Power Electronics Development Center
NI sbRIO GPIC Evaluation Kit - Opening the Box and Getting Started!
The first thing to do is assemble your sbRIO General Purpose Inverter Controller Stack. Ground yourself before opening the bags since the raw circuit boards are static sensitive. Below is a phot showing the contents of the NI sbRIO GPIC Evaluation Kit.
Locate the bag containing quantity 4 of the 0.380" Long Standoffs and quantity 8 of the 4-40x1/4" Phillips Pan Screws.
Install these special length standoffs onto the NI 9683 GPIC RIO Mezzanine Card as shown below. You will need to use the NI screwdriver (included) to tighten the screws because the threads on the 4-40 screws contain a retention compound. For more information about the NI 9683 GPIC mezzanine card, see the NI 9683 User Guide and Specifications.
Then install the sbRIO-9606 processor and FPGA board onto the RMC connector and secure it using the remaining four screws as shown below.
If you are using the sbRIO GPIC system standalone, install the 1.5" standoffs in either bottom or top orientation as desired. Photos of both orientations are shown below.
Or, if you are using the open source GPIC back-to-back 3-phase inverter research board, install the NI sbRIO GPIC on the inverter mating board as shown.
Connect an Ethernet cable (not included) to the sbRIO-9606. Connect the PS-2 power supply with 2-position plug (included) to the sbRIO-9606. Connect a power cord appropriate for your region (not included) to the PS-2 power supply with 2-position plug. After booting, the sbRIO-9606 orange Status LED should blink twice every few seconds, indicating that no software is installed. For more information, see the NI sbRIO-9605/9606/9623/9626/9633/9636 OEM Operating Instructions and Specifications.
Below is a list of NI power cord part numbers by region:
Description | NI Part Number |
Power Cord, AC, U.S., 120 VAC, 2.3 meters | 763000-01 |
Power Cord, 240V, 10A, North American | 763068-01 |
Power Cord, AC, Japan, 100 VAC | 763634-01 |
Power Cord, 240V, 10A, U.K. | 763064-01 |
Power Cord, 220V, 10A, Swiss | 763065-01 |
Power Cord, 240V, 10A, Australia | 763066-01 |
Power Cord, 240V, 10A, Euro, Right Angle | 763067-01 |
Make sure you have the required software installed on your computer. See the list on the NI Power Electronics Design Guide download page. In particular, you will need NI RIO and the NI CompactRIO Module Software 14.5 or higher. Training material and the GPIC Reference Design Code (unzip to a short path like C:\Powerdev... not your desktop) and is available from the design V training course web page below.
NI Power Electronics Control Design V Training Course
In particular, view the first tutorial video which demonstrates how to setup and configure your sbRIO GPIC on the network and download the GPIC Reference Design code to the real-time operating system and FPGA.
You might also be interested in the following older material:
Download the NI Power Electronics Design Guide and Evaluation Software
Here are detailed instructions on setting up your sbRIO GPIC for the first time and installing the firmware on it.
Launch NI MAX application, by clicking the shortcut on your desktop. Expand Remote Systems and you should see the NI-sbRIO9606 system. If the system does not appear under the Remote Systems tab, ensure that it is connected to the same Ethernet switch and subnet as your computer, then navigate to View>Refresh.
Notes:
- If the sbRIO-9606 system does not appear with an IP Address under your local subnet and the Software tab is not visible under the system, go to the Controller Settings tab and check the IP Reset box. Then click the Restart button. After the system has rebooted, uncheck the IP Reset box.
- The MAC Address is included on a label on the sbRIO-9606 if you ever need to identify which one you're connected to.
For your new GPIC you will need to install the embedded systems software.Click on the Software tab under the NI-sbRIO9606 system and click the Add/Remove Software button. Select NI-RIO 12.0 - August 2012 or higher. Then click Next to select the software items to install.
In particular, NI System Configuration, System State Publisher, Network Streams, and NI Watchdog are required.
Here is a typical firmware installation list.
LabVIEW RT Add-Ons
• NI System Configuration
• System State Publisher
Network I/O
• Network Streams
Protocols and Buses
• NI-Watchdog
Then launch LabVIEW and open the NI Power Electronics Design Guide Project. Right-click on the RT Single-Board RIO GPIC target, go to Properties, enter the IP Address, and click OK.
Then run the FPGA application, "[FPGA] NI GPIC Inverter Research Board - 3-phase back-to-back inverter control v__.vi". You will need to compile it.
To operate the inverter, select a New State of "Control (PID)" or "Manual" and click the Change State button. Then click Enable PWM and set the desired modulation index (3-Ph. Sine-Triangle PWM Mod Index (0..2)).
If you are in a hurry and don't want to wait for the FPGA to compile, you can point the RT application ("[RT] NI GPIC Inverter Research Board v__.vi") to the compiled FPGA bitstream ("..\FPGA Bitfiles\PowerElectronics_FPGATarget_[FPGA]NIGPICInve_Y8hHPxj4JeE.lvbitx"). However, you won't be able to run the FPGA application in interactive debugging mode, so I recommend doing the FPGA compile when you have time.
The location of the FPGA, RT and Windows Host application VIs in the LabVIEW Project are shown below.
Run the RT application, "[RT] NI GPIC Inverter Research Board v__.vi".
Open the Windows host application, "[Windows] sbRIO GPIC Network Stream User Interface.vi". Set the Controller Address to match the IP address of your sbRIO-9606 system. Then run the host application and click Connect. If the FPGA application were not already in Control (PID) mode (which is normally the case), you would then click the Control Mode button.
Note:
- If a fault occurs, you can view the network stream waveform at the time of the fault by clicking on the Fault Capture tab, as shown below with an 3-phase induction motor connected to inverter A.
- To reset a fault, click the Enable button to disable. Then click the Enable button again to clear the fault and re-enable.
Examples of the Power Analysis, Harmonic Analysis and Embedded System Monitoring tabs are shown below.
To learn the fundamentals of programming an NI RIO embedded system using LabVIEW FPGA and LabVIEW Real-Time, refer to the Single-Board RIO Training Module below. Optionally, you can purchase an NI LabVIEW RIO Evaluation Kit for just $399 USD.
Single-Board RIO Training Module- How to Begin Programming with NI RIO
Hello,
I get this error when I compile the application "[FPGA] NI Research Board GPIC Inverter - 3-phase back-to-back inverter v__.vi Control". No matter if it's the Internet. See if you help me fix it please.
thanks
Here I leave the photo below of the errors that I get when I apply the [RT] NI GPIC Inverter Research Board ..
When I run it I get a folder to store something in this case I click to cancel. not if it is correct.
thank you very much
Hello,
I have checked all the points I've mentioned and I think everything is fine.
I still leave only a mistake.
When you run the application "[RT] NI Research Board GPIC v__.vi Inverter", the program will stop me on the next file.
Hello,
I still rises this error when running the application "[RT] NI Research Board GPIC v__.vi Inverter",
I seem to be missing some file to install
