Advanced control unit for linear motor for precise measurements in biomechanics

摘要

This paper describes design and development of an advanced control unit for linear motor. The unit is designed for performing precise, reliable and safe measurements in (cardiovascular) biomechanics. Design and implementation of this embedded system is focused on availability, predictability and fail-safe behavior. Designing this system shows practical use of an FPGA chips for embedded system design with respect to low latency, high throughput, real-time operations and parallel processing of commands and/or handling error states. The control software has been developed in C/MATLAB.