A modular power electronics/control systems laboratory as educational tool for electrical engineering courses

Abstract

This paper introduces a programmable modular laboratory for undergraduate courses on power electronics and control engineering systems. The proposed system helps the students to get an integral vision about control of power electronics devices. The hardware and software are presented and then a case of study, the implementation of a fuzzy logic based voltage controller of a DC/DC converter, is introduced and results are commented. The prototype was conceived as a modular design. The proposed system is also able to contribute to practical activities related to feedback control and power electronics, and, it allows a better understanding of power converters operation.