• DocumentCode
    3862658
  • Title

    Microcontroller software applied to electronic ballast design

  • Author

    F. J. Diaz;F. J. Azcondo;R. Casanueva;Ch. Branas

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electronic Technology, System Engineering and Automation, University of Cantabria, Ave. de los Castros (s/n) 39005, Santander, Spain
  • fYear
    2009
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    8
  • Abstract
    This paper presents educational software for a PIC microcontroller used to study and design resonant electronic ballasts. The digitally controlled resonant inverter enables students to investigate the ballast behavior when changing the values of parameters. The soft start-up sequence and control of the LCsCp resonant inverter applied to supply high intensity discharge (HID) lamps is implemented in a PIC16F628. A new graphic interface BCP (Ballast Controlled by PIC Software) between student and microcontroller is presented.
  • Keywords
    "Microcontrollers","Electronic ballasts","High intensity discharge lamps","Resonant inverters","Resonance","Business continuity","RLC circuits","Power supplies","Switching frequency","Design engineering"
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Power Electronics and Applications, 2009. EPE ´09. 13th European Conference on
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4244-4432-8
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    5278705
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=3862658