Title :
A Flexible and Inexpensive FPGA-Based Power Electronics and Drives Laboratory
Author :
Brekken, Ted K. A. ; Mohan, Ned
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Minnesota Univ., Minneapolis, MN
Abstract :
As power electronics converters become more flexible and their control becomes more sophisticated, it is becoming more important for young engineers to learn to use modern digital control tools, such as FPGAs. This paper presents a flexible, inexpensive laboratory setup that can be configured for exploring a number of power converter topologies, controlled in both open loop and closed loop. In addition to driving passive loads, the setup can be used to demonstrate DC motor torque, speed, and position control, as well as variable speed 3-phase AC motor control
Keywords :
closed loop systems; electric drives; field programmable gate arrays; open loop systems; power convertors; power engineering education; DC motor torque control; FPGA; FPGAs; closed loop control; digital control tools; drives; open loop control; position control; power electronics converters; speed control; variable speed 3-phase AC motor control; Circuit topology; DC motors; Digital control; Electric variables control; Field programmable gate arrays; Laboratories; Open loop systems; Position control; Power electronics; Power engineering and energy;
Conference_Titel :
Power Electronics Specialists Conference, 2006. PESC '06. 37th IEEE
Conference_Location :
Jeju
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-9716-9
DOI :
10.1109/PESC.2006.1712042
