ARM Processors for Power Electronic Applications

P. Ponnambalam is a Professor & Head of Department for Energy and Power Electronics Department, School of Electrical Engineering, at VIT Vellore, India. He obtained his B.E in Electrical and Electronics Engineering from Madurai Kama Raj University, his M.E in Power Electronics and Drives from Anna University Chennai, and his Ph.D. from the Anna University Chennai. His area of interest is embedded controllers for Power Converters, Hybrid PV-TEG systems, Fuzzy Controllers for power electronic applications. He has handled the subject Advanced Processors for Power converters multiple times for MTech Power Electronics and Drives students and hence he has a sound knowledge in programming embedded controllers. He has guided the students for the doctoral degree in the area of power electronics. He has conducted workshops and lectures in the field of embedded systems and programming with ARM processor.R. Marimuthu, Associate Professor (Sr.,), School of Electrical Engineering, Vellore Institute of Technology, Vellore. He received bachelor’s degree in Electronics and Instrumentation from Bharathiyar University, Coimbatore and the master’s degree from Anna University, Chennai, and Ph.D. degree from VIT, Vellore. His research title is “Design of Low Power and High-Speed Compressors for Multipliers”. He has published more than 50 research publications in various reputed journals & conferences. His area of interest are Embedded systems, Approximate Computing, and Renewable Energy Sources. He has given many invited talks & good knowledge in embedded programming. Dr. S. Albert Alexander is at the Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Kongu Engineering College, Perundurai. He is a post doctoral Research Fellow from Northeastern University, Boston, Massachusetts. He is a recipient of Raman Research Fellowship from the University Grants Commission. His current research focuses on fault diagnostic systems for solar energy conversion systems and smart grids. He has 14 years of academic and research experience. He has published 25 technical papers in international and national journals and presented 23 papers at national and international conferences.

• SECTION 1. ARM Fundamentals1. Introduction2. Number Systems3. Hexadecimal Representation4. Reduced Instruction Set Computer (RISC)5. ARM Architecture6. Registers7. Program Status Register (PSR)8. Processor Modes9. Pipeline10. Vector Tables11. Sample design exercisesSECTION 2. Instruction Sets12. Introduction13. Instruction set format14. Addressing Modes15. Data Processing Instructions16. Branch Instructions17. Load Store Instructions18. Program Status Register Instructions19. Co-Processor Instructions20. Sample design exercisesSECTION 3. General Purpose Input Output (GPIO)21. Introduction22. Features of GPIO23. Registers of GPIO24. Programming with GPIO25. LED Blinking26. Changing the time delay of LED blinking based on input port27. Fast GPIO28. Programming with Fast GPIO29. Design exercisesSECTION 4. Digital to Analog Converter30. Introduction31. Features of DAC32. Registers of DAC33. Programming with DAC34. Saw-tooth waveform35. Triangular Waveform36. Sinewave37. Sample design exercisesSECTION 5. Analog to Digital Converter38. Introduction39. Features of ADC40. Registers of ADC41. Programming with ADC42. Software Controlled Mode43. Burst Mode44. Start conversion from external source45. Design examplesSECTION 6. Timers46. Introduction47. Features of Timers48. Registers of Timers49. Programming with Timers50. Generating triggering pulse for step down chopper51. Generating triggering pulse for single phase half-controlled converter52. Generating triggering pulse for single phase AC voltage controller53. Generating triggering pulse for single phase full bridge inverter54. Generating triggering pulse for three phase inverters55. Generating triggering pulse for cycloconverter56. Generating square waves using Timer Match57. Measuring the time taken for a square wave using Timer capture58. Design examplesSECTION 7. PWM59. Introduction60. Features of PWM61. Registers of PWM62. Programming with PWM63. Single edge mode64. Double edge mode65. Generating PWM based triggering pulse for single phase full bridge inverter66. ExamplesSECTION 8. Exceptions in ARM processor67. Introduction68. Exceptions69. Vectored Interrupt Controller (VIC)70. External Interrupt71. Programming with External Interrupt72. Generating triggering pulse for step down chopper and varying the duty ratio using external interrupt73. Generating triggering pulse for single phase full bridge inverter and varying the frequency using external interrupt74. Timer Interrupt75. Programming with Timer Interrupt76. Generating triggering pulse for single phase full bridge inverter using timer interrupt77. Generating triggering pulse for single phase full bridge inverter using timer interrupt and varying the frequency using external interrupt78. PWM Interrupt79. Programming with PWM Interrupt80. Single edge PWM with PWM Interrupt81. Double edge PWM with PWM Interrupt82. ADC Interrupt83. Programming with ADC Interrupt84. Using ADC interrupt to control the speed of chopper-controlled DC motor based on the input analog signal fed to ADC85. ExamplesSECTION 9. Universal Asynchronous Receiver Transmitter (UART)86. Introduction87. Features of UART88. Registers of UART89. Programming with UART90. Programming ARM processor to remotely control the chopper-controlled DC motor91. ExamplesSECTION 10. Watch Dog Timer (WDT)92. Introduction93. Features of WDT94. Registers of WDT95. Programming with Watch Dog Timer (WDT)96. Programming ARM processor to reset the processor when the watch dog timer overflows97. Programming WDT interrupt98. Matrix converterSECTION 11. Inter Integrated Circuits (I2C) Communication99. Introduction100. Features of I2C101. Registers of I2C102. Programming with I2C103. Programming the I2C to interface multiple sensors104. ExamplesSECTION 12. Serial Peripheral Interface (SPI)105. Introduction106. Features of SPI107. Registers of SPI108. Programming with SPI109. Programming the SPI to interface multiple microcontrollers110. ExamplesSECTION 13. Real Time Clock (RTC)111. Introduction112. Features of RTC113. Registers of RTC114. Programming with RTC115. Examples