Microcontroller based Digital Control for Power Converters

ABSTRACT

The course introduces the fundamentals of digital control of power converters with a practical approach based on microcontrollers. In particular, the course will be based on STMicroelectronics STM32 family of 32-bit ARM Cortex-M core-based microcontrollers and will use the related ecosystem, STM32 IDEs, providing a kick-start to its use in the industrial world.

The first part of the course (18 hours) is centred on the following topics:

1. Digital Control in Power Electronics (2 hours)
2. Development environment, hardware and software (4 hours)
3. Applications in Power Converters (4 hours)
4. Microcontroller hands on (3 hours)
5. Hardware in the loop (3 hours)
6. Advanced Digital Control techniques, Model Predictive control and AI applications (2 hours)

The second part of the course (12 hours) consists of practical use of the microcontroller in the lab.

TIMETABLE

• First part - ONLINE

23rd January, 9 AM - 1 PM

from 24th to 27th January, 9 AM - 00:30 PM

• Second part - Lab1

from 8th to 10th February, 9 AM - 1 PM

For attending the second part of the course (Lab1) please register HERE. ONLY LIMITED PLACES ARE AVAILABLE.

All the course material is available HERE.

The course is part of the training provided for ET-IT PhD Students in the academic year 2022/2023.

Those who attend both parts of the course and write a brief report about the second part are eligible for credits. Further information about the report will be provided by prof. Florian.