intel® FPGAs 2. DSP Builder for Intel FPGAs Advanced Blockset Getting Started 3. DSP Builder Design Flow 4. Primitive Library Blocks Tutorial 5. IP Tutorial 6. DSP Builder for Intel FPGAs (Advanced Blockset) Design Examples and Reference Designs 7. DSP Builder Design Rules, Design Recommendations, and Troubleshooting 8. About DSP Builder for Intel FPGAs Optimization 9. About Folding 10. Floating-Point Data Types 11. Design Configuration Library 12. IP Library 13. Interfaces Library 14. Primitives Library 15. Utilities Library 16. Simulink Supported Blocks 17. Document Revision History for DSP Builder for Intel FPGAs (Advanced Blockset) Handbook
1. About DSP Builder for Intel® FPGAs x
1.1. DSP Builder for Intel® FPGAs Features 1.2. DSP Builder for Intel® FPGAs Design Structure 1.3. DSP Builder for Intel® FPGAs Libraries 1.4. DSP Builder for Intel® FPGAs Device Support
2. DSP Builder for Intel FPGAs Advanced Blockset Getting Started x
2.1. Starting DSP Builder in MATLAB* 2.2. Browsing DSP Builder Libraries and Adding Blocks to a New Model 2.3. Browsing and Opening DSP Builder Design Examples 2.4. Creating a New DSP Builder Design with the DSP Builder New Model Wizard 2.5. Simulating, Verifying, Generating, and Compiling Your DSP Builder Design
2.4. Creating a New DSP Builder Design with the DSP Builder New Model Wizard x
2.4.1. DSP Builder Menu Options 2.4.2. DSP Builder New Model Wizard Setup Script Parameters
3. DSP Builder Design Flow x
3.1. Implementing your Design in DSP Builder Advanced Blockset 3.2. Verifying your DSP Builder Advanced Blockset Design in Simulink and MATLAB 3.3. Exploring DSP Builder Advanced Blockset Design Tradeoffs 3.4. Verifying your DSP Builder Design with C++ Software Models 3.5. Verifying your DSP Builder Advanced Blockset Design in the ModelSim Simulator 3.6. Verifying Your DSP Builder Design in Hardware 3.7. Integrating Your DSP Builder Advanced Blockset Design into Hardware
3.1. Implementing your Design in DSP Builder Advanced Blockset x
3.1.1. Dividing your DSP Builder Design into Subsystems 3.1.2. Connecting DSP Builder Subsystems 3.1.3. Creating a New Design by Copying a DSP Builder Design Example 3.1.4. Vectorized Inputs
3.1.2. Connecting DSP Builder Subsystems x
3.1.2.1. DSP Builder Block Interface Signals 3.1.2.2. Periods 3.1.2.3. Sample Rate 3.1.2.4. Building Multichannel Systems 3.1.2.5. Channelization for Two Channels with a Folding Factor of 3 3.1.2.6. Channelization for Four Channels with a Folding Factor of 3 3.1.2.7. Synchronization and Scheduling of Data with the Channel Signal 3.1.2.8. Simulink vs Hardware Design Representations
3.1.2.1. DSP Builder Block Interface Signals x
3.1.2.1.1. Multichannel Systems with IP Library Blocks 3.1.2.1.2. Valid, Channel, and Data Examples
3.1.2.4. Building Multichannel Systems x
3.1.2.4.1. Multichannel Systems with IP Library Blocks
3.1.3. Creating a New Design by Copying a DSP Builder Design Example x
3.1.3.1. Creating a New Design From the DSP Builder FIR Design Example and Changing the Namespaces
3.2. Verifying your DSP Builder Advanced Blockset Design in Simulink and MATLAB x
3.2.1. Verifying your DSP Builder Advanced Blockset Design with a Testbench 3.2.2. Running DSP Builder Advanced Blockset Automatic Testbenches 3.2.3. Using DSP Builder Advanced Blockset References 3.2.4. Setting Up Stimulus in DSP Builder Advanced Blockset 3.2.5. Analyzing your DSP Builder Advanced Blockset Design
3.2.1. Verifying your DSP Builder Advanced Blockset Design with a Testbench x
3.2.1.1. Visualization Features
3.2.2. Running DSP Builder Advanced Blockset Automatic Testbenches x
3.2.2.1. The dspba.runModelsimATB Command Syntax 3.2.2.2. Running All Automatic Testbenches 3.2.2.3. The command run_all_atbs Command Syntax 3.2.2.4. Testbench Error Messages
3.3. Exploring DSP Builder Advanced Blockset Design Tradeoffs x
3.3.1. Bit Growth 3.3.2. Managing Bit Growth in DSP Builder Advanced Blockset Designs 3.3.3. Using Rounding and Saturation in DSP Builder Advanced Blockset Designs 3.3.4. Scaling with Primitive Blocks 3.3.5. Changing Data Type with Convert Blocks and Specifying Output Types
3.3.5. Changing Data Type with Convert Blocks and Specifying Output Types x
3.3.5.1. The Convert Block and Real-world Values 3.3.5.2. Output Data Types on Primitive Blocks
3.4. Verifying your DSP Builder Design with C++ Software Models x
3.4.1. Example CMakelist File
3.5. Verifying your DSP Builder Advanced Blockset Design in the ModelSim Simulator x
3.5.1. Automatic Testbench 3.5.2. DSP Builder Advanced Blockset ModelSim Simulations
3.5.1. Automatic Testbench x
3.5.1.1. DSP Builder Advanced Blockset Automatic Testbench Files
3.6. Verifying Your DSP Builder Design in Hardware x
3.6.1. Hardware Verification 3.6.2. Hardware Verification with System-in-the-Loop
3.6.1. Hardware Verification x
3.6.1.1. Hardware Verification Design Example
3.6.2. Hardware Verification with System-in-the-Loop x
3.6.2.1. Preparing for DSP Builder System-In-The-Loop 3.6.2.2. System-In-The-Loop Supported Blocks 3.6.2.3. Building Custom JTAG-Based Board Support Packages 3.6.2.4. Running System-In-the-Loop 3.6.2.5. System-In-The-Loop Parameters
3.6.2.3. Building Custom JTAG-Based Board Support Packages x
3.6.2.3.1. Setting up Board Support Package for 28 nm Device Families 3.6.2.3.2. Setting up Board Support Packages for Other Device Families 3.6.2.3.3. Publishing the Package in the System-In-The-Loop Wizard 3.6.2.3.4. System-in-the-Loop Third-Party Board Support Packages 3.6.2.3.5. Template Values in the System-in-the-Loop boardinfos.xml File
3.7. Integrating Your DSP Builder Advanced Blockset Design into Hardware x
3.7.1. DSP Builder Generated Files 3.7.2. DSP Builder Designs and the Quartus Prime Project 3.7.3. Interfaces with a Processor Bus
3.7.2. DSP Builder Designs and the Quartus Prime Project x
3.7.2.1. Adding a DSP Builder Advanced Blockset Design to an Existing Quartus Prime Project
3.7.3. Interfaces with a Processor Bus x
3.7.3.1. Assigning Base Addresses in DSP Builder Designs 3.7.3.2. Adding a DSP Builder Design to a Platform Designer System 3.7.3.3. Updating Registers with the Nios II Processor
3.7.3.2. Adding a DSP Builder Design to a Platform Designer System x
3.7.3.2.1. Modifying Avalon-ST Blocks 3.7.3.2.2. Restrictions for DSP Builder Designs with Avalon Streaming Interface Blocks
4. Primitive Library Blocks Tutorial x
4.1. Creating a Fibonacci Design from the DSP Builder Primitive Library 4.2. Setting the Parameters on the Testbench Source Blocks 4.3. Simulating the Fibonacci Design in Simulink 4.4. Modifying the DSP Builder Fibonacci Design to Generate Vector Signals 4.5. Simulating the RTL of the Fibonacci Design
5. IP Tutorial x
5.1. Creating an IP Design 5.2. Simulating the IP Design in Simulink 5.3. Viewing Timing Closure and Viewing Resource Utilization for the DSP Builder IP Design 5.4. Reparameterizing the DSP Builder FIR Filter to Double the Number of Channels 5.5. Doubling the Target Clock Rate for a DSP Builder IP Design
6. DSP Builder for Intel FPGAs (Advanced Blockset) Design Examples and Reference Designs x
6.1. DSP Builder Design Configuration Block Design Examples 6.2. DSP Builder FFT Design Examples 6.3. DSP Builder DDC Design Example 6.4. DSP Builder Filter Design Examples 6.5. DSP Builder Finite State Machine Design Example 6.6. DSP Builder Folding Design Examples 6.7. DSP Builder Floating Point Design Examples 6.8. DSP Builder Flow Control Design Examples 6.9. DSP Builder HDL Import Design Example 6.10. DSP Builder Host Interface Design Examples 6.11. DSP Builder Platform Design Examples 6.12. DSP Builder Primitive Block Design Examples 6.13. DSP Builder Reference Designs 6.14. DSP Builder Waveform Synthesis Design Examples
6.1. DSP Builder Design Configuration Block Design Examples x
6.1.1. Scale 6.1.2. Local Threshold
6.2. DSP Builder FFT Design Examples x
6.2.1. FFT 6.2.2. FFT without BitReverseCoreC Block 6.2.3. IFFT 6.2.4. IFFT without BitReverseCoreC Block 6.2.5. Floating-Point FFT 6.2.6. Floating-Point FFT without BitReverseCoreC Block 6.2.7. Floating-Point iFFT 6.2.8. Floating-Point iFFT without BitReverseCoreC Block 6.2.9. Multichannel FFT 6.2.10. Multiwire Transpose 6.2.11. Parallel FFT 6.2.12. Parallel Floating-Point FFT 6.2.13. Single-Wire Transpose 6.2.14. Switchable FFT/iFFT 6.2.15. Variable-Size Fixed-Point FFT 6.2.16. Variable-Size Fixed-Point FFT without BitReverseCoreC Block 6.2.17. Variable-Size Fixed-Point iFFT 6.2.18. Variable-Size Fixed-Point iFFT without BitReverseCoreC Block 6.2.19. Variable-Size Floating-Point FFT 6.2.20. Variable-Size Floating-Point FFT without BitReverseCoreC Block 6.2.21. Variable-Size Floating-Point iFFT 6.2.22. Variable-Size Floating-Point iFFT without BitReverseCoreC Block 6.2.23. Variable-Size Low-Resource FFT 6.2.24. Variable-Size Low-Resource Real-Time FFT 6.2.25. Variable-Size Supersampled FFT
6.3. DSP Builder DDC Design Example x
6.3.1. DDC Design Example Subsystem 6.3.2. Building the DDC Design Example
6.3.2. Building the DDC Design Example x
6.3.2.1. DDC Design Example Generated Files
6.4. DSP Builder Filter Design Examples x
6.4.1. Complex FIR Filter 6.4.2. Decimating CIC Filter 6.4.3. Decimating FIR Filter 6.4.4. Filter Chain with Forward Flow Control 6.4.5. FIR Filter with Exposed Bus 6.4.6. Fractional FIR Filter Chain 6.4.7. Fractional-Rate FIR Filter 6.4.8. Half-Band FIR Filter 6.4.9. IIR: Full-rate Fixed-point 6.4.10. IIR: Full-rate Floating-point 6.4.11. Interpolating CIC Filter 6.4.12. Interpolating FIR Filter 6.4.13. Interpolating FIR Filter with Multiple Coefficient Banks 6.4.14. Interpolating FIR Filter with Updating Coefficient Banks 6.4.15. Root-Raised Cosine FIR Filter 6.4.16. Single-Rate FIR Filter 6.4.17. Super-Sample Decimating FIR Filter 6.4.18. Super-Sample Fractional FIR Filter 6.4.19. Super-Sample Interpolating FIR Filter 6.4.20. Variable-Rate CIC Filter
6.6. DSP Builder Folding Design Examples x
6.6.1. Position, Speed, and Current Control for AC Motors Functional Description Resource Usage Hardware Generation 6.6.2. Position, Speed, and Current Control for AC Motors (with ALU Folding) 6.6.3. About FOC 6.6.4. Folded FIR Filter
6.7. DSP Builder Floating Point Design Examples x
6.7.1. Black-Scholes Floating Point 6.7.2. Double-Precision Real Floating-Point Matrix Multiply 6.7.3. Fine Doppler Estimator 6.7.4. Floating-Point Mandlebrot Set 6.7.5. General Real Matrix Multiply One Cycle Per Output 6.7.6. Newton Root Finding Tutorial Step 1—Iteration 6.7.7. Newton Root Finding Tutorial Step 2—Convergence 6.7.8. Newton Root Finding Tutorial Step 3—Valid 6.7.9. Newton Root Finding Tutorial Step 4—Control 6.7.10. Newton Root Finding Tutorial Step 5—Final 6.7.11. Normalizer 6.7.12. Single-Precision Complex Floating-Point Matrix Multiply 6.7.13. Single-Precision Real Floating-Point Matrix Multiply 6.7.14. Simple Nonadaptive 2D Beamformer
6.8. DSP Builder Flow Control Design Examples x
6.8.1. Avalon-ST Interface (Input and Output FIFO Buffer) with Backpressure 6.8.2. Avalon-ST Interface (Output FIFO Buffer) with Backpressure 6.8.3. Kronecker Tensor Product 6.8.4. Parallel Loops 6.8.5. Primitive FIR with Back Pressure 6.8.6. Primitive FIR with Forward Pressure 6.8.7. Primitive Systolic FIR with Forward Flow Control 6.8.8. Rectangular Nested Loop 6.8.9. Sequential Loops 6.8.10. Triangular Nested Loop
6.9. DSP Builder HDL Import Design Example x
6.9.1. Performing a Cosimulation
6.10. DSP Builder Host Interface Design Examples x
6.10.1. Memory-Mapped Registers
6.11. DSP Builder Platform Design Examples x
6.11.1. 16-Channel DDC 6.11.2. 16-Channel DUC 6.11.3. 2-Antenna DUC for WiMAX 6.11.4. 2-Channel DUC 6.11.5. Super-Sample Rate Digital Upconverter
6.12. DSP Builder Primitive Block Design Examples x
6.12.1. 8×8 Inverse Discrete Cosine Transform 6.12.2. Automatic Gain Control 6.12.3. Bit Combine for Boolean Vectors 6.12.4. Bit Extract for Boolean Vectors 6.12.5. Color Space Converter 6.12.6. CORDIC from Primitive Blocks 6.12.7. Digital Predistortion Forward Path 6.12.8. Fibonacci Series 6.12.9. Folded Vector Sort 6.12.10. Fractional Square Root Using CORDIC 6.12.11. Fixed-point Maths Functions 6.12.12. Gaussian Random Number Generator 6.12.13. Hello World 6.12.14. Hybrid Direct Form and Transpose Form FIR Filter 6.12.15. Loadable Counter 6.12.16. Matrix Initialization of LUT 6.12.17. Matrix Initialization of Vector Memories 6.12.18. Multichannel IIR Filter 6.12.19. Quadrature Amplitude Modulation 6.12.20. Reinterpret Cast for Bit Packing and Unpacking 6.12.21. Run-time Configurable Decimating and Interpolating Half-Rate FIR Filter 6.12.22. Square Root Using CORDIC 6.12.23. Test CORDIC Functions with the CORDIC Block 6.12.24. Uniform Random Number Generator 6.12.25. Vector Sort—Sequential 6.12.26. Vector Sort—Iterative 6.12.27. Vector Initialization of Sample Delay 6.12.28. Wide Single-Channel Accumulators
6.13. DSP Builder Reference Designs x
6.13.1. 1-Antenna WiMAX DDC 6.13.2. 2-Antenna WiMAX DDC 6.13.3. 1-Antenna WiMAX DUC 6.13.4. 2-Antenna WiMAX DUC 6.13.5. 4-Carrier, 2-Antenna W-CDMA DDC 6.13.6. 1-Carrier, 2-Antenna W-CDMA DDC 6.13.7. 4-Carrier, 2-Antenna W-CDMA DUC 6.13.8. 4-Carrier, 4-Antenna DUC and DDC for LTE 6.13.9. 1-Carrier, 2-Antenna W-CDMA DDC 6.13.10. 4-Carrier, 2-Antenna High-Speed W-CDMA DUC at 368.64 MHz with Total Rate Change 32 6.13.11. 4-Carrier, 2-Antenna High-Speed W-CDMA DUC at 368.64 MHz with Total Rate Change 48 6.13.12. 4-Carrier, 2-Antenna High-Speed W-CDMA DUC at 307.2 MHz with Total Rate Change 40 6.13.13. Cholesky-based Matrix Inversion 6.13.14. Cholesky Solver Multiple Channels 6.13.15. Crest Factor Reduction 6.13.16. Direct RF with Synthesizable Testbench 6.13.17. Dynamic Decimating FIR Filter 6.13.18. Multichannel QR Decompostion 6.13.19. QR Decompostion 6.13.20. QRD Solver 6.13.21. Reconfigurable Decimation Filter 6.13.22. Single-Channel 10-MHz LTE Transmitter 6.13.23. STAP Radar Forward and Backward Substitution 6.13.24. STAP Radar Steering Generation 6.13.25. STAP Radar QR Decomposition 192x204 6.13.26. Time Delay Beamformer 6.13.27. Transmit and Receive Modem 6.13.28. Variable Integer Rate Decimation Filter
6.14. DSP Builder Waveform Synthesis Design Examples x
6.14.1. Complex Mixer 6.14.2. Four Channel, Two Banks NCO 6.14.3. Four Channel, Four Banks NCO 6.14.4. Four Channel, Eight Banks, Two Wires NCO 6.14.5. Four Channel, 16 Banks NCO 6.14.6. IP 6.14.7. NCO 6.14.8. NCO with Exposed Bus 6.14.9. Real Mixer 6.14.10. Super-sample NCO
7. DSP Builder Design Rules, Design Recommendations, and Troubleshooting x
7.1. DSP Builder Design Rules and Recommendations 7.2. Troubleshooting DSP Builder Designs
7.2. Troubleshooting DSP Builder Designs x
7.2.1. About Loops 7.2.2. DSP Builder Timed Feedback Loops 7.2.3. DSP Builder Loops, Clock Cycles, and Data Cycles
8. About DSP Builder for Intel FPGAs Optimization x
8.1. Associating DSP Builder with MATLAB 8.2. Setting Up Simulink for DSP Builder Designs 8.3. The DSP Builder Windows Shortcut 8.4. Setting DSP Builder Design Parameters with MATLAB Scripts 8.5. Managing your Designs 8.6. How to Manage Latency 8.7. Flow Control in DSP Builder Designs 8.8. Reset Minimization 8.9. About Importing HDL
8.2. Setting Up Simulink for DSP Builder Designs x
8.2.1. Setting Up Simulink Solver 8.2.2. Setting Up Simulink Signal Display Option
8.4. Setting DSP Builder Design Parameters with MATLAB Scripts x
8.4.1. Running Setup Scripts Automatically 8.4.2. Defining Unique DSP Builder Design Parameters 8.4.3. Example DSP Builder Custom Scripts
8.5. Managing your Designs x
8.5.1. Managing Basic Parameters 8.5.2. Creating User Libraries and Converting a Primitive Subsystem into a Custom Block 8.5.3. Revision Control
8.6. How to Manage Latency x
8.6.1. Reading the Added Latency Value for an IP Block 8.6.2. Zero Latency Example 8.6.3. Implicit Delays in DSP Builder Designs 8.6.4. Distributed Delays in DSP Builder Designs 8.6.5. Latency and fMAX Constraint Conflicts in DSP Builder Designs 8.6.6. Control Units Delays
9. About Folding x
9.1. ALU Folding 9.2. Removing Resource Sharing Folding
9.1. ALU Folding x
9.1.1. ALU Folding Limitations 9.1.2. ALU Folding Parameters 9.1.3. ALU Folding Simulation Rate 9.1.4. Using ALU Folding 9.1.5. Using Automated Verification 9.1.6. Ready Signal 9.1.7. Connecting the ALU Folding Ready Signal 9.1.8. About the ALU Folding Start of Packet Signal
10. Floating-Point Data Types x
10.1. DSP Builder Floating-Point Data Type Features 10.2. DSP Builder Supported Floating-Point Data Types 10.3. DSP Builder Round-Off Errors 10.4. Trading Off Logic Utilization and Accuracy in DSP Builder Designs 10.5. Upgrading Pre v14.0 Designs 10.6. Floating-Point Sine Wave Generator Tutorial 10.7. Newton-Raphson Root Finding Tutorial 10.8. Forcing Soft Floating-point Data Types with the Advanced Options
10.6. Floating-Point Sine Wave Generator Tutorial x
10.6.1. Creating a Sine Wave Generator in DSP Builder 10.6.2. Using Data Type Variables to Parameterize Designs 10.6.3. Using Data-Type Propagation in DSP Builder Designs 10.6.4. DSP Builder Testbench Verification
10.6.4. DSP Builder Testbench Verification x
10.6.4.1. Tuning ATB Thresholds 10.6.4.2. Writing Application Specific Verification 10.6.4.3. Performing Bit-Accurate Simulation 10.6.4.4. Adder Trees and Scalar Products 10.6.4.5. Creating Floating-Point Accumulators for Designs that Use Iteration
10.7. Newton-Raphson Root Finding Tutorial x
10.7.1. Implementing the Newton Design 10.7.2. Improving DSP Builder Floating-Point Designs
11. Design Configuration Library x
11.1. Avalon Memory-Mapped Agent Settings (AvalonMemoryMappedAgentSettings) 11.2. Control 11.3. Device 11.4. Edit Params 11.5. LocalThreshold
11.2. Control x
11.2.1. DSP Builder Memory and Multiplier Trade-Off Options
12. IP Library x
12.1. Channel Filter and Waveform Library 12.2. Dependent Delay Library 12.3. FFT IP Library
12.1. Channel Filter and Waveform Library x
12.1.1. DSP Builder FIR and CIC Filters 12.1.2. DSP Builder FIR Filters 12.1.3. Channel Viewer (ChanView) 12.1.4. Complex Mixer (ComplexMixer) 12.1.5. Decimating CIC 12.1.6. Decimating FIR 12.1.7. Fractional Rate FIR 12.1.8. Interpolating CIC 12.1.9. Interpolating FIR 12.1.10. NCO 12.1.11. Real Mixer (Mixer) 12.1.12. Scale 12.1.13. Single-Rate FIR
12.1.1. DSP Builder FIR and CIC Filters x
12.1.1.1. Common CIC and FIR Filter Features 12.1.1.2. Updated Help 12.1.1.3. Half-Band and L-Band Nyquist FIR Filters 12.1.1.4. Parameterization of CIC and FIR Filters 12.1.1.5. Setting and Changing FIR Filter Coefficients at Runtime in DSP Builder
12.1.2. DSP Builder FIR Filters x
12.1.2.1. FIR Filter Avalon-MM Interfaces 12.1.2.2. Reconfigurable FIR Filters
12.1.10. NCO x
12.1.10.1. NCO Block Phase Increment and Inversion 12.1.10.2. NCO Block Phase Increment Memory Registers 12.1.10.3. NCO Block Frequency Hopping
12.3. FFT IP Library x
12.3.1. Bit Reverse Core C (BitReverseCoreC and VariableBitReverse) 12.3.2. FFT (FFT, FFT_Light, VFFT, VFFT_Light)
13. Interfaces Library x
13.1. Memory-Mapped Library 13.2. Streaming Library
13.1. Memory-Mapped Library x
13.1.1. Bus Slave (BusSlave) 13.1.2. Bus Stimulus (BusStimulus) 13.1.3. Bus Stimulus File Reader (Bus StimulusFileReader) 13.1.4. External Memory, Memory Read, Memory Write 13.1.5. Register Bit (RegBit) 13.1.6. Register Field (RegField) 13.1.7. Register Out (RegOut) 13.1.8. Shared Memory (SharedMem)
13.2. Streaming Library x
13.2.1. Avalon-ST Input (AStInput) 13.2.2. Avalon-ST Input FIFO Buffer (AStInputFIFO) 13.2.3. Avalon-ST Output (AStOutput)
14. Primitives Library x
14.1. Vector and Complex Type Support 14.2. DFT Design Elements Library 14.3. FFT Design Elements Library 14.4. Primitive Basic Blocks Library 14.5. Primitive Configuration Library 14.6. Primitive Design Elements Library
14.1. Vector and Complex Type Support x
14.1.1. Vector Type Support 14.1.2. Complex Support
14.1.1. Vector Type Support x
14.1.1.1. Element by Element Mode 14.1.1.2. Mathematical Vector Mode 14.1.1.3. Interactions with Simulink
14.1.2. Complex Support x
14.1.2.1. Interactions with Simulink
14.2. DFT Design Elements Library x
14.2.1. DFT (DFT) 14.2.2. Reorder (ReorderBlock) 14.2.3. Reorder and Rescale (ReorderAndRescale)
14.3. FFT Design Elements Library x
14.3.1. About Pruning and Twiddle for FFT Blocks 14.3.2. Bit Vector Combine (BitVectorCombine) 14.3.3. Butterfly Unit (BFU) 14.3.4. Butterfly I C (BFIC) (Deprecated) 14.3.5. Butterfly II C (BFIIC) (Deprecated) 14.3.6. Choose Bits (ChooseBits) 14.3.7. Crossover Switch (XSwitch) 14.3.8. Dual Twiddle Memory (DualTwiddleMemoryC) 14.3.9. Edge Detect (EdgeDetect) 14.3.10. Floating-Point Twiddle Generator (TwiddleGenF) (Deprecated) 14.3.11. Fully-Parallel FFTs (FFT2P, FFT4P, FFT8P, FFT16P, FFT32P, and FFT64P) 14.3.12. Fully-Parallel FFTs with Flexible Ordering (FFT2X, FFT4X, FFT8X, FFT16X, FFT32X, and FFT64X) 14.3.13. General Multitwiddle and General Twiddle (GeneralMultiTwiddle, GeneralMultVTwiddle, GeneralTwiddle, GeneralVTwiddle) 14.3.14. Hybrid FFT (Hybrid_FFT, HybridVFFT) 14.3.15. Multiwire Transpose (MultiwireTranspose) 14.3.16. Parallel Pipelined FFT (PFFT_Pipe) 14.3.17. Pulse Divider (PulseDivider) 14.3.18. Pulse Multiplier (PulseMultiplier) 14.3.19. Single-Wire Transpose (Transpose) 14.3.20. Split Scalar (SplitScalar) 14.3.21. Streaming FFTs (FFT2, FFT4, VFFT2, and VFFT4) 14.3.22. Stretch Pulse (StretchPulse) 14.3.23. Twiddle Angle (TwiddleAngle) 14.3.24. Twiddle Generator (TwiddleGenC) Deprecated 14.3.25. Twiddle and Variable Twiddle (Twiddle and VTwiddle) 14.3.26. Twiddle ROM (TwiddleRom, TwiddleMultRom and TwiddleRomF (deprecated))
14.4. Primitive Basic Blocks Library x
14.4.1. Absolute Value (Abs) 14.4.2. Accumulator (Acc) 14.4.3. Add 14.4.4. Add SLoad (AddSLoad) 14.4.5. AddSub 14.4.6. AddSubFused 14.4.7. AND Gate (And) 14.4.8. Bit Combine (BitCombine) 14.4.9. Bit Extract (BitExtract) 14.4.10. Bit Reverse (BitReverse) 14.4.11. Compare (CmpCtrl) 14.4.12. Complex Conjugate (ComplexConjugate) 14.4.13. Compare Equality (CmpEQ) 14.4.14. Compare Greater Than (CmpGE) 14.4.15. Compare Less Than (CmpLT) 14.4.16. Compare Not Equal (CmpNE) 14.4.17. Constant (Const) 14.4.18. Constant Multiply (Const Mult) 14.4.19. Convert 14.4.20. CORDIC 14.4.21. Counter 14.4.22. Count Leading Zeros, Ones, or Sign Bits (CLZ) 14.4.23. Dual Memory (DualMem) 14.4.24. Demultiplexer (Demux) 14.4.25. Divide 14.4.26. Fanout 14.4.27. FIFO 14.4.28. Floating-point Classifier (FloatClass) 14.4.29. Floating-point Multiply Accumulate (MultAcc) 14.4.30. ForLoop 14.4.31. Load Exponent (LdExp) 14.4.32. Left Shift (LShift) 14.4.33. Loadable Counter (LoadableCounter) 14.4.34. Look-Up Table (Lut) 14.4.35. Loop 14.4.36. Math 14.4.37. Minimum and Maximum (MinMax) 14.4.38. MinMaxCtrl 14.4.39. Multiply (Mult) 14.4.40. Multiplexer (Mux) 14.4.41. NAND Gate (Nand) 14.4.42. Negate 14.4.43. NOR Gate (Nor) 14.4.44. NOT Gate (Not) 14.4.45. OR Gate (Or) 14.4.46. Polynomial 14.4.47. Ready 14.4.48. Reinterpret Cast (ReinterpretCast) 14.4.49. Round 14.4.50. Sample Delay (SampleDelay) 14.4.51. Scalar Product 14.4.52. Select 14.4.53. Sequence 14.4.54. Shift 14.4.55. Sqrt 14.4.56. Subtract (Sub) 14.4.57. Sum of Elements (SumOfElements) 14.4.58. Trig 14.4.59. XNOR Gate (Xnor) 14.4.60. XOR Gate (Xor)
14.5. Primitive Configuration Library x
14.5.1. Channel In (ChannelIn) 14.5.2. Channel Out (ChannelOut) 14.5.3. General Purpose Input (GPIn) 14.5.4. General Purpose Output (GPOut) 14.5.5. Synthesis Information (SynthesisInfo)
14.5.5. Synthesis Information (SynthesisInfo) x
14.5.5.1. Scheduled Synthesis 14.5.5.2. Updated Help
14.6. Primitive Design Elements Library x
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2. DSP Builder for Intel FPGAs Advanced Blockset Getting Started
3. DSP Builder Design Flow
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9. About Folding
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6.6.1. Position, Speed, and Current Control for AC Motors

This design example implements a field-oriented control (FOC) algorithm for AC motors such as permanent magnet synchronous machines (PMSM). Industrial servo motors, where the precise control of torque is important, commonly use these algorithms. This design example includes position and speed control, which allow the control of rotor speed and angle.

Note: Intel has not tested this design on hardware and Intel does not provide a model of a motor.

The model file is psc_ctrl.mdl. Also, an equivalent fixed-point design, psc_ctrl_fixed.mdl, exists. To change the precision this design uses, refer to the setup_position_speed_current_controller_fixed.m script.

Functional Description

An encoder measures the rotor position in the motor, which the FPGA then reads. An analog-to-digital converter (ADC) measures current feedback, which the FPGA then reads.

Figure 49. AC Motor Control System Block Diagram

Each of the FOC, speed, and position feedback loops use a simple PI controller to reduce the steady state error to zero. In a real-world PI controller, you may also need to consider integrator windup and tune the PI gains appropriately. The feedback loops for the integral portion of the PI controllers are internal to the design.

The example assumes you sample the inputs at a rate of 100 kHz and the FPGA clock rate is 100 MHz (suitable for Cyclone IV devices). ALU folding reduces the resource usage by sharing operators such as adders, multipliers, cosine. The folding factor is set to 100 to allow each operator to be timeshared up 100 times, which gives an input sample rate of 1 Msps, but as the real input sample rate is 100 ksps, only one out of every ten input timeslots are used. DSP Builder identifies the used timeslots when valid_in is 1. Use valid_in to enable the latcher in the PI controller, which stores data for use in the next valid timeslot. The valid_out signal indicates when the ChannelOut block has valid output data. You can calculate nine additional channels on the samedesign without incurring extra latency (or extra FPGA resources).

You should adjust the folding factor to see the effect it has on hardware resources and latency. To adjust, change the Sample rate (MHz) parameter in the ChannelIn and ChannelOut blocks of the design either directly or change the FoldingFactor parameter in the setup script. For example, a clock frequency of 100 MHz and sample rate of 10 MHz gives a folding factor of 10. Disabling folding, or setting the factor to 1, results in no resource sharing and minimal latency. Generally, you should not set the folding factor greater than the number of shareable operators, that is, for 24 adders and 50 multipliers, use a maximum folding factor 50.

Note: The testbench does not support simulations if you adjust the folding factor.

The control algorithm, with the FOC, position, speed, control loops, vary the desired position across time. The three control loops are parameterized with minimum and maximum limits, and Pl values. These values are not optimized and are for demonstrations only.

Resource Usage

Table 16.  Position, Speed, and Current Control for AC Motors Design Example Resource Usage
Folding Factor Add and Sub Blocks Mult Blocks Cos Blocks Latency
No folding 22 22 4 170
>22 1 1 1 279

The example uses floating-point arithmetic that automatically avoids arithmetic overflow, but you can implement it in a fixed-point design and tune individual accuracies while manually avoiding overflows.

Hardware Generation

When hardware generation is disabled, the Simulink system simulates the design at the external sample rate of 100 kHz, so that it outputs a new value once every 100 kHz. When hardware generation is enabled, the design simulates at the FPGA clock rate (100 MHz), which represents real-life latency clock delays, but it only outputs a new value every 100 kHz. This mode slows the system simulation speed greatly as the model is evaluated 1,000 times for every output. The setup script for the design example automatically detects whether hardware generation is enabled and sets the sample rates accordingly. The example is configured with hardware generation disabled, which allows fast simulations. When you enable hardware generation, set a very small simulation time (for example 0.0001 s) as simulation may be very slow.
Figure 50. Input Position RequestAt 0 s, a position of 3 is requested and then at 0.5 s a position of 0 is requested. Also shows the actual position and motor feedback currents
Figure 51. Output Response for Speed and TorqueThe maximum speed request saturates at 10 and the torque request saturates at 5 as set by parameters of the model. Also, some oscillation exists on the speed and torque requests because of nonoptimal settings for the PI controller causing an under-damped response.
Figure 52. Output CurrentFrom 0 to 0.1, the motor is accelerating; 0.1 to 0.3, it is at a constant speed; 0.3 to 0.5, it is decelerating to stop. From 0.5 to 0.6, the motor accelerates in the opposite direction; from 0.6 to 0.8, it is at a constant speed; from 0.8 to 1, it is decelerating to stop.
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