In order to run the examples provided by the eFPGASIM electrical machine library, the user must be equipped with one of the simulators below.

OP4815/OP4810 Chassis (High End)

Application Scope

We recommend the use of the OP4815-OP4810 for models requiring any of the followings:

• Up to 32 Analog I/O channels (Aout at 10 MSPS)

• Up to 64 bi-directional Digital I/O channels

• More than two similar electrical machines model required on a single FPGA

• OP4815 is dedicated to large converter topologies that need to be simulated on the FPGA (eHSx128 is required)

• OP4810 is dedicated to medium converter topologies that need to be simulated on the FPGA (eHSx64 is required)

• More than four high-speed serials I/O links

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Recommended I/O Module Configuration

Table 1 describes the standard I/O modules provides with the OP4815 simulators for testing machine controls. This configuration allows running the various off-the-shelf machines examples that come with eFPGASIM software.

Table 1: IOConfig 1 - Standard I/O module configuration for OP4815-OP4810 Chassis

Table 2: IOConfig 2 - Standard I/O module configuration for OP4815-OP4810 Chassis

OP5607/OP5707 Chassis (High End)

Application Scope

We recommend the use of the OP5707 / OP5607 for models requiring any of the followings:

• More than 32 Analog I/O channels

• More than 64 Digital I/O channels

• More than two similar electrical machines model required on a single FPGA

• Large converter topologies that need to be simulated on the FPGA (eHSx128 is required)

• Complex multi-core CPU simulation (more than 3 cores is required) used for simulating controls or large power system network

• More than four high-speed serials I/O links

Chassis Overview

Recommended I/O Module Configuration

Table 1 describes the standard I/O modules provides with the OP5607/OP5707 simulators for testing machine controls. This configuration allows running the various off-the-shelf machines examples that come with eFPGASIM software.

Table 1: Standard I/O module configuration for OP5607 / OP5707 Chassis

OP4610 Chassis (Mid-Range)

Application Scope

We advise the use of this simulator for models requiring any of the following:

• Up to 32 Analog I/O channels

• Up to 64 Digital I/O channels

• Two electrical machines model on a single FPGA

• Large converter topologies that need to be simulated on the FPGA (eHSx128 is required)

• CPU simulation on up to 6 cores

• Up to four high-speed serial links

Chassis Overview

Recommended I/O Module Configuration

Table 2 describes the standard I/O modules provided with the OP4610 simulator for testing machine controls. This configuration allows running the various off-the-shelf machines examples that come with eFPGASIM software.

Table 2: Standard I/O module configuration for the OP4610 Chassis

OP4512 Chassis (Entry level)

Application Scope

We advise the use of this simulator for models requiring any of the following:

• Up to 32 Analog I/O channels

• Up to 64 Digital I/O channels

• Two electrical machines model on a single FPGA

• eHSx64 is sufficient to simulate the converter topology

• CPU simulation on up to 4 cores

• Up to four high-speed serial links

Chassis Overview

Recommended I/O Module Configuration

Table 3 describes the standard I/O modules provided with the OP4512 simulator for testing machine controls. This configuration allows running the various off-the-shelf machines examples that come with eFPGASIM software.

Table 3: Standard I/O module configuration for the OP4512 Chassis

OP4510 Chassis (Low End)

Application Scope

We advise the use of this simulator for models requiring any of the following:

• Up to 32 Analog I/O channels

• Up to 64 Digital I/O channels

• Two electrical machines model on a single FPGA

• eHSx64 is sufficient to simulate the converter topology

• CPU simulation on up to 4 cores

• Up to four high-speed serial links

Chassis Overview

Recommended I/O Module Configuration

Table 4 describes the standard I/O modules provides with the OP4510 simulator for testing machine controls. This configuration allows running the various off-the-shelf machines examples that come with eFPGASIM software.

Table 4: Standard I/O module configuration for the OP4510 Chassis

OP4200 Chassis (Low End)

The OP4200 Chassis is not currently supported by the eFPGASIM electrical machine model packages.

Legacy Chassis Support and Retro-Compatibility

The OP5600 Virtex 6 and Spartan 3 based simulators, the OP4500 and earlier chassis generation are excluded from the hardware list supported by the machine package.