Educational Applications of Interactive Tools to Analyze, Design, and Simulate D.C.-D.C. Power Converters

Currently, interactivity is playing a fundamental role in engineering education because of the development of communications and systems. An important challenge is the effective use of computer tools that allow associating teaching methods with the new ways students learn. In the area of power electronics, recognizing different concepts of switching converters is simplified, given simulation and experimentation tools. Nevertheless, general-purpose tools applied in the analysis and simulation of power electronics systems do not make use of the full interactivity that computer applications can offer. Consequently, it is necessary to develop modern tools with specific capacities to complement teaching and research experiences in power electronics. This article describes the Power Electronics Interactive Laboratory implemented in LabVIEW as a tool to introduce interactivity in power electronics education and presents results of its application in research and teaching activities.

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