HILRES'26

Hardware in the Loop for Renewable systems with SoC platforms

Prof. Dorin Petreus and Mirela Olteanu (Teaching Assistant and PhD Student), from the Technical University of Cluj-Napoca, Department of Applied Electronics in Cluj-Napoca, Romania, are organizing the 2026 edition of the HILRES research workshop, technically sponsored by the ESoC Technical Committee of IES IEEE.

The event provides PhD students, lecturers, researchers and engineers from academia and industry the opportunity to explore the field of Hardware in the Loop real-time simulation and (through hands-on activities) design/implement and hardware/software co-simulate a renewable energy system.

HILRES'26 aims at providing a design-from-scratch experience of a bare-metal SoPC-based Hardware in the Loop platform to model, simulate and control a complete Photovoltaic (PV) system using various design methodologies on low-cost SoC platforms.

Key Activities

Here is the schedule for the HILRES workshop.

Day 1 — Tuesday, September 15th, 2026

9h30 - 10h30 Romain Delpoux & Lubin Kerhuel — µController based AC drive controller, part 1
Coffee break
10h45 - 12h30 Romain Delpoux & Lubin Kerhuel — µController based AC drive controller, part 2
Lunch time
14h - 15h45 Romain Delpoux & Lubin Kerhuel — µController based AC drive controller, part 3
Coffee break
16h00 - 18h00 Romain Delpoux & Lubin Kerhuel — µController based AC drive controller, part 4

Day 2 — Wednesday, September 16th, 2026

9h30 - 10h30 Alin Tisan & Mickael Hilairet — SoC-FPGA HIL control of PV system, part 1
Coffee break
10h45 - 12h30 Alin Tisan & Mickael Hilairet — SoC-FPGA HIL control of PV system, part 2
Lunch time
14h - 15h45 Alin Tisan & Mickael Hilairet — SoC-FPGA HIL control of PV system, part 3
Coffee break
16h00 - 18h00 Alin Tisan & Mickael Hilairet — SoC-FPGA HIL control of PV system, part 4

Day 3 — Thursday, September 17th, 2026

9h30 - 10h30 Lahoucine Id-khajine — FPGA-based DC-Motor controller (VHDL design), part 1
Coffee break
10h45 - 12h30 Lahoucine Id-khajine — FPGA-based DC-Motor controller (VHDL design), part 2
Lunch time
14h - 15h45 Tarek Ould-Bachir & Lahoucine Id-khajine — Real-time modeling of power electronics, part 1
Coffee break
16h00 - 18h00 Tarek Ould-Bachir & Lahoucine Id-khajine — Real-time modeling of power electronics, part 2

Keynote speakers, lectures

  • Dr. Alin Tisan, Royal Holloway University of London, UK (SoC, VHDL design)
  • Prof. Mickael Hilairet, Ecole Centrale de Nantes / LS2N, FR (PV system modelling and control)
  • Prof. Lahoucine Id-khajine, CY Cergy-Paris University, FR (FPGA design), (HILRES co-organizer)
  • Prof. Tarek Ould-Bachir, Polytechnique Montréal, CA (Power converters on-chip modelling)
  • Dr. Romain Delpoux, INSA de Lyon, FR (AC drive control)
  • Dr. Lubin Kerhuel, Microchip, FR (AC drive control)

Local organizers

  • Prof. Dorin Petreus, Technical University of Cluj-Napoca, RO (HILRES 2026 local organizer)
  • Mirela Olteanu (Teaching Assistant & PhD Student), Technical University of Cluj-Napoca, RO (HILRES 2026 local organizer)