Title: Reconfigurable hardware for fuzzy controller

Authors: Paulo Renato de Souza Silva Sandres; Nadia Nedjah; Luiza de Macedo Mourelle

Addresses: Post-Graduate Programme of Electronics Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, State University of Rio de Janeiro, Rua São Francisco Xavier, 524, Sala 5145-F, 20550-013, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil ' Department of Electronics and Telecommunication Engineering, State University of Rio de Janeiro, Rua São Francisco Xavier, 524, Sala 5145-F, 20550-013, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil ' Department of Systems and Computer Engineering, State University of Rio de Janeiro, Rua São Francisco Xavier, 524, Sala 5145-F, 20550-013, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil

Abstract: Process control is one of the many applications that took advantage of the fuzzy logic. Controller is usually embedded into the controller device. This paper aims at presenting the development of a reconfigurable efficient architecture for fuzzy controllers, suitable for embedding. The architecture is parameterisable so it allows the setup and configuration of the controller so it can be used for various problem applications.

Keywords: fuzzy controller; FPGA; field-programmable gate arrays; fuzzy control; fuzzy logic; controller design; process control; embedded systems; reconfigurable architecture.

DOI: 10.1504/IJHPSA.2013.055225

International Journal of High Performance Systems Architecture, 2013 Vol.4 No.3, pp.144 - 166

Received: 15 Nov 2012
Accepted: 22 Jan 2013
Published online: 25 Jul 2014 *

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