Real-Time Simulation and Animation of Suspension Control System Using TI TMS320C30 Digital Signal Processor

Abstract

Real-Time Simulation and Animation (RTSA) of dynamic control systems has been shown to significantly enhance the interpretation, understanding and evaluation of system response performance. Texas Instruments' TMS320C30 Digital Signal Processor is demonstrated to play a key role in accelerating the simulation speed and, in turn, increasing the graphics quality. The main feature of the approach we used to evaluate an active suspension system includes a multi-processor hardware structure (a PC and a DSP), software controlled interprocessor communication and shared memory, and the RTSA technique. These are discussed in the paper. In fact, the configuration outlined in this paper provides a platform for a high speed computing system. It is suitable for real-time applications such as signal processing, dynamic control and estimation, as well as graphical simulation.

Keywords

Simulation Real-Time Suspension Control System Multi-processor Structure TMS320C30

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