Altera Showcases Efficient and Safety-Integrated Drive Systems at SPS/IPC/DRIVES 2011
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Test Drive Industry's First Virtual Target for Software Development on SoC FPGAs
SAN JOSE, Calif.- Altera Corporation (NASDAQ: ALTR) today announced it will demonstrate its latest industrial embedded solutions for energy-efficient and safety-integrated drive systems at SPS/IPC/DRIVES Electric Automation Exhibition and Conference in Nuremberg, Germany.
Altera will highlight how its Cyclone® series of FPGAs enables integrated, high-performance industrial systems such as drive systems with a high-performance control loop in floating point. Visitors to the booth also can test drive the industry's first Virtual Target for software development on the new Cyclone V SoC FPGA with the integrated ARM® Cortex(TM)-A9 MPCore(TM) processor. Many designers use Cyclone FPGAs in a wide range of industrial applications including drives, PLCs, inverters and embedded control.
What: SPS/IPC/DRIVES 2011When: Tues., Nov. 22 to Thurs., Nov. 24 Where: Hall 6, Stand 111, Exhibition Centre, Nuremberg, Germany
Demonstrations
Altera's product and solution demonstrations include:
o "Drive-on-a-chip" solution through model-based design
o Leveraging the FPGA industry's first variable-precision DSP
architecture, Altera tools such as DSP Builder and Qsys take
advantage of floating-point algorithms implemented in MathWorks
Simulink to reduce control loop latency and extend intellectual
property (IP) reuse
o Building a drive on a single device by integrating the motor control
algorithm, logic, encoder interface and Industrial Ethernet
protocols
o Using EBV Elektronik's FalconEye FPGA system with a brushless motor
to deliver a flexible hardware reference platform that significantly
reduces development time
o Support for multiple industrial networking protocols on a single device
o The Industrial Networking Kit (INK), featuring the Cyclone IV E
FPGA, expands support for the leading Industrial Ethernet protocols
on a single FPGA
o Integrated FPGA control for 3-level IGBTs
o A hardware reference system highlighting an efficient method for
3-level space-vector modulation for inverters and high-frequency
drives
o The latest in 3-level insulated-gate bipolar transistors (IGBTs)
with smaller output voltage steps that reduce potential issues with
long power cables between the inverter and motor
o New software development tool for ARM-Based SoC FPGAs
o FPGA industry's first Virtual Target for software development on SoC
FPGAs designed to enable immediate device-specific embedded software
development
o PC-based functional simulation of embedded development board for Cyclone
V and Arria® V SoC FPGA devices
o Binary- and register-compatible, functional equivalent of SoC FPGA board
ensures that software developed on the Virtual Target can be moved to
the actual board with minimal effort
For additional information on Altera's participation at SPS/IPC/DRIVES, visit www.altera.com/spsdrives2011.
Free Workshops
In addition to the in-booth demonstrations, Altera will host two free workshops:
o "Shortening Time To Market for Certified Functional Safety Applications with FPGAs"
Participants will learn how to simplify and reduce development
time for safety-integrated certification. Altera is the
first FPGA supplier to obtain qualification of its devices
and tools under safety standard IEC 61508.
Dates: Nov. 22, 2 p.m. and Nov. 23, 10 a.m.
Location: Lissabon Room, CCN Mitte, Messezentrum
o "Optimizing FPGA Motor Control Designs With The Right Tool Flow"
co-presented with EBV Elektronik, this workshop will
demonstrate the benefits of an FPGA-based motor control
system leveraging a model-based design flow.
Dates: Nov. 22, 10 a.m. and Nov. 23, 2 p.m.
Location: Lissabon Room, CCN Mitte, Messezentrum
Seating for both workshops is limited. To reserve a seat, visit www.altera.com/spsdrives2011.
About Altera
Altera® programmable solutions enable system and semiconductor companies to rapidly and cost-effectively innovate, differentiate and win in their markets. Find out more about Altera's FPGA, CPLD and ASIC devices at www.altera.com. Follow Altera via Facebook, RSS and Twitter.
Editor Contact:Yoko OkamuraAltera Corporation(408) 544-7458
SOURCE Altera Corporation
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