Power Electronics

[Class Notes]

Links

• A Grid Tie Inverter Design
• Reduce Ground Noise in DC to DC Converters
• Design Guide for SEPIC Converters
  • Coupled Inductor Improves Efficiency and Control in SEPIC Converter
• Current Mode Control using SEPIC Converter and Linear Current Regulator (80% Efficiency)

Reliability

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

Feedback Analysis of Switched Mode Power Supplies

LTSpice Tutorials

• Nice Tutorials

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

Additional Resources

• I thought this might be a helpful resource Buck SMPS Converter Page ~Matthew

Class Contribution 2012

• Matthew Blaire

• Christopher Garrison Lau I

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

• KiCAD step by step tutorial (Posted by Trent Fleming 4/15/12)
  • Step by Step tutorial

• Video on how to install KiCad onto Windows and how to use KiCad (Posted by Trent Fleming 4/17/12)
  • Video

• A FAQ page on many different parts of of KiCAD. From creating parts to schematic to PCB layout. (Cody Lorenz million years after the class ended. Actually 4/22/2012)
  • FAQ