Development of real-time control emulator in FPGA using HiLeS methodology

Embedded systems (ES) based on field programmable gate arrays (FPGAs) enhance the overall computational capability and relieve computational load. The lack on design and implementation methods for specific control functions in hardware limits the application of complex control techniques. Therefore, a design methodology approach is showed in the current work. Fuzzy, LQR, and PI control systems are modeled using HiLeS-RCP (High Level Specification of Embedded Systems-Rich Client Platform), a methodology that links the requirements formalization step using SySML and the virtual prototyping based on Petri Nets which takes place in the system design within the process of functional modeling, generating VHDL-AMS code to implement in FPGA.