A DSP based controller for back to back power electronic converters with FPGA integration

Recent developments in power electronics and control have led to a wide variety of control algorithms for drive and power quality applications. These new control algorithms are computationally intensive and are more practical to implement on microprocessor-based controllers. This field of study is still heavily under investigation with many new algorithms being developed. A flexible controller capable of handling these algorithms in real-time is therefore necessary. This paper presents such a digital signal processing-based controller and implements an active power filter to show the operation of the controller.