| SmartRCP is a control platform that provides a breakthrough and robust solution for fast and efficient validation of power electronics converters. It allows a perfect balance between digital processing power and hardware interconnectivity to implement any control algorithm and apply it to any converter topology effortlessly. |
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PWM modulation features are fully controlled as they are defined in C or VHDL. |
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The code validated by RCP can be exported directly into the real Control Unit. |
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Remote Controlling capabilities. |
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Embedded oscilloscope & datalogger and advanced post-processing tools. |
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In deep documentation and application examples provided |
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PSC Engineering & Consulting services available upon request. |
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Suitable for distributed control techniques. |
What does SmartRCP include?
🔺SmartRCP device
🔺Hardware drivers for all board peripherals fully compiled as an IP core, ready to use.
🔺All Vivado and Vitis configuration.
🔺Complete User Manual, including software and hardware descriptions.
🔺Embedded waveform viewer.
🔺Synchronous Buck Converter template and Demo Board for example application.
ANALOG AND DIGITAL FRONT ENDS:
32 · Digital inputs 0-24V (Isolated – sampled at 10kHz)
32 · Digital outputs 0-24V (Isolated – updated at 10kHz)
36 · PWM output channels (0-5V – RS422 – Differential – Isolated – sampled at 4ns)
12 · Fast analog input channels (0-5V – 12bits – 3Ms/s)
12 · Slow input analog channels (0-5V – 12bits – 500ks/s)
16 · Analog output channels (0-5V – 16bits – 500ks/s)
HIGH SPEED SERIAL CONNECTIVITY:
1 · Ethernet (1GB – RJ45)
4 · USB 2.0
2 · ETH RJ45 to parallel converters or distributed controlling
INDUSTRIAL CONNECTIVITY:
2 · UART (USB converted)
2 · RS485 (Full/Half duplex)
1 · MicroSD card
ADDITIONAL FEATURES:
1 · Programming and debugging microUSB
1 · Reset button
Power requirements (24V – 60W max)
PWM Channel chains details
🔺PWM channels are fully electrically isolated.
🔺To reduce noise susceptibility, a differential RS-422 protocol is used, and all connectors are shielded.
🔺Additional enable and status/error signals are provided to interface driving circuitry.
Analog input chains details
🔺All input analog channels share analog chain topology and input spam of 0-5V.
🔺Antialiasing filters are tuned at 1,5MHz for fast channels and 200kHz for slow channels.
🔺Analog front end provides a differential input with selectable input impedance, low input current and high bandwidth.
The SmartRCP computing core is based on an AMD Kria K26 SOM. This platform allows the integration of a custom AMD Zynq UltraScale MPSoC build together with an embedded processing system. Thus, a robust and efficient compromise between microprocessor-based and FPGA programming is achieved, enabling the development of any power electronics control architecture with almost no limits.
PROCESSING SYSTEM (PS) SPECIFICATIONS:
Quad-core Arm® Cortex®-A53 MPCore™ up to 1.5 GHz
Dual-core Arm Cortex-R5F MPCore up to 600 MHz
Mali™-400 MP2 up to 667 MHz
4GB 64-bit DDR4 (non-ECC) and 16 GB eMMC
PROGRAMMABLE LOGIC (PL) SPECIFICATIONS:
256k System Logic Cells
234k CLB Flip-Flops
117k CLB LUTs
144 BRAM
64 URAM
1248 DSP Slices
2 speed grade, low voltage and –40 to 100°C temperature range