Hybrid real-time embedded controller concept for power electronics applications

This paper will present a hybrid concept for enabling non real time operating systems to control real time tasks without modifying the operating system itself. As an example an embedded controller with a non real time flavor of the LINUX operation system is used to generate a pulse width modulated signal. The theoretical concepts will be explained in combined with practical results. Comparisons will be made between a controller based realization of the problem and the FPGA version.