Title :
Microcontroller software applied to electronic ballast design
Author :
F. J. Diaz;F. J. Azcondo;R. Casanueva;Ch. Branas
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electronic Technology, System Engineering and Automation, University of Cantabria, Ave. de los Castros (s/n) 39005, Santander, Spain
Abstract :
This paper presents educational software for a PIC microcontroller used to study and design resonant electronic ballasts. The digitally controlled resonant inverter enables students to investigate the ballast behavior when changing the values of parameters. The soft start-up sequence and control of the LCsCp resonant inverter applied to supply high intensity discharge (HID) lamps is implemented in a PIC16F628. A new graphic interface BCP (Ballast Controlled by PIC Software) between student and microcontroller is presented.
Keywords :
"Microcontrollers","Electronic ballasts","High intensity discharge lamps","Resonant inverters","Resonance","Business continuity","RLC circuits","Power supplies","Switching frequency","Design engineering"
Conference_Titel :
Power Electronics and Applications, 2009. EPE ´09. 13th European Conference on
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-4432-8
