CAD tools for hardware implementation of embedded fuzzy systems on FPGAs

M Brox, S Sánchez-Solano, E del Toro… - IEEE Transactions …, 2012 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper describes two computer-aided design (CAD) tools for automatic synthesis of
fuzzy logic-based inference systems. The tools share a common architecture for efficient …

High-speed and low-cost implementation of explicit model predictive controllers

A Gersnoviez, M Brox, I Baturone - IEEE Transactions on …, 2017 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper presents a new form of piecewise-affine (PWA) solution, referred to as PWA
hierarchical (PWAH), to approximate the explicit model predictive control (MPC) law …

Digital VLSI implementation of piecewise-affine controllers based on lattice approach

MC Martínez-Rodríguez, P Brox… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2014 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper presents a small, fast, low-power consumption solution for piecewise-affine
(PWA) controllers. To achieve this goal, a digital architecture for very-large-scale integration …

A programmable and configurable ASIC to generate piecewise-affine functions defined over general partitions

P Brox, J Castro-Ramirez… - … on Circuits and …, 2013 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper presents a programmable and configurable architecture and its inclusion in an
Application Specific Integrated Circuit (ASIC) to generate Piecewise-Affine (PWA) functions …

Circuit implementation of piecewise-affine functions based on lattice representation

MC Martínez-Rodríguez, I Baturone… - 2011 20th European …, 2011 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper introduces a digital architecture to implement piecewise-affine (PWA) functions
based on representation methods from the lattice theory. Given an explicit and continuous …

Design methodology for FPGA implementation of lattice piecewise-affine functions

MC Martínez-Rodríguez, I Baturone… - … Conference on Field …, 2011 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper describes a design methodology to implement on FPGAs piecewise-affine (PWA)
functions based on representation methods from the lattice theory. An off-line automatic …

Embedded linear model predictive control through mesh adaptive direct search algorithm

A Ravera, A Oliveri, M Lodi… - 2019 26th IEEE …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this paper we apply the derivative-free mesh adaptive direct search (MADS) algorithm to
find the minimum of a constrained optimization problem, resulting from model predictive …

Programmable ASICs for model predictive control

MC Martínez-Rodríguez, P Brox, E Tena… - 2015 IEEE …, 2015 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Two configurable and programmable ASICs that implement piecewise-affine (PWA)
functions have been designed in TSMC 90-nm technology in response to industry demands …

Hardware implementation of embedded fuzzy controllers on FPGAs and ASICs

S Sánchez-Solano, M Brox - Fuzzy Modeling and Control: Theory and …, 2014 - Springer
Fuzzy logic was introduced by Zadeh 1965 as a tool able to describe the behavior of
complex systems by means of simple rules expressed in natural language (Zadeh, 1965 …

Method for generating piecewise-affine multivariable functions with on-line computation of the search tree and device for implementing same

AJA Jimenez, IB Castillo, JC Ramirez… - US Patent …, 2018 - Google Patents
Method for generating piecewise-affine multivariate functions, wherein the online
computation of the search tree is performed in order to locate the input value in the …