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http://dx.doi.org/10.13067/JKIECS.2014.9.6.681

Design and Qualification of FPGA-based Controller applying HPD Development Life-Cycle for Nuclear Instrumentation and Control System  

Lee, Joon-Ku (한국원자력연구원)
Jeong, Kwang-Il (한국원자력연구원)
Park, Geun-Ok (한국원자력연구원)
Sohn, Kwang-Young ((주)미래엔)
Publication Information
The Journal of the Korea institute of electronic communication sciences / v.9, no.6, 2014 , pp. 681-687 More about this Journal
Abstract
Nuclear industries have faced unfavorable circumstances such as an obsolescence of the instrumentation and control system, and therefore nuclear society is striving to resolve this issue fundamentally. IEC and IAEA judge that FPGA technology is a good replacement for Programmable Logic Controller (PLC) of Nuclear Instrumentation and Control System. FPGAs are currently highlighted as an alternative means for obsolete control systems. Because the main function inside an FPGA is initially developed as software, good software quality can impact the reliability of an FPGA-based controller. Therefore, it is necessary to establish a software development aspect strategy that enhances the reliability of an FPGA-based controller. In terms of software development, HDL-Programmed Device (HPD) Development Life Cycle is applied into FPGA-based Controller. The burn-in test and environmental(temperature) test should be performed in order to apply into nuclear instrumentation and control system. Therefore it is ensured that the developed FPGA-based controller are normally operated for 352 hours and 92 hours in test chamber of Korea Institute of Machinery and Materials (KIMM).
Keywords
Field Programmable Gate Arrary; Programmable Logic Controller; Nuclear Power Plant; Instrumentation and Control System; Burn-In Test; Environmental Test; Hardware Description Language;
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