Title :
Real-time simulation of a buck converter for educational purposes in a LabVIEW®-programmed FPGA
Author :
Heras Cervantes, M. ; Ramirez, M. C. Garcia ; Correa Gomez, J. ; Anguiano, A. C. Tellez ; Martinez Cardenas, F.
Author_Institution :
Dipt. Ing. Electron., ITM, Morelia, Mexico
Abstract :
This paper presents the real-time simulation of a Buck converter designed to create an educational platform. The real-time simulation is based on the solution of the equations of every topological state of the converter, which are solved by an integration method that allows obtaining the time-domain response of the circuit. The algorithm is implemented in a realtime platform based on FPGA (SPARTAN III). Besides, by using a visual programming language as LabVIEW, an interactive interface, that facilitates visualizing the converter response, is presented.
Keywords :
computer aided instruction; field programmable gate arrays; power convertors; power engineering education; virtual instrumentation; LabVIEW; LabVIEW-programmed FPGA; SPARTAN III; buck converter; converter response; converter topological state; educational platform; educational purposes; integration method; interactive interface; real-time simulation; realtime platform; time-domain response; visual programming language; Capacitors; Field programmable gate arrays; Inductors; Integrated circuit modeling; MOSFET; Real-time systems; Visualization; Buck; FPGA; LabVIEW; Real-time simulation;
Conference_Titel :
Power, Electronics and Computing (ROPEC), 2014 IEEE International Autumn Meeting on
Conference_Location :
Ixtapa
DOI :
10.1109/ROPEC.2014.7036306
