A low cost rapid prototype platform for a three phase PFC rectifier application

In this paper the design and development of a low cost rapid prototype platform for a Three Phase PFC rectifier application is presented. The active rectifier consists of a SiC-MOSFET based PWM converter and a low cost rapid prototype platform for simulating and implementing the digital control algorithm. The digital controller is based on a for motor and power control widely used DSP/MCU platform from Texas Instruments. The design and simulation of the PFC controller is performed using the data flow driven graphical programming language MATLAB/SIMULINK. The actual programming of the processor is then performed using automatic code generation for embedded targets, which provided a close link between simulation and implementation of the PFC controller. The paper shows how this rapid prototype platform developed and how it was used for the design and implementation of the controller for a high efficient SiC based PFC application.