Design and Implementation of a Low-Cost Real-Time Control Platform for Power Electronics Applications
Open Access
- 24 March 2020
- Vol. 13 (6), 1527
- https://doi.org/10.3390/en13061527
Abstract
In recent years, different off-the-shelf solutions for the rapid control prototyping of power electronics converters have been commercialised. The main benefits of those systems are based on a fast and easy-to-use environment due to high-level programming. However, most of those systems are very expensive and are closed software and hardware solutions. In this context, this paper presents the design and implementation of a control platform targeting at the segment in between expensive off-the-shelf control platforms and low-cost controllers. The control platform is based on the Launchpad TMS320F28379D from Texas Instruments, and it is equipped with an expansion board that provide analogue-to-digital measurements, switching signals and hardware protections. The performance of the control platform is experimentally tested on a 20 kVA power converter.This publication has 19 references indexed in Scilit:
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