Publication result detail

The control of fan speed using FPGA boards

DABOUL, M.; NOUMAN, Z.

Original Title

The control of fan speed using FPGA boards

English Title

The control of fan speed using FPGA boards

Type

Peer-reviewed article not indexed in WoS or Scopus

Original Abstract

This article describes the implementation of a DC fan controller using a field-programmable gate array (FPGA). Hardware description language (VHDL) is used to design and implement the processor of this controller. The processor is composed of a memory block that has a function of generation a Look up Table (LUT). Data saved in the memory block are used to generate a triangular signal. A carried signal can be added. This signal can be generated from digital temperature sensors. A comparator compares between the triangular signal and the carried signal to generate a Pulse-Width Modulation (PWM) output that controls the fan speed. The fan speed depends on the digital temperature sensor output. When the output signal of the sensor equals the output of the triangular wave, the fan speed is maximal and the temperature is high. This design requires a FPGA board and software ISE 14.4

English abstract

This article describes the implementation of a DC fan controller using a field-programmable gate array (FPGA). Hardware description language (VHDL) is used to design and implement the processor of this controller. The processor is composed of a memory block that has a function of generation a Look up Table (LUT). Data saved in the memory block are used to generate a triangular signal. A carried signal can be added. This signal can be generated from digital temperature sensors. A comparator compares between the triangular signal and the carried signal to generate a Pulse-Width Modulation (PWM) output that controls the fan speed. The fan speed depends on the digital temperature sensor output. When the output signal of the sensor equals the output of the triangular wave, the fan speed is maximal and the temperature is high. This design requires a FPGA board and software ISE 14.4

Keywords

fan speed control – FPGA- PWM- VHDL- digital temperature sensor.

Key words in English

fan speed control – FPGA- PWM- VHDL- digital temperature sensor.

Authors

DABOUL, M.; NOUMAN, Z.

Released

30.09.2014

Publisher

Informatyka, Automatyka, Pomiary w Gospodarce i Ochronie Środowiska

Location

Polská republika

ISBN

2083-0157

Periodical

Informatyka, Automatyka, Pomiary w Gospodarce i Ochronie Środowiska

Volume

2014

Number

3

State

Republic of Poland

Pages from

54

Pages to

57

Pages count

4

BibTex

@article{BUT109044,
  author="Mayada {Daboul} and Ziad {Nouman}",
  title="The control of fan speed using FPGA boards",
  journal="Informatyka, Automatyka, Pomiary w Gospodarce i Ochronie Środowiska",
  year="2014",
  volume="2014",
  number="3",
  pages="54--57",
  issn="2083-0157"
}