Microcontroller Programming for Power Electronics Engineers
What you'll learn
- Basic features of the TI TMS320F28069 microcontroller
- Installing and using Code Composer Studio IDE
- Installing and using C2000Ware from TI
- Basic microcontroller architecture and operation
- Setting up projects and understanding compiler options and dependencies
- Understanding and interpreting example projects from TI
- Controlling GPIO pins
- Using timers and interrupts
- Using the Enhanced Pulse Width Modulation module
- Receiving analog signals using the Analog to Digital Converter
Requirements
- Basic C programming
- TI Piccolo F28069 Microcontroller Kit - either TMDSDOCK28069 or LAUNCHXL-F28069
- Oscilloscope - at least 2 channel and 10 MHz bandwidth and 50 MSample/s
- Assorted resistor box - 1%, 0.25W. Mainly 2.2kOhm and 22kOhm will be used (5 of each)
- Electrolytic capacitor box - 10 microFarad, 25V and 22 microFarad, 25V will be used
- Assorted LEDs - red, blue and white are used in the course
- Solderless breadboards for electronic circuits
- Jumper cables for connection from microcontroller kit and breadboards (around 5)
- Wire stripper, wire cutter
- 22AWG wire bundle for connections on breadboard
Description
The course will describe how to use the TMS320F28069 microcontroller from Texas Instruments for power electronics applications. The course is targeted towards beginners who are new to microcontroller programming and therefore, is ideal for electrical engineering undergraduates and graduate students who will be seeking their first job in the power industry. The course describes how a student can setup a basic home lab for the course, as this course is a hardware course and needs basic electronic equipment for hands-on experience. The course covers both theory and programming. The emphasis of the course is on creating projects and on programming the microcontroller. However, to make the material complete, the course deals with microcontroller architecture and describes the working of the processor and the peripherals.
The course will begin with very simple examples such as how to make LEDs glow and flash. However, it will progress to more practical scenarios as found in power electronics applications where gating signals will be produced for practical converters. The course will also describe how the microcontroller can be used for control applications by feeding measured signals into the microcontroller and processing them. The course will use the Code Composer Studio IDE provided for free by Texas Instruments and also example projects and starter files provided through the C2000Ware package. The course will describe how necessary software can be be downloaded and how the student can interpret and understand the example projects.
To be able to complete all examples in this course, the student will need to setup a home electronics lab which will cost around USD 150. Details of the components required are described in the introduction and all videos in the introduction are preview enabled.
Who this course is for:
- Power electronics engineers
- Electrical and electronics engineering students
- Graduate students
- Firmware engineers and technicians
Instructor
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I did my Master's and PhD in power electronics after which I spent several years working for both big companies like ABB and GE as well as a number of start-ups. I specialized in the field of power converter control and smart grids and have published prolifically in high impact international journals and conferences besides also being the author of two books.
I started programming at the age of 14 and over the past 20 years have programmed in several languages - C, C++, Python, JavaScript. I started taking a keen interest in open source software after I became a Linux user when I was a graduate student.
My expertise in electrical engineering and programming therefore resulted in me creating open source software for electrical engineers. I use open source software for teaching electrical engineering to students and practicing engineers with the typical theme of my courses being the application of programming to solve engineering problems.