Electric motors are everywhere and we are finding new applications every day. The technology to control motors is also evolving to target new platforms comprising both hardware (FPGA/ASIC) and software (microprocessor), such as Xilinx^® Zynq^®. In this session, GianCarlo Pacitti looks at some of the challenges and solutions for developing motor control algorithms, using Model-Based Design, including:

• Techniques to model and parameterise electrical machines for simulation work
• Approaches to partition controller designs between hardware and software
• Methods to generate code for the software, hardware, and the interfaces between them