March 26, 2024 by
A little Shakespeare to start a blog post never goes astray. And this is a config tool plot of the internal signal generator on our Ti control platform. The scope function puts the data into the scope buffer after the trigger and then the config tool can read it out. There is a trigger and […]
Read the full articleMarch 19, 2024 by
Well the workshop is over. Long live the workshop!!! The online workshop on Introduction to Advanced Digital Control ran for four days. Each day was 3.5 hours long. I found it was hard work to keep the flow and pace consistent and probably didn’t put enough breaks in the program. That said it was a […]
Read the full articleMarch 8, 2024 by
We are in the middle of our first online workshop covering our Introduction to Advanced Digital Control of Power Electronics. Three of the four days have gone by and the group have learned some stuff, I hoped. The technical details of how the workshop has been delivered are We have people from time zones in […]
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I was having a conversation with an engineer about PLL design for grid connection. They were asking where to start? And I surprised them by talking about the grid coupling filter and what was the expected (power) angle jump over time between the grid and the converter when there was a grid fault. And for […]
Read the full articleFebruary 15, 2024 by
It isn’t always easy getting simulation libraries to work when you change Vivado versions. And today I got it going. It is always simple in hindsight and I always feeling like a fool for not having seen it early. It is a small step and a giant leap. Props to Mr N. Armstrong. Vivado is […]
Read the full articleFebruary 12, 2024 by
I was in a meeting last night where we were discussing a gate drive issue. The gate drive was causing a trip at a certain current level and the solution that we were talking about was a simplification. It involved removing the clever silicon solution and replacing it with a simpler optically isolated bespoke gate […]
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