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Honored ContributorFPGA Based Flight Control System
Hi, Everybody.
I'm trying to build a flight control system that is based on FPGA. Is there anybody on this platform who has experience related to this topic, as i'm new into FPGA's and i could use some help. Help needed mainly with the VHDL or Verilog Program to run the system. The Flight Control System in for a Quadcopter. Please help me in case you are familiar with this topic.16 Replies
Altera_Forumwhat does your system need to do? Motor control, gyro's, gps etc?
- Altera_Forum
What part do you need help with? Have you drawn a block diagram? Did you read books about vhdl or verilog? I see you naming the FPGA a processor but keep in mind it isn't a processor in the sense of a CPU. Also you don't write a program, you design hardware. Search this forum for books, there are some good book tips.
- Altera_Forum
You should post in this forum and ask specific questions. Others will not do work for you, there are many companies that you can pay to do that for you.
So, exactly what problems do you have? - Altera_Forum
Yes, sir.
It needs to control: Motor, Gyro's, GPS, etc... i'm using Altera's Cyclone V FPGA Development board. The FPGA is meat to be the main processor of this Flight Control System. Please, help me if possible. - Altera_Forum
Thank you very much for your feedback.
I have some basic knowledge about the FPGA and also some besics in VHDL, as i have been busy with this for the past 2 weeks. I have a Diagram of how i think the system should work. How can i send it to you, so you can view it? your email address maybe? Thanks in advance. Note: The FPGA will be used as a floating point for low level parallel processing and DSP will be used as a floating point for the high level serial processing. I need help with programming the FPGA to execute its task. - Altera_Forum
Tricky, i asked for the e-mail address coz Pietervanderstar wants to see the diagram.
i don't see how i can insert the diagram in this platform, as i have just started using this platform since yesterday. in case there is a way i could post it here, please let me know. I think you got me wrong. I'm totally aware of existence of companies who do that. But this is a learning process for me and i just wanna learn from it. Anyways, let me know if you can help. - Altera_Forum
This forum allows posting of images, code and other things. Click the "go advanced" button and you should see the options. I recommend you link to the image that is off-site hosted as I dont think this forum supports larger images.
- Altera_Forum
Thanks for your feedback.
I will upload the diagram now and hopefully we can discuss about it. - Altera_Forum
As you can see from the diagram.
Task 1: FPGA performs low-level and parallel interface functions for external components. Task 2: First-In First-Out (FIFO) for communication with the DSP. Question: How to define the external components in my VHDL program? Question: In which part of the program do i include the FIFO. Note: i'm sorry in advance in case my questions are very annoying. I'm really new to this. - Altera_Forum
You dont technically define the external components in VHDL, you define the drivers for the external components. You will need to read the datasheets for each component to understand how they are driven and then write code that drives them in the way that you need them to work.
The FIFO will just be somewhere inside your design - where is up to how you decide to architect it.
