AN 994: Drive-on-Chip Design Example for Intel Agilex® 7 Devices

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Date 6/26/2023
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1. About the Drive-on-Chip Design Example for Intel Agilex® 7 Devices 2. Features of the Drive-on-Chip Design Example for Intel Agilex 7 Devices 3. Getting Started with the Drive-on-Chip Design Example for Intel Agilex 7 Devices 4. Rebuilding the Drive-on-Chip Design Example for Intel Agilex 7 Devices 5. About the Scaling of Feedback Signals 6. Motor Control Software 7. Functional Description of the Drive-on-Chip Design Example for Intel Agilex 7 Devices 8. Signals 9. Registers 10. Design Security Recommendations 11. Document Revision History for AN 994: Drive-on-Chip Design Example for Intel Agilex 7 Devices
3. Getting Started with the Drive-on-Chip Design Example for Intel Agilex 7 Devices x
3.1. Software Requirements for the Drive-on-Chip Design Example for Intel Agilex 7 Devices 3.2. Hardware Requirements for the Drive-on-Chip Design Example for Intel Agilex 7 Devices 3.3. Downloading and Installing the Design 3.4. Setting Up your Development Board for the Drive-on-Chip Design Example for Intel Agilex 7 Devices 3.5. Configuring the FPGA Hardware for the Drive-on-Chip Design Example for Intel Agilex 7 Devices 3.6. Programming the Nios V/g Software to the Device for the Drive-on-Chip Design Example for Intel Agilex 7 Devices 3.7. Debugging and Monitoring the Drive-on-Chip Design Example for Intel Agilex 7 Devices with Python GUI
3.7. Debugging and Monitoring the Drive-on-Chip Design Example for Intel Agilex 7 Devices with Python GUI x
3.7.1. GUI Control Parameters Pane for the Drive-on-Chip Design Example for Intel Agilex 7 Devices 3.7.2. GUI Main Panes for the Drive-on-Chip Design Example for Intel Agilex 7 Devices 3.7.3. Tuning the PI Controller Gains 3.7.4. Controlling the Speed and Position Demonstrations 3.7.5. Monitoring Performance
4. Rebuilding the Drive-on-Chip Design Example for Intel Agilex 7 Devices x
4.1. Generating the Platform Designer System 4.2. Compiling the Hardware in the Intel Quartus Prime Software 4.3. Generating and Building the Nios V/g BSP for the Drive-on-Chip Design Example 4.4. Software Application Configuration Files
4.4. Software Application Configuration Files x
4.4.1. Defining a New Motor or Encoder Type 4.4.2. Real Time Operating System Specific Configuration Files
5. About the Scaling of Feedback Signals x
5.1. Signal Sensing in Sigma-Delta 5.2. Signal Scaling in the Software of the Drive-on-Chip Design Example 5.3. Scale Factors for the Drive-on-Chip Design Example in the GUI
7. Functional Description of the Drive-on-Chip Design Example for Intel Agilex 7 Devices x
7.1. NiosV/g Processor Subsystem 7.2. Control Subsystem 7.3. Drive Subsystem 7.4. Motor and Power Board Model
7.3. Drive Subsystem x
7.3.1. Six-channel PWM Interface 7.3.2. Drive System Monitor 7.3.3. Quadrature Encoder Interface 7.3.4. Sigma-Delta ADC Interface for Drive Axes 7.3.5. Motor Control Modes 7.3.6. FOC Subsystem
7.3.2. Drive System Monitor x
7.3.2.1. Drive System Monitor States for the Drive-on-Chip Design Example
7.3.4. Sigma-Delta ADC Interface for Drive Axes x
7.3.4.1. Offset Adjustment for Sigma-Delta ADC Interface
7.3.6. FOC Subsystem x
7.3.6.1. DSP Builder for Intel FPGAs Model for the Drive-on-Chip Designs 7.3.6.2. Avalon Memory-Mapped Interface 7.3.6.3. About DSP Builder for Intel FPGAs 7.3.6.4. DSP Builder for Intel FPGAs Folding 7.3.6.5. DSP Builder for Intel FPGAs Design Guidelines 7.3.6.6. Generating VHDL for the DSP Builder Models for the Drive-on-Chip Designs
1. About the Drive-on-Chip Design Example for Intel Agilex® 7 Devices
2. Features of the Drive-on-Chip Design Example for Intel Agilex 7 Devices
3. Getting Started with the Drive-on-Chip Design Example for Intel Agilex 7 Devices
4. Rebuilding the Drive-on-Chip Design Example for Intel Agilex 7 Devices
5. About the Scaling of Feedback Signals
6. Motor Control Software
7. Functional Description of the Drive-on-Chip Design Example for Intel Agilex 7 Devices
8. Signals
9. Registers
10. Design Security Recommendations
11. Document Revision History for AN 994: Drive-on-Chip Design Example for Intel Agilex 7 Devices

6. Motor Control Software

The Drive-on-Chip Design Example motor control software is in C, runs under the Micrium µC/OS-II real-time operating system on the Nios V/g soft-processor, and is in two parts.

The BSP is generated from the Platform Designer system via the .qsys file, which contains a description of the system interconnectivity and module base addresses. The design includes drivers for Nios V/g peripherals that the Nios V/g and Intel® FPGA Hardware Abstraction Layer (HAL) supports.

The application program comprises several threads handling initialization, status reporting, and communication functions and an ISR, triggered by the PWM time base, which covers the real-time aspects of running the motor control FOC algorithm. The design includes header files and basic drivers for motor control peripherals that the Nios V/g HAL does not directly support.

For more details about the software look for the source files in <project>/software. The design achieves FOC control and open loop mode based on the interrupt rate of the ISR of the ADC. This rate is 16 kHz or 32 kHz according to the selected mode. If the control loop is calculated in software or hardware the ISR keeps the real time capabilities of the system ensuring that every 62.5 us or 31.25 us ADC measuring and output for the control loops are available.

Figure 15. Main Program
Figure 16. IRQ Routine
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