Article: Design of a medium voltage protection device using system simulation approaches: a case study Journal: International Journal of Embedded Systems (IJES) 2013 Vol.5 No.1/2 pp.53 - 66 Abstract: In this case study, we focus on improving the design flow of a Schneider Electric protection device, using modelling and simulation approaches at both the cycle accurate bit accurate (CABA), and the transaction (TLM) modelling levels. We therefore perform hardware/software design space exploration using virtual prototyping for this industrial device to meet its real-time constraints at a low hardware cost, while improving its reliability and robustness by using fault injection techniques. These approaches are demonstrated on a medium voltage protection relay called Sepam10 in order to define evolutions of its architecture that are further validated on an FPGA prototype. This example is considered to be typical of a wide class of protection and safety devices, thus showing that the modelling approaches used in high complexity system on chip (SoC) devices are also of great interest for power electronic board-based control devices. Inderscience Publishers - linking academia, business and industry through research

Title: Design of a medium voltage protection device using system simulation approaches: a case study

Authors: Khaled Rahmouni; Sebastien Chabanet; Nicolas Lambelin; Frederic Petrot

Addresses: Energy Management, Schneider Electric Industries, 22 Chemin du Vieux Chêne, 38240 Meylan, France ' Energy Management, Schneider Electric Industries, 22 Chemin du Vieux Chêne, 38240 Meylan, France ' Energy Management, Schneider Electric Industries, 22 Chemin du Vieux Chêne, 38240 Meylan, France ' System-Level Synthesis Group, TIMA Laboratory, 46, Av Félix Viallet, 38031 Grenoble, France

Abstract: In this case study, we focus on improving the design flow of a Schneider Electric protection device, using modelling and simulation approaches at both the cycle accurate bit accurate (CABA), and the transaction (TLM) modelling levels. We therefore perform hardware/software design space exploration using virtual prototyping for this industrial device to meet its real-time constraints at a low hardware cost, while improving its reliability and robustness by using fault injection techniques. These approaches are demonstrated on a medium voltage protection relay called Sepam10 in order to define evolutions of its architecture that are further validated on an FPGA prototype. This example is considered to be typical of a wide class of protection and safety devices, thus showing that the modelling approaches used in high complexity system on chip (SoC) devices are also of great interest for power electronic board-based control devices.

Keywords: power electronics; system on board; system on chip; cosimulation; SystemC; architecture exploration; virtual prototyping; transaction level modelling; cycle accurate; emulation; medium voltage protection relays; system simulation; design flow.

DOI: 10.1504/IJES.2013.052144

International Journal of Embedded Systems, 2013 Vol.5 No.1/2, pp.53 - 66

Accepted: 03 Aug 2011
Published online: 19 Jul 2014 *

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