Integrating FPGA models in dSPACE systems. The RTI FPGA Programming Blockset is a Simulink blockset for using an FPGA model created with the Xilinx® System Generator Blockset with a dSPACE system.
Application Areas
- DS5203 FPGA Board.
- DS2655 FPGA Base Board.
- MicroAutoBox II 1401/1511/1514 and 1401/1513/1514 extended with a DS1552 Multi I/O Module.
- MicroLabBox.
Signal preprocessing, adapting new interfaces, very fast control loops, designing and testing new concepts for electrified powertrains
Benefits
The dSPACE FPGA platforms provide a Xilinx FPGA, for which you can implement an application graphically using the Xilinx System Generator in Simulink. The RTI FPGA Programming Blockset lets you integrate the resulting FPGA model in a Simulink model that runs on dSPACE hardware. The RTI FPGA Programming Blockset is a convenient way to connect the I/O board’s I/O driver components and to model the connection to a processor-based computation node (DS1005 or DS1006 processor boards or MicroAutoBox II). The data exchange supports fixed point data types as well as floating point data types. Thus, FPGA programming is seamlessly integrated into the Simulink environment. With the FPGA blockset, you can synthesize, build, and program the FPGA or processor directly from Simulink for optimal convenience. Alternatively, the handcode interface lets you program the FPGA boards in VHDL (VHSIC Hardware Description Language) or Verilog.