The benefits of model predictive control (MPC) have been well established; however its
application to reference tracking on digital servo drives (DSDs), which typically have very …

The standard design of control systems is based on theperiodic sampling. Every period the
data is read from theinput, the control law is computed, and the output is writtento the …

The Controller Area Network (CAN) provides the basis for many cost-effective distributed
embedded systems. In this paper, we present a novel approach to networked control …

This paper presents a prototype laboratory experiment to be integrated in the education of
embedded control system engineers. The experiment, a real-time control of a dynamical …

It is well-known that faster sampling increases computational load but gives better
performance. Multiplexed Model Predictive Control (MMPC) has been proposed recently. Its …

In a digital motion control system, there exist timing variations in feedback sampling and
control updating, often referred to as sampling jitter and control jitter. Although jitter has been …

Embedded control systems are subject to conflicting demands: end-users ask for devices
with better capabilities while strong industrial competition impose tight cost constrains that …

Permanent-magnet synchronous machines (PMSM) are increasingly used in traction
applications. For efficient activation machine inverters are employed. The thesis includes a …

Strict periodicity constraint is of great importance since it concerns some hard real-time
systems where missing deadlines leads to catastrophic situations. However, the problem of …

Effective slack management, ie, management of unused computing resources, for real-time
control tasks mandates to redistribute the available resources between controllers as a …