Impedyme Simulink Blocksets: Simplifying Graphical PHIL Control Development and Deployment

Impedyme’s Simulink Blocksets provide an intuitive and powerful graphical model-based design (MBD) environment for developing Power Hardware-in-the-Loop (PHIL) control applications. By converting Impedyme controllers into fully compatible Simulink Coder targets, these blocksets enable seamless control software development, simulation, and real-time deployment while ensuring high accuracy, performance, and flexibility.

IEffortless PHIL Control Development with Graphical Programming

The Impedyme Simulink Blocksets simplify PHIL control software design through an accessible drag-and-drop programming approach. By leveraging Simulink’s graphical interface, users can build complex control systems without requiring extensive manual coding.

Key Features of Graphical PHIL Control Design:

Drag-and-Drop Functionality: Users can design control strategies using standard Simulink blocks tailored for Impedyme’s PHIL controllers.
Signal Processing & Control Logic: Blocks include real-time signal acquisition, control loops, and actuator commands for PHIL applications.
Pre-validated Hardware Interfaces: Built-in blocks ensure compatibility with Impedyme’s real-time hardware without requiring extensive manual configuration.
Accurate Modeling: Offers advanced simulation models that ensure a high-fidelity offline simulation before deployment to hardware.

Seamless Integration with Simulink Coder for Real-Time Deployment

The Simulink Blockset leverages the Simulink Coder engine, enabling automatic C code generation and deployment onto Impedyme controllers. This model-based workflow bridges the gap between simulation and real-world implementation, ensuring a smooth transition from design to execution.

Advantages of Simulink Coder Integration:

Auto-Generated C Code: Eliminates manual coding errors and speeds up implementation.
Target-Specific Optimization: Generated code is optimized for Impedyme’s real-time control hardware.
Seamless Execution on Impedyme Controllers: The generated software runs directly on the PHIL testbench controllers, ensuring high fidelity between simulated and real-world behavior.

Leveraging Simulation and Code Generation for Testbench Control

The Impedyme Simulink Blockset takes full advantage of Simulink’s simulation and code generation engines to create an efficient workflow for developing, testing, and maintaining PHIL testbench control applications.

Simulation & Testing Capabilities:

Offline Simulation: Test and validate control algorithms in a purely simulated environment before deploying to hardware.
Software-in-the-Loop (SIL) Testing: Evaluate real-time execution behavior without connecting to physical hardware.
Hardware-in-the-Loop (HIL) Validation: Run the generated code on Impedyme controllers while interacting with the simulated plant model.

Enhanced Maintenance & Scalability:

Version Control & Reusability: Model-based design simplifies code maintenance and reuse across different PHIL testbench configurations.
Rapid Iteration & Debugging: Any modifications to the control logic are quickly reflected in both the simulation and deployed system.
Extensibility: Users can integrate custom Simulink blocks and external C/C++ code for specialized PHIL applications.

The Impedyme Simulink Blockset revolutionizes PHIL control software design and implementation by enabling a graphical, simulation-driven approach. By transforming Impedyme controllers into Simulink Coder targets, the blockset streamlines testbench control development, ensures seamless code deployment, and enhances system validation and maintenance. This unified workflow not only accelerates PHIL control system development but also ensures robust, scalable, and efficient real-time control implementation.