Interfacing simulink to NI-7851R card using SIT and veristand for hardware-In-The-Loop tesing

Abstract

The project studies two software approaches to generate real-time output signals from a Simulink model in order to allow for Hardware-in-the-loop testing. These two tools are NI SIT (Simulation Interface Toolkit) and NI Veristand. As a case study, a Simulink model of "Fault Detection" was tested using NI PCIe-7851R Reconfigurable Multifunction FPGA-based card. The Project discusses how to interconnect and interface LabView or Veristand with Simulink, in a way that we could easily deploy and debug Matlab model using NI R Series hardware. This is particularly useful for power systems’ researchers as it allows them to directly use the NI PCIe-7851R Reconfigurable card without translating their Simulink models to LabView.