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15 years ago

Implementation of PI Controller using VHDL

Hi ! I want to implement PI Controller in FPGA SPARTRAN 3e kit, using VHDL. Can anyone guide me . I am very new in this field. I studied VHDL 3 years ago, and now have to implement thi...
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15 years ago

The basic task is to port the PID controller algorithm to fixed point arithmetic, deciding about suitable signal and coefficient word length and scaling. You can use MatLab to simulate it's behaviour exactly, but it's probably more easy to do it with Modelsim, if you don't have access to a MatLab fixed point toolbox.