Using LabVIEW and CompactRIO to Develop Monitoring Technologies Based on Synchrophasors Measurement for ‘Smart Metering’ Print E-mail

"Using LabVIEW to program the FPGA allows for tight time-synchronization with GPS-time references while using the LabVIEW Real-Time Module allows us to implement accurate synchrophasor estimation algorithms."

– M. Paolone, UNIVERSITÀ DI BOLOGNA

The Challenge:
Creating an advanced phasor measurement unit (PMU) to determine the operational progress of power distributed networks and promote their evolution into active smart grids.

The Solution:
Developing a high-performance PMU based on NI CompactRIO hardware, NI LabVIEW for field-programmable gate array (FPGA)-level programming to reach high time-synchronization with global positioning system (GPS)-time reference, and the LabVIEW Real-Time Module to implement accurate synchrophasor estimation algorithms.

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