FPGA Technology and Software IP in Power Electronics Applications

FPGA-based Motor Control: “The Brains behind the Motion Controller” Webinar

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I will be giving a webinar on the topic of FPGA-based Motor Control on May 30th 2013. Make sure to register by click this link.

Meanwhile, if you have any particular question you would like to be addressed during the Q&A session, feel free to contact me.

I look forward to talk with you on May 30th !

Why developing power electronics embedded software is so hard ?

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Here is a figure I did use in a recent presentation explaining why power electronics software is so hard to develop: Hence, in order to create quality embedded software for power electronics applications, one must have advanced knowledge on … [Continue reading]

IEEE Industrial Electronics Society launches its TechNews (ITeN)

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I am now a proud member of the editorial committee of the new IEEE IES ITeN : "The IE Technology News (ITeN) is a step forward to widen the reach of the IES by a free on-line publication. This provides the extended abstracts of a few timely, thought … [Continue reading]

FPGA-based Motor Control and Motor Control Software IP – A review of 2012

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Here is my review of the main events that have happened in 2012 in the world of FPGA-based motor control and Motor Control Software IP. A new kit from Microsemi and Trinamic In February, Microsemi and Trinamic did release their new Motor … [Continue reading]

IP for FPGAs: What Does the Future Hold?

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Warren Miller has recently posted a series of articles on All Programmable Planet website titled "IP for FPGAs: What Does the Future Hold ?". I took time to add my two-cents in the conversation: "Hi Warren and congrats for this excellent series … [Continue reading]

FPGA-based Custom Motor Drives Design: The Role of 3rd-party System-Level IP

For those who didn’t have the chance to be at the annual IEEE Industrial Electronics Conference (IECON) 2012 conference in Montréal, Qc last week, you may have a look at the slides of my presentation : I take this opportunity to thank the … [Continue reading]

Electric motor power savings: The true impact of the device selection

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It's been a while that I want to write a post to discuss about the real impact of the electronic/semiconductor device selection on the energy consumption of electric motor-driven systems.  It seems that every chip on the market has capabilities for … [Continue reading]

PE-FPGA.com is now evolving to PE-IP.com!

I have been very busy in the last months and unfortunately I have not been able to update my blog properly. But while the months were passing I was thinking about the positionning of this blog originally towards "FPGA in power electronics … [Continue reading]

IECON2012: Electronic System on Chip & Real Time Embedded Control

The 38th Annual Conference of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society (IECON) is going to be held in Montreal, Canada on October 25-28th 2012 ! Topics of this conference are (not limited to) : - Power electronics and energy conversion - Renable … [Continue reading]

FPGA-based motor control – A Review of 2011

To begin 2012, let's recap major events/announcements that have been made in the exciting world of FPGA-based motor control during 2011: FPGA vendors In March, Microsemi announced its new Industrial Ecosystem for SmartFusion Intelligent Mixed … [Continue reading]