Abstract

Due to the development of society, the demand for electric power has increased and the quality control
of electric power has become an important issue. In order to efficiently perform such power
management.

characteristics of digital signal processing (DSP) technology are introduced, and their application status
and development prospects in power system data acquisition and measurement, power quality
monitoring, power grid reactive power compensation, harmonic suppression and relay protection are
discussed respectively. Finally, its typical hardware implementation is described

Digital Signal Processors (DSPs) have been used in power systems for more than fifteen years and have
largely contributed to the evolution towards digital technology it is not a recent research field, but has
become a powerful technology to solve engineering problems in the last few decades. Fast digital signal
processors have quickly become a cornerstone of high-performance electrical drives, where power
electronic conversion systems have heavy online computation burdens and must be controlled using
complex control algorithms. In this sense, multiphase drives represent a particularly interesting case of
study, where the computational cost highly increases with each extra phase.

This technology has been recognized in recent times as an attractive electrical drive due to its usefulness
in traction, electric applications systems such as machine protection, diagnostics and control of beams,
power supply and motors.

This report aims to study application of DSP in power system and machine

Introduction

Digital Signal Processing in Power Electronics is an important research area which mainly covers
problems concerning the design and realization of algorithms using Digital Signal Processors (DSPs). A
wide variety of solutions can be found at industry and in research fields involving DSP applications,
mostly in accordance to conventional three-phase systems. This area has significantly accelerated in the
last decade due to their intrinsic features like higher fault tolerance, reduced torque ripple or better
power splitting. With the number of conventional electrical drives continuously growing, the interest in
multiphase ones is also rising, although they are not yet so common due to their complexity. The
development of modern power electronic switches and the ability of modern DSPs to implement
complex algorithms are allowing the control of multiphase drives in applications such as aerospace
actuators, wind energy conversion systems, oil pumping or ultrahigh-speed elevators.

Power conversion systems are composed of different electrical and electronic components that need to
be managed following specific constraints depending on the final application. Moreover, such systems
are designed to work under different conditions and states; thus, several control algorithms can be
found in a single DSP, and the designed control unit (based on the DSP) must be able to change between
these different states, considering measured components and actuating on the overall equipment to
work as desired. For this purpose, Digital Signal Processing based on DSPs must be done considering not
only the inner control algorithm implementation, but also the proper signal adaptation going in or out
the DSP.
DSP History

INTRODUCTION
When analog processing applications were the predominant in the market of consumer electronics, it was easy
to motivate their study based on a application presentation. Electronic systems that operate with signals
Analogs have been classics in the home environment: radio, television, telephone, Conventional music chains
are well known examples. So, introduce Electronic or Circuit Theory courses do not require a great effort of
motivation since the engineering student knows in advance its importance, especially if you have seen a
printed circuit (perhaps a broken device) that suggests the need to know the components and the design bases
(or repair). In contrast, digital processing applications have become more popular recently, although
spectacularly. This has facilitated the introduction of the Digital Signal Processing, and from a time when
study motivation depended A certain dose of imagination has been passed on to the current evidence. However
the Digital processing is “hidden”: at most, when opening a home computer (for example, a sound card from a
personal computer) you can see integrated circuits in a rather monotonous distribution. And digital processing
is "inside" some of they, since their fruit is computer programs. Unlike analog, types of components to support
it are minimal and with a structure common to many Applications. And by simple visual inspection you can
hardly guess anything about the device function. The fact that it is newer than analog, attached to the fact that
application development requires a solid electronic foundation and computer science, in addition to the
theoretical ones, also makes it difficult to make contact with the digital processing, especially in the stages
prior to university training. Those students who have completed a circuit or systems course Analogs will find,
from the start, an important difference. In a course of Analog circuits are studied previously known
components: resistors, capacitors, inductors or transistors are elements whose existence does not It is novel,
not even for the students of a first Engineering course. Thus, and although the analog circuits course focused
only on theorems and studies analytical, it would give a great sense of applicability without the teacher having
to trying too hard. The student is already enrolled knowing "what the course is about". For him On the
contrary, the final product of digital processing is the development of software that it is more hidden. Within
the memories of microcomputers, of computers personal or digital signal processors there is this software, but
Unlike resistors and capacitors, it is not observable when opening a device with a screwdriver. So it is easy for
the student to have a first feeling that the agenda is abstract, as it is not easily translatable into applications
from the beginning of the course. Several chapters will be required for applicability to begin to be seen
of discipline The technological evolution of microcomputing has facilitated the development of this list
of real applications of digital signal processing. Few decades ago there would be
been much smaller, more due to technological limitations than lack of a body
theoretical.
Before the first computers appeared, there were already systems that only
they worked with sampled signals, although they were few. The cheapening of
computers, as well as the design facilities of systems based on
microprocessors and circuits with large-scale integration (LSI and VLSI),
favored the appearance on the market of new products geared towards
digital manipulation of analog signals.
This last nuance is important to understand the scope of digital processing of
signs. It is not simply about sequential electronic systems or
combinationals that perform logical operations with binary inputs and outputs
(such as those studied in basic digital electronics courses), but of systems that,
in addition, they are able to "read" analog signals, "translate" them so that they can be
digitally processed, perform mathematical processing and "get" the results of the
analogue digital operations. Or it may not even be necessary to "read" or "remove"
analog signals if the recipients of digital processing are, in turn, systems
digital. With this you gain flexibility, reliability, portability and ease of
execution of complex algorithms, aspects that with analog processing are more
hard to come by, at least at equal cost
b ut analog processing and digital processing are not competing disciplines, but
that complement each other: after setting the specifications and the final cost of the equipment, the
designer usually has no problem making a decision on the type of processing
that you will use. So, for example, if the stability of the parameters of a filter or the
ease of adjustment are key aspects, digital realization will be preferable, while
that if the bandwidth of the same is very high, you should opt for solutions
analog.
Finally, it should be remembered that the last to appear is not necessarily optimal.
The amplifier that can carry a wrist will not be the same as that of a
high fidelity, unless dolls are made to be ruined, nor the head filters
of a satellite TV receiver will be digital, if it has to have a cost
competitive. Although these examples should be reviewed every year, because the trend
to the cheapening of digital technologies and the increase in speed (width of
band) will oblige, in the medium term, to adapt them to the technological situation of the
momen
objective
Why use DSPs?
• They are flexible and it is easy to
make changes to the
application
•
DSPs reduce:
- Susceptibility to noise
- The amount of chips
- Time of development
- Costs
- Power consumption
In fact, most of the world's quantities are analog, but still most of these analog amounts are
converted to digital form and digital signals are processed. The question arises that what is the
benefit of processing signals in digital form? The important advantages of digital signal processing
are -

1. Digital systems are easy to design because they use switching circuits in which the actual
value of the signal is not significant but their range (high or low) is important.
2. It is easy to store information in digital format. 
3. They have higher accuracy and can be increased by increasing the number of switching
circuits.
4. The operation can be programmed with the help of a computer.
5. Noise effect is less in digital systems.
6. Digital circuits are built on the IC (Intergrated Circuit).
7. On digital communication of the signal, it is possible to detect and correct the errors that
occur in them.
8. Digital communication of signals is more secure.
9. T ransceivers have become  small, light and mobile with the help of VLSI ( Very large scale
integration) technology.
10. Digital circuits are more reliabl

Historical evolution

Until the 1950s, signal processing was carried out almost

exclusively by analog systems, whether they were mechanical, pneumatic

or electric. Although the first computers were already beginning to be introduced,

It was slow, bulky and low-performance machines. To this we had to

add its high cost compared to the economy of the developed analog circuitry

till the date; radio receivers, amplifiers, regulators, etc., were already

commercialized at relatively low prices. And besides, there wasn't enough

user experience, so the fact that a certain team made a

function was, on occasions, much more important than the quality with which it was performed.

However, there were problems that, due to their complexity, had not been well resolved.

through analog signal processing and for which digital seemed to be a

interesting alternative. One of the first uses of digital processing was the

oil well prospecting: the acoustic signals recorded by a series of

Sensors were recorded on tape and then analyzed by computer. From the data

registered the subsoil composition could be deduced and, therefore, the possible

presence of oil bags. The process could take even days and consuming

Vast amounts of energy and patience. However, it was always cheaper

and faster than tentative drilling.

The application of computers to the simulation of circuits was also interesting

and analog systems, as this reduced risks in the development of prototypes.

The pioneers in this type of simulation were the Bell and Lincoln laboratories.

Outside of these applications, given the impossibility of processing discrete signals in

real time, digital processing was more a curiosity or a one-off solution

certain problems, than a practical tool. Anyway, the subject attracted

to a good number of researchers, partly for their formal interest and, to a greater extent,

as a consequence of the radar sampled systems that had been developed

during world war II. The transform Z was targeted by Hurewicz in

1947, although it was later defined by Ragazzini and Zadeh, at the same time as

Barker, in 1952

Many current digital processing algorithms have their origin at the end of the decade

of the fifties and, especially in the sixties. For example, the algorithm of

Rapid Fourier transform (FFT) computation was devised by Cooley and Tuckey in

1965. It was also around this time that books such as B. Gold and CH appeared

Rader, or that of EI Jury, who structured the theoretical body of digital processing and

use of its main tools. Even the Kalman filter, so important in

Recent research work was proposed during this decade.

In the field of Control, during the 1940s interest began to show

for the use of rotating radar sampled systems. But a nefarious

experience in tests to apply a digital controller to a helicopter

until the end of the 1970s they relegated confidence in digital methods

of control, partly thanks to the commercialization of the minicomputers.

The final boost would not come until the 1980s. Advances in

microelectronics allowed to go from the first microprocessors of the decade

prior to more powerful devices capable of calculating complex algorithms in

real time. At first its bandwidth was very limited, enough to

Control applications but poor for Communications. In the late

eighty, with the commercialization of the first DSP (digital signal processors),

a very important step was taken. A DSP is basically a microprocessor with a

architecture and a set of specific instructions, oriented to programming

of signal processing algorithms in which the calculation speed is more important

than the ability to memorize data. The new technological horizons for

Digital signal processing seems to tend towards massive parallelism systems:

neural networks, transputers , etc. The appearance of the DSP has created a bond of

positive feedback: thanks to them, lines of research have been promoted and

new commercial applications of digital processing, which allow to continue improving

DSP benefits.

Today the digital control of processes and devices has relieved the analog in

many applications. The disastrous aeronautical experience of five decades ago, which

seemed to detract from the reliability of digital control systems, it has turned out to be just one

paradox because, among other aspects, digital systems have manifested themselves more

Reliable, versatile and productive than analogs. For example, many teams of

regulation are easier to find in the market, and cheaper, if they are

digital. From the programmable, easy to apply and powerful automatons in the

industrial troubleshooting, up to powerful robust control algorithms

or adaptive, digital control has participated in all levels of automation.

Distributed data acquisition and control systems (SCADA), little exploited

until just a couple of decades ago, they are now common in control applications

processes.

Unlike the Communications applications, the Digital Control applications have not been

so sensitive to the appearance of DSPs for their market penetration (although there are
DSP specific for control applications), due to its lower demands on

response speed. Technologically, the most important factors have been

transition from the first µP to current microcontrollers, the appearance of circuits

integrated systems specialized in the digital control of specific tasks (such as

movements of electric motors) and the incorporation of data exchange buses

between control and measurement instruments

The Digital signal processor (DSP) processors are having much capabilities of controlling devices; DSP
when

compared with general processors delivers batter performance & resolution. Now-a-days DSP
processors are used in almost every field either to develop mobile phones or to control some devices
and instruments. Here the DSP processor has been used to control the power supply by generating a
train of pulses for controlling the MOSFETS used in power supply. Digital signal processor (DSP) basically
process analog signals in the digital domain. Real-world signals, such as voltage is converted to its digital
equivalent at discrete time intervals for processing by the CPU of a digital computer. A digital signal
processor (DSP) is a type of microprocessor (one that is incredibly fast and powerful). DSP is useful in
almost every application that requires the high-speed processing of a large amount of numerical data.
The data can be anything from position and velocity information for a closed loop control system. A DSP
is unique because it processes data in real time. This real-time capability makes a DSP perfect for
applications where we won't tolerate any delays. Since the availability of computers, power supplies
have relied on digital technology in some way, from such simple tasks as turning the supplies on and off
to the supplying of
computer-controlled references. This coupled with increasing demand for higher performance and
monitoring capabilities, has made it appealing to integrate such technology into power supply designs.
DSPs are processors or microcomputers whose hardware, software, and instruction sets are optimized
for high-speed numeric processing applications and essential for processing digital data representing
analog signals in real time. The DSPs high-speed arithmetic and logical hardware is programmed to
rapidly execute algorithms like modeling the filter transformation.

Main advantages of digital signal processing over analog processing are:

1. Powerful: can do more things than one can do using analog hardware.

2. Cheap: similar to microprocessors, but lot of different functions into one chip.

3. Applications of DSP
4. There are numerous variants of a digital signal processor that can
execute different things, depending on the application being performed.
Some of these variants are audio signal processing, audio and video
compression, speech processing and recognition, digital image
processing, and radar applications. The difference between each of
these applications is how the digital signal processor can filter each
input. There are five different aspects that varies from each DSP: clock
frequency, RAM size, data bus width, ROM size, and I/O voltage. All of
these components really are just going to affect the arithmetic format,
speed, memory organization, and data width of a processor. 
5. One well-known architecture layout is the Harvard architecture. This
design allows for a processor to simultaneously access two memory
banks using two independent sets of buses. This architecture can
execute mathematical operations while fetching further instructions.
Another is the Von Neumann memory architecture. While there is only
one data bus, operations cannot be loaded while instructions are
fetched. This causes a jam that ultimately slows down the execution of
DSP applications. While these processors are similar to a processor used
in a standard computer, these digital signal processors are specialized.
That often means that, to perform a task, the DSPs are required to used
fixed-point arithmetic. 
6. Another is sampling, which is the reduction of a continuous signal to a
discrete signal. One major application is the conversion of a sound wave.
Audio sampling uses digital signals and pulse-code modulation for the
reproduction of sound. It is necessary to capture audio between 20 -
 20,000 Hz for humans to hear. Sample rates higher than that of around
50 kHz - 60 kHz cannot provide any more information to the human ear.
Using different filters with DSP software and ADC's & DAC's, samples of
audio can be reproduced through this technique. 
7. Digital signal processing is heavily used in day-to-day operations, and is
essential in recreating analog signals to digital signals for many
purposes.
8. I hope that this article has provided enough information to get a general
understanding of what DSPs are, how they work, and what they are
specifically used for in a plethora of fields. If you have any questions or
thoughts, please leave a comment below! 

Applications
They are used for communications
through ADSL modem, community management
indications between different protocols,
communication processes input output
I / O for in which in some cases
you need an exclusive processor,… Your
most important applications are given in the
mobile telephony, in audio devices and
digital video, in MODEM and systems
communication. Some examples of uses
concrete of these devices are: for
Huffman coding, used in
communications algorithms. For the
Discrete transformation of Cosine, using
use in image and video, etc

  Applications
Our DSP system has a wide range of applications. It is
already used in digital hearing aids [6], recordings
speech freaks (like subband CODEC) and applications
of PDA.
We are actively working on several processing algorithms
directional, ranging from simple delay and summation systems (delay-
and-sum) to two microphones with advanced antenna forms in the
frequency domain. The stereo processing mode of the WOLA filter sim-
considerably complicates the implementation of these algorithms. In the
the following paragraphs, we discuss these interesting applications more
in detail
DSP Applications

In recent decades there has been an increasing migration from analog to digital processing. At the same
time, many new applications and techniques have emerged, which never existed in the analog world

Power Quality Monitoring System using DSP Technology

In a changing electric industry,

monitoring and analysis of power-line waveforms

are critical to ensure optimal performance of

power systems. Any disturbance in the power-line

can cause disruption in manufacturing process or

services provided. Under worst case conditions

results in equipment failure and subsequent

increase in cost of operation. Monitoring and

analysis of power-line waveforms are essential to

provide assessment of the power quality

pOWER quality is the availability of pure sinusoidal

voltage and current waveforms at 50 Hz (frequency

power-line in Malaysia) without any disturbances at the

incoming point of the supply system. Power quality problem

is any problem manifested in voltage, current or frequency

deviations that result in the failure or disoperation of end-

use equipment [1]. With the rapid advance in industrial

applications that rely on sophisticated electronic devices, a

demand for power quality and reliability has become a great

concern. Power quality problems can cost business billions

of dollars each year in lost revenue, process improvement

and scrapped product. Major causes of power quality related

revenue losses are interrupted manufacturing processes and

computer network downtime [3].

In power system, faults, dynamic operations and non-

linear loads often cause various types of power quality

disturbances such as voltage sag, voltage swell, switching

transient, notches, flicker, harmonic, etc. [4]. Besides,

power factor is another important measurement, in which

the value varies depending on the loading conditions of the

power-line system. For Malaysian industry and business,

power factor must be set greater than 0.85. Penalty is levied

if the value falls below the limit. Thus, power measuring,

monitoring and analysis are very important to detect

deterioration in power quality before any other equipment

problems arise.

The proposed system consists of power-line

measurements such as power factor, real power, apparent

power, frequency, voltage (rms) and current (rms). In

addition, signal analysis techniques such as both the

periodogram and spectrogram time-frequency analysis are

included to identify power quality problems such transients

and harmonics. T

Figure 1: Power Quality Monitoring System.

 Figure 1: Power Quality Monitoring System.

Power quality measurements performed by the system are

voltage (rms), current (rms), frequency, power factor, real

power and apparent power. In addition, signal analysis

techniques such as periodogram power spectrum and

spectrogram time-frequency analysis are performed to

analysis and identify power quality problems

Besides basic power measurements such as voltage, current, frequency, power factor, real power and
apparent power, the system can also perform analysis such as periodogram power spectrum and
spectrogram. The results are available in real-time through a graphical user interface. Analysis results
shows that the spectrogram gives better characterization of power quality problems compared to power
spectrum. The system allows users to identify power quality problems and take the necessary corrective
or preventive action.

Abstract The system of monitoring of power quality is introduced. The system contains three layers. The
first layer works in real time and uses a fixed-point DSP digital signal processor. The second layer
computer dimmPC reads data from DSP processor. The paper deals with hardware and functionality of
the system. Division of power quality indices calculation between the system layers is also presented.
Algorithms of data processing as well as ways of improving processing accuracy of signal processor are
analyzed
SENSORLESS CONTROL OF BLDC MOTOR

Fig.2: Block Diagram of sensorless Control

Figure 2 shows how the sensorless control of the BLDC motor can be obtained. The input AC supply is
first converted into DC by rectification. The DC voltage is fed to the Inverter to energies the stator of the
BLDC motor. The control signals are provided by the dsPIC according to the

zero crossing detection of the back emf. The position information is available at the zero crossing of
each phase. Based on the zero crossing detector circuit output the dsPIC decides the switch that has to
be turned ON in the inverter. The detection of the back e.m.f is done by using a separate back e.m.f
detection circuit. At the first stage the back e.m.f is detected and it will be given to the zero crossing
detection stage where the zero crossing of each and every phase is obtained and based on this the
motor will be controlled to the required speed.

A. Power module
Figure 3 shows the power supply used in the present work. The single phase AC supply is given
to the single phase rectifier circuit which converts incoming 230 volts AC to 315 volts DC, this
315 volts DC is reduced to 12V and 5V DC by a switching regulator 8 PIN IC (LNK306P) Two
 voltage regulators (LT1117 IC) are used to get 3.3V from 12V DC supply in order to operate dsPIC
controller chip.

Fig.3: power module block diagram

The PWM signals generated by the controller chip is given to the Hex inverter buffer which functions as
a NOT-gate with an operating voltage of 0 t0 5VDC, then the PWM signals are given to the MOSFET
based H-bridge through the HEX MOSFET DRIVER (IR2133 IC). The output of the inverter is fed to the
three phase BLDC motor.
 Fig.4: Picture of power module

B. Control Module

All control and driving functions shall be implemented at this level. In this work Microchip’s
dsPIC33Fj128MC706A digital signal controller is used. Microchip’s dsPIC33FJ128MC706A digital
signalcontrollers place unprecedented performance in the hands of 16-bit MCU designers. The
dsPIC DSC has the “heart” of a 16-bit MCU with robust peripherals and fast interrupt handling
capability

and the “brain” of a DSP that manages highcomputation activities, creating the optimum single-
chip solution for embedded control of three-phase BLDC motor. In this work an optocoupleris
used to isolate the gate drive circuit and the MOSFET-based power circuit. Six MOSFETs of the
power circuit are controlled bythe Pulse Width Modulation (PWM) signals generated by the
control circuit. These PWM signals are required to derive avarying AC voltage from the power
circuit
C. Motor driver
The 3-phase BLDC motor is connected to a 3-phase inverter bridge as shown in Figure 6.The
power inverter has 6 switches that are controlled in order to generate 3-phase AC output from
the DC bus. PWM signals, generated from the dsPIC33FJ128MC706A controller chip, control
these 6 MOSFET switches. Switches Q1 through Q3, which are connected to DC+, are called
upper switches, Q4 through Q6, connected to DC-, are called lower switches.
 Fig.6: Three-phase full-bridge power circuit for BLDC motor drive

The amplitude of phase voltage is determined by the duty cycle of the PWM signals. While the motor is
running, three out of six switches will be on at any given time, either one upper and two lower switches
or one lower and two upper switches. The switching produces a rectangular shaped output waveform
that is rich in harmonics. The inductive nature of the motor’s stator windings filters this supplied current
to produce a 3-phase sine wave with negligible harmonics. When switches are turned off, the inductive
nature of the windings oppose any sudden change in direction of flow of the current until all of the
energy stored in the windings is dissipated. To facilitate this, fast recovery diodes are provided across
each switch. These diodes are known as freewheeling diodes.

The relationships between three-phase back-EMF, motor current, and airgap power of the BLDC motor
are shown in Fig.7 The trapezoidal back-EMF (ea, b, and c) has a constant magnitude of Ep during 120
electrical degrees in both positive and negative half cycle. The air-gap power, Pa, and the
electromagnetic torque are both continuous when applying motor current ia, b, and c during the same
period in both half cycles.
Fig.7: Relationship between back-EMF, motor current, & air-gap power for three-phase BLDC motor
drive
Conclusions
Since its appearance, DSPs have evolved to a greater or lesser extent until today, where it has become
an essential device for communications, consumer electronics and different applications to which it has gone
adapting over time. The different architectures that are known and that continue to appear direct their design to solve
different aspects that improve the performance of the device and improve the applications in which it is used. For
this we have compared: cost, speed, memory consumption, consumption, compatibility, ... Concluding that there is
no perfect device to since there is an optimal one for each different application . A pending chapter for DSPs is
the flexibility to adapt-different applications, even so the growth in the last years of the sector and the appearance of
new and different architectures makes choosing a specific device for each application complicated. Currently, due to
the complexity and different functions of each application, they are being used in greater numbers. Heterogeneous
solutions, such as the one previously quoted from Texas Instruments and ARM: OMAP5910. Finally, it can be
concluded that DSPs are beginning to have serious competitors on all fronts. In many cases the key to success, and
therefore the decision for one device or another is in the software (Compilers and other tools). tas) and not in the
hardware, since when the complexity of the application increases the higher cost is given by the developing. In this
sense, the development advantages of DSPs compared to GPPs and FPGAs are decreasing, and as I anticipate in the
introduction the new FPGA devices are becoming incredibly flexible devices, integrate "Specific Application
Functions", and programmable cores, making them very competitive with respect to other solutions

Conclusions
Programmable ultra low power miniaturized DSP systems by software will lead to a new full range of applications from DSP such as
digital hearing aids, personal assistants digital nels with sound processing and portable audio players. Our ultra low power DSP systems
can offer enough processing possibilities and flexibility to be employed in a wide range of applications. We believe that our expertise in
this sector can be applied to other miniaturized ultra low power devices: the most significant energy and size savings come from having a
efficient algorithm which is directed to a specific algorithm or to a class of algorithms. We designed a signal processor
application specific (application specific signal processor ASSP) which incorporates very efficient yet flexible filtering. The specific
example of an antenna discrimination hearing aid swimming illustrates that even a complex two-entry algorithm in the frequency domain
can be achieved on an ultra low system then- miniaturized session. In the near future, such algorithms bring much-anticipated benefits to
prosthetic users auditory. In addition, they will eventually be applied to other systems (for example, front end recognition processing
speech), where an improved signal-to-noise ratio will provide more robust system operation
Conclusions

Since its appearance, DSPs have evolved to a greater or lesser extent until today, where it has become
an essential device for communications, consumer electronics and different applications to which it has
gone adapting over time. The different architectures that are known and that continue to appear direct
their design to solve different aspects that improve the performance of the device and improve the
applications in which it is used. For this we have compared: cost, speed, memory consumption,
consumption, compatibility, ... Concluding that there is no perfect device to since there is an optimal
one for each different application . even so the growth in the last years of the sector and the
appearance of new and different architectures makes choosing a specific device for each application
complicated. Currently, due to the complexity and different functions of each application,

Digital signal processing constitutes the cornerstone of numerous applications. Power electronics and
the development of high-performance drives is one of them. In general, the development of a high-
performance drive is a complex field where data acquisition, data adaptation and discretization, data
processing, control systems and finally physical interaction using actuators with the real system are
required. This complexity exponentially increases if multiphase drives are involved, where a high-
performance multiphase drive based on a symmetrical five-phase induction machine with sinusoidally
distributed windings is analyzed from the perspective of the digital signal processing field. The specific
requirements for data acquisition, processing and control in the studied electrical drive are detailed,
starting with the required signals for its safety operation. Insights of the electrical adaptation stages,
needed to process the data in the DSP, are then provided. The electronic adaptation circuits are also
shown like a fundamental part in the processing task. Finally, the control system is summarized (the PCC
method is used as a case example due to its recent interest in the field) and experimental results are
provided to show the system operation.
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