Suitability of FPGA-based computing for cyber-physical systems
| dc.contributor.advisor | Chiou, Derek | en |
| dc.contributor.advisor | Mok, Aloysius | en |
| dc.creator | Lauzon, Thomas Charles | en |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2010-08-18T21:36:58Z | en |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2010-08-18T21:37:06Z | en |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2017-05-11T22:20:03Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2010-08-18T21:36:58Z | en |
| dc.date.available | 2010-08-18T21:37:06Z | en |
| dc.date.available | 2017-05-11T22:20:03Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2009-12 | en |
| dc.date.submitted | December 2009 | en |
| dc.date.updated | 2010-08-18T21:37:06Z | en |
| dc.description | text | en |
| dc.description.abstract | Cyber-Physical Systems theory is a new concept that is about to revolutionize the way computers interact with the physical world by integrating physical knowledge into the computing systems and tailoring such computing systems in a way that is more compatible with the way processes happen in the physical world. In this master’s thesis, Field Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGA) are studied as a potential technological asset that may contribute to the enablement of the Cyber-Physical paradigm. As an example application that may benefit from cyber-physical system support, the Electro-Slag Remelting process - a process for remelting metals into better alloys - has been chosen due to the maturity of its related physical models and controller designs. In particular, the Particle Filter that estimates the state of the process is studied as a candidate for FPGA-based computing enhancements. In comparison with CPUs, through the designs and experiments carried in relationship with this study, the FPGA reveals itself as a serious contender in the arsenal of v computing means for Cyber-Physical Systems, due to its capacity to mimic the ubiquitous parallelism of physical processes. | en |
| dc.format.mimetype | application/pdf | en |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/2152/ETD-UT-2009-12-547 | en |
| dc.language.iso | eng | en |
| dc.subject | Cyber-physical systems | en |
| dc.subject | Particle filter | en |
| dc.subject | Electro-slag remelting | en |
| dc.subject | FPGA | en |
| dc.subject | CPU | en |
| dc.subject | Sequential Monte-Carlo methods | en |
| dc.subject | Pipelining | en |
| dc.subject | Bluespec. | en |
| dc.title | Suitability of FPGA-based computing for cyber-physical systems | en |
| dc.type.genre | thesis | en |