• Journal of Astronomy and Space Sciences
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• v.26 no.1
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• pp.99-110
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• 2009

The main purpose of the current research is to developments a real-time Hardware In-the-Loop (HIL) simulation testbed for the satellite formation flying navigation and orbit control. The HIL simulation testbed is integrated for demonstrations and evaluations of navigation and orbit control algorithms. The HIL simulation testbed is composed of Environment computer, GPS simulator, Flight computer and Visualization computer system. GPS measurements are generated by a SPIRENT GSS6560 multi-channel RF simulator to produce pseudorange, carrier phase measurements. The measurement date are transferred to Satrec Intiative space borne GPS receiver and exchanged by the flight computer system and subsequently processed in a navigation filter to generate relative or absolute state estimates. These results are fed into control algorithm to generate orbit controls required to maintain the formation. These maneuvers are informed to environment computer system to build a close simulation loop. In this paper, the overall design of the HIL simulation testbed for the satellite formation flying navigation and control is presented. Each component of the testbed is then described. Finally, a LEO formation navigation and control simulation is demonstrated by using virtual scenario.

• 한국신재생에너지학회:학술대회논문집
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• 2005.11a
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• pp.665-665
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• 2005

The existing DSP for utility interactive photovoltaic generation system control generally uses floating point process type. Because it is easy to use for number crunching, however, it is too late and too expensive. Fixed point process DSP TMS320F2812, has high control speed and is rather inexpensive. A very complicated real system can be simulated using hardware-in-the-loop (HIL) system in a virtual environment Therefore, HIL system can speed up research and development process with a little effort. Also current DSP for utility interactive photovoltaic generation system adopts floating point process type, which is easy to use for number crunching. However, fixed point process DSF, TMS320F2812, has high control speed and is rather inexpensive. This paper presents more efficient method for MPPT control using TMS320F2812 along with HIL System.

• Journal of Astronomy and Space Sciences
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• v.26 no.1
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• pp.47-58
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• 2009

In this study, a Hardware-In-the-Loop (HIL) simulator using thrusters is developed to validate the spacecraft attitude system. To control the attitude of the simulator, eight cold gas thrusters are aligned with roll, pitch and yaw axis. Also linear actuators are applied to the HIL simulator for automatic mass balancing to compensate the center of mass offset from the center of rotation. The HIL simulator consists of an embedded computer (Onboard PC) for simulator system control, a wireless adapter for wireless network, a rate gyro sensor to measure 3-axis attitude of the simulator, an inclinometer to measure horizontal attitude, and a battery set to supply power for the simulator independently. For the performance test of the HIL simulator, a bang-bang controller and Pulse-Width Pulse-Frequency (PWPF) modulator are evaluated successfully. The maneuver of 68 deg. in yaw axis is tested for the comparison of the both controllers. The settling time of the bang -bang controller is faster than that of the PWPF modulator by six seconds in the experiment. The required fuel of the PWPF modulator is used as much as 51% of bang-bang controller in the experiment. Overall, the HIL simulator is appropriately developed to validate the control algorithms using thrusters.

• Journal of the Korea Society for Simulation
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• v.28 no.4
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• pp.11-20
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• 2019

This paper presents a HILS(Hardware-In-the-Loop Simulation) approach for the verification of the OHT (Overhead Hoist Transport) controller in a semiconductor FAB. Since hundreds of OHTs can run simultaneously on the OHT network of a FAB, the full verification of the OHT controller is very essential to guarantee the stableness of the material handling system. The controller needs to fully consider not only normal situations but also abnormal situations that are difficult to predict. For the verification of the controller, we propose a HILS approach using a virtual environment including OHTs on a rail network, which can generate abnormal situations. The proposed HILS approach has been implemented and tested with various examples.

• Proceedings of the KIPE Conference
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• 2020.08a
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• pp.421-422
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• 2020

Hardware In-the-Loop simulation(HIL)은 실제 하드웨어 시스템을 실시간 모사할 수 있는 시뮬레이션 장비로 연구 및 개발 기간의 단축, 비용저감 등의 장점을 앞세워 다양한 전력전자 분야에 사용되고 있다. 실제 하드웨어를 그대로 모사하는 것이 HIL의 목적이기 때문에 HIL 장비는 검증의 실시간성과 출력된 결과의 정확성이 무엇보다도 중요하다고 할 수 있다. 하지만 코어간의 데이터를 주고받는 과정에서 HIL의 연산 속도 및 정확성을 저해하는 요인들이 발생하게 된다. 본 연구에서는 HIL 장비를 이용해 복잡한 시스템을 구현함에 있어서 연산속도 및 정확성을 저해하는 요인들을 찾아내고 이를 해결하기 위한 방법을 제안한다. 제안된 연산속도 개선 및 정확성 개선 방법의 타당성은 프로세서의 연산 속도 변화량, HIL 및 시험 결과 파형의 비교 분석을 통해 검증되었다.

• Proceedings of the KIPE Conference
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• 2013.11a
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• pp.37-38
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• 2013

This paper presents an intuitive and powerful way to study and design motor drive control. The control of induction motors, as most widely used machines, is discussed. Thanks to ultra low latency and high fidelity Hardware-in-the-Loop systems, different aspects of up-to-date drive regulation are examined. A power stage, comprised of a grid voltage source, a rectifier, a VSC inverter and an induction motor, is emulated on the HIL platform in real time. A digital signal controller is plugged into the interface board and connected to the HIL emulation platform, without any hardware modifications. For motor control and power electronics applications, a dedicated Texas Instruments TMS320F2808 DSP is chosen. The same controller can drive an emulation platform and a real device with no modifications. Current and speed control loop test results are presented and discussed.

• Proceedings of the Korea Committee for Ocean Resources and Engineering Conference
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• 2006.11a
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• pp.319-322
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• 2006

The Deep-sea miner system is composed of body, actuators, sensors, and devices for control and monitoring. At present, we are manufacturing the miner's body included actuators and already consisted with off-the-shelf embedded controller. But sensors and those devices were just determined. To previously test performance of embedded controller which manages control and monitoring of miner system, its simulator must be developed for control and monitoring. Hardware-In-the-Loop(HIL) simulation is being increasingly used in industrial applications. This is an effective tool for the evaluation of electric system and drives. In the HIL simulator, we can test and design the control and monitoring system freely without the risk of hardware ruins and the load of expenses. Also the programming software for miner operating is verified on the HIL simulator. In this paper, we introduce the concept of HIL simulator for control and monitoring of deep-sea miner.

• Journal of Electrical Engineering and Technology
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• v.7 no.3
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• pp.366-375
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• 2012

This paper describes a design and temporal analysis of a hardware-in-the-loop (HIL) simulation environment for testing a motor control unit (MCU). The design concepts and main characteristics including unavoidable time delays of each component module are described. From temporal analysis results according to the module integration method, an appropriate solution is proposed to fix and minimize time delays. In order to verify the effectiveness of the proposed solution, the HIL test results are compared with the results of experiments and an offline simulation.

• Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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• 2005.10c
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• pp.257-260
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• 2005

A very complicated real system can be simulated using hardware-in-the-loop (HIL) system in a virtual environment. Therefore, HIL system can speed up research and development process with a little effort. Also, current DSP for utility interactive photovoltaic generation system adopts floating point process type, which is easy to use for number crunching. However, fixed point process DSP, TMS320F2812, has high control speed and is rather inexpensive. This paper presents more efficient method for MPPT control using TMS320F2812 along with HIL system.

• Journal of Power Electronics
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• v.13 no.1
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• pp.104-112
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• 2013

This paper presents a comparative evaluation of various topologies for three-phase power converters using the hardware-in-the-loop (HIL) simulation technique. Various switch-mode AC-DC power converters are studied, and their performance with respect to total harmonic distortion (THD), efficiency, power factor and losses are analyzed. The HIL-simulation is implemented in an Altera Cyclone II DE2 Field Programmable Gate Array (FPGA) Board and in the Matlab/Simulink environment. A comparison of the simulation and HIL-simulation results is also provided.