Power Electronics

[Class Notes]

Links

• A Grid Tie Inverter Design
• Reduce Ground Noise in DC to DC Converters

Reliability

Grid Tie Inverter Reliability (Electrolytics and IGBTs have poor reliability.)

Feedback Analysis of Switched Mode Power Supplies

How to Use LTSpice with the supplied PSpice Models

• [A page showing how to import models]
• [Forum results that cued me in to the fact you can open PSpice .sch schematics in LTSpice.] (You need to select *.* (All Files) in the navigator window.)

Class Project 2011

• 120 VAC LED Light Project

Resources

• Buck SMPS Converter Page

Class Contribution 2012

• Matthew Blaire

• Christopher Garrison Lau I

• Cody Lorenz

KiCAD Tutorials

• The following links are to the best KiCAD Tutorials that I've found. They're the only ones with voice narration. Unfortunately, the video's creator thought it would be better to use a synthesized voice. It can be quite tiresome. (Posted by Chris Lau 4/9/12)
  • Tutorial 1
  • Tutorial 2

• I enjoyed the Tutorials 1 and 2 that Chris put on the page it is very good at specifying the basics. (Matthew Blaire 4/10/12)
  • I also Have found a helpful tutorial on creating components Add Component Tutorial
  • All of the relating tutorials to this one are pretty decent as well, but most of the material is covered in the tutorials that Chris posted