FPGA-Based Power Controllers Offer Greater Speed And Computational Power Than Microcontrollers And DSPs
by Peter Markowski, Envelope Power, Ansonia, Conn., How2Power Today, Jun 15 2014
Focus:
In this article, the discussion of digital power control continues by exploring the specific
advantages of using an FPGA rather than a microcontroller or DSP as the power supply
controller. After a brief explanation of the differences in structure that distinguish FPGAs
from microcontrollers and DSPs, this article describes how those differences lead to specific
benefits for FPGAs when applied in power supply designs. The long list of benefits relates
mostly to the higher bandwidth and faster dynamic response enabled by the speed and
computational power of FPGAs. The article begins by discussing the parallel structure of the
FPGA, which allows complex tasks to be executed in a single clock cycle. The article concludes
by discussing a number of applications that could potentially benefit from the superior speed
and computational power of FPGAs.
What you’ll learn:
- How to understand the advantages of an FPGA versus a microcontroller or DSP when implementing digital power control
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