Measurement-control system based on the Cortex-M7 core microcontroller for testing energy harvesting structures

The paper deals with design, structure, functional testing and application of measurement-control system equipped with 32-bit microcontroller based on ARM Cortex-M7 core. The system enables testing electronic circuits, electric transducers, self-powered vibration reduction systems based on magnetorheological dampers and electromagnetic harvesters. The system includes dedicated extension modules which allow to adapt a number of analog and digital inputs/outputs very easy. The software of the system engineered by the authors is based on FreeRTOS real-time system.