Resolver PL Interface#

This IP Core is designed as an add-on to the Resolver Interface uz_resolverIP. There are three intended use-cases.

1. This IP Core provides angle and speed outputs in fixed-point SI values in the FPGA for control applications in the FPGA. It handles all dependencies to the number of polepairs of the resolver and the machine, as well as angle zero point offset between resolver and machine. The electrical and mechanical angle are limited to the range of \(0..2{\pi}\).

2. For control algorithms in the processor, saving every \({\mu}s\) of calculation effort is sometimes crucial. Therefore most of the software driver functionality of the uz_resolverIP can be “outsourced” into this IP Core. Therefore, no calculations from raw values of the resolver with respect to polepairs and offsets will cause workload in the processor, just reading angles and speeds via AXI is necessary.

3. Sometimes you might have a unfavorable combination of resolver polepairs and machine polepairs. E.g. machine polepairs \(p_m=5\) and resolver polepairs \(p_r=2\) results in a fractional ratio between mechanical and electrical revolutions of the machine and the resolver. A strategy to deal with this is to convert the resolver revolutions to one mechanical revolution of the machine and derive electrical revolutions from there. This comes at the cost of loosing absolute position information in the beginning and requires a defined mechanical init position of the machine at startup. The IP Core handles these complicated sounding calculations. The user just has to provide all the polepair numbers and has to define the rotational position of the machine at the testbench at startup. Subsequently, all angle and speed information can be used as usual by reading them via AXI.

Interface Definition#

../../_images/simulink_block.png — Fig. 374 Simulink source of `uz_resolver_pl_interface`#

Table Interface of resolver_pl_interface IP-Core lists all input and output ports (AXI and external port) that are present in the IP-Core.

Table 123 Interface of resolver_pl_interface IP-Core#
Port Name	Port Type	Data Type	Target Platform Interfaces	Range	Unit	Function
PL ports
position_raw	Input	uint16_t	External Signal	0..65535	1	raw value of angle
velocity_raw	Input	int16_t	External Signal	-32768..32767	1	raw value of speed
trigger	Input	bool	External Signal	false..true	1	trigger calculations
position_mech_raw	Output	uint16_t	External Signal	0..65535	1	raw mechanical position (theta_m_offset_rad not respected)
position_mech_2pi	Output	sfix27_En20	External Signal	0..2pi	rad	mechanical position in rad
position_el_2pi	Output	sfix27_En20	Exernal Signal	0..2pi	rad	electrical position in rad
omega_mech_rad_s	Output	sfix24_En11	External Signal	-4096..4095.9995	rad/s	mechanical speed in rad/s
n_mech_rpm	Output	sfix24_En11	External Signal	-4096..4095.9995	rounds per minute	mechanical speed in rpm
done	Output	bool	External Signal	false..true	1	true if ip core calculations are finished
AXI4-Lite ports
resolver_polepairs	Input	int32_t	AXI4-Lite	1..int32max	1	polepairs of the resolver_polepairs
cnt_reset	Input	bool	AXI4-Lite	false..true	1	reset the internal revolution counter (is triggered once at init)
position_intmax	Input	int32_t	AXI4-Lite	0..int32max	1	represents the max possible raw value according to the resolution setting of the resolver (e.g. 65535 for 16bit)
machine_polepairs	Input	int32_t	AXI4-Lite	1..int32max	1	polepairs of the machine
bitToRPS_Factor	Input	float	AXI4-Lite	>0..floatmax	rounds per second/velocity_raw	calculates speed in rounds per second from raw value
theta_m_offset_rad	Input	float	AXI4-Lite	-2pi..0	rad	mechanical offset between resolver zero and machine zero
position_mech_2pi	Output	float	AXI4-Lite	0..2pi	rad	mechanical position in rad
position_el_2pi	Output	float	AXI4-Lite	0..2pi	rad	electrical position in rad
omega_mech_rad_s	Output	float	AXI4-Lite	+/- floatmax	rad/s	mechanical speed in rad/s
n_mech_rpm	Output	float	AXI4-Lite	+/- floatmax	rounds per minute	mechanical speed in rpm

Example Usage#

The following step-by-step description shall guide the user in order to properly implement the IP Core and the respective interface and software drivers.

Vivado Block Design#

First, the ip core has to be added to the block design in vivado:

Go to the place where the Resolver Interface IP Core uz_resolverIP is located (e.g. inside the already existing uz_user hierarchy) in the block design.
Add the Resolver PL Interface IP Core uz_resolver_pl_interface.
Connect the signals as shown below. Pay attention that position_out_m, velocity_out_m and valid_m are output signals of the Resolver Interface IP Core and serve as the inputs for all calculations inside the uz_resolver_pl_interface IP Core.
Now the output ports to your IP can be used inside the FPGA block design. In parallel, the AXI4-Lite values are also available.

../../_images/ip_core.png — Fig. 375 IP Core in the Vivado block design#

Software driver#

For interacting with the IP Core, the following step-by-step example shows a way of implementing one instance of the software driver.

In Vitis, in the Baremetal project under the folder hw_init create a new file uz_resolver_pl_interface_init.c
Include necessary files and create config and output structs as well as an init function for one or more instances:

Listing 222 Example of uz_resolver_pl_interface_init.c#

#include "../include/uz_resolver_pl_interface_init.h"
#include "../uz/uz_HAL.h"
#include "../uz/uz_global_configuration.h"
#include "xparameters.h"

struct uz_resolver_pl_interface_config_t resolver_pl_config_d2 = {
               .base_address = XPAR_UZ_USER_UZ_RESOLVER_PL_INTER_0_BASEADDR,
               .bitToRPS_factor = BIT_TO_RPS_FACTOR_16BIT,
               .ip_clk_frequency_Hz = 100000000,
               .machine_polepairs = 4,
               .position_intmax = 65535,
               .resolver_polepairs = 1,
               .theta_m_offset_rad = -0.3964f
};

struct uz_resolver_pl_interface_outputs_t resolver_pl_outputs_d2 = {
               .n_mech_rpm = 0.0f,
               .omega_mech_rad_s = 0.0f,
               .position_el_2pi = 0.0f,
               .position_mech_2pi = 0.0f,
               .revolution_counter = 0
};

uz_resolver_pl_interface_t* initialize_resolver_pl_d2(void){
       return (uz_resolver_pl_interface_init(resolver_pl_config_d2, resolver_pl_outputs_d2));
}

In the include folder, create a header file uz_resolver_pl_interface_init.h
Include necessary files and the function prototype of your init routine:

Listing 223 Example of uz_resolver_pl_interface_init#

#pragma once
#include "../IP_Cores/uz_resolver_pl_interface/uz_resolver_pl_interface.h"

uz_resolver_pl_interface_t* initialize_resolver_pl_d2(void);

In the Global_Data header file globalData.h, include necessary header and add an object pointer of the respective type in the object_pointer_t struct:

Listing 224 Lines to add in Global_Data header file#

...
#include "IP_Cores/uz_resolver_pl_interface/uz_resolver_pl_interface.h"
...

typedef struct{
...
uz_resolver_pl_interface_t* resolver_pl_d2;
...
}object_pointers_t;

In main.c, initialize an instance of the driver and assign it to the object pointer structure in the Global_Data inside the init_ip_cores case:

Listing 225 Example of init in main.c#

...
case init_ip_cores:
...
Global_Data.objects.resolver_pl_d2 = initialize_resolver_pl_d2();
...
break;

In main.h, include your init header file #include "include/uz_resolver_pl_interface_init.h".
In isr.c, now you can read the AXI output values of the IP Core and use them e.g. for your control algorithm:

Listing 226 Example of reading IP Core outputs in isr.c#

...
YourOutputStruct = uz_resolver_pl_interface_get_outputs(Global_Data.objects.resolver_pl_d2);
...

Driver reference#

typedef struct uz_resolver_pl_interface_t uz_resolver_pl_interface_t#: Data type for object uz_resolver_pl_interface.

struct uz_resolver_pl_interface_config_t#

Configuration struct for uz_resolver_pl_interface.

Public Members

uint32_t base_address#: Base address of the IP-Core

uint32_t ip_clk_frequency_Hz#: Clock frequency of the IP-Core

int32_t resolver_polepairs#: Polepairs of the resolver, only positive values >=1 are allowed

int32_t machine_polepairs#: Polepairs of the machine, only positive values >=1 are allowed

int32_t position_intmax#: Maximum representable int value for selected bit resolution, e.g. 2^16=65525 for 16bit resolution

float bitToRPS_factor#: value for calculating velocity raw value of resolverIP int rounds per second

float theta_m_offset_rad#: mechanical angle offset in rad between machine angle zero and resolver angle zero, only values <=0.0f & >=-2pi allowed

struct uz_resolver_pl_interface_outputs_t#

Output struct for uz_resolver_pl_interface.

Public Members

int32_t revolution_counter#: Not needed in regular operation, internal counter of the IP-Core, that is used to calculate correct electrical and mechanical angles if polepairs of resolver and machine result in a fractional rational number

float position_mech_2pi#: mechanical angle in rad, ranging from 0..2pi

float position_el_2pi#: electrical angle in rad, ranging from 0..2pi

float omega_mech_rad_s#: mechanical speed in rad per second

float n_mech_rpm#: mechanical speed in min^(-1)

uz_resolver_pl_interface_t *uz_resolver_pl_interface_init(struct uz_resolver_pl_interface_config_t config, struct uz_resolver_pl_interface_outputs_t outputs)#

Initializes an instance of the uz_resolver_pl_interface driver.

Parameters:

config – Configuration values for the IP-Core

Returns:

Pointer to initialized instance

void uz_resolver_pl_interface_set_config(uz_resolver_pl_interface_t *self)#

Writes the config from the struct into the IP-Core.

Parameters:

self – Pointer to the instance

struct uz_resolver_pl_interface_outputs_t uz_resolver_pl_interface_get_outputs(uz_resolver_pl_interface_t *self)#

Updates and returns the AXI outputs of the IP-Core.

Parameters:

self – Pointer to the instance

void uz_resolver_pl_interface_set_theta_m_offset_rad(uz_resolver_pl_interface_t *self, float theta_m_offset_rad)#

Writes new theta_m_offset_rad value into config and into the IP-Core.

Parameters:

self – Pointer to the instance
theta_m_offset_rad – Mechanical angle offset in rad between machine angle zero and resolver angle zero, only values <=0.0f & >=-2pi allowed

void uz_resolver_pl_interface_reset(uz_resolver_pl_interface_t *self)#

Resets the internal revolution counter of the IP-Core, automatically done at init.

Parameters:

self – Pointer to the instance