PowerBox: A Modern Power Electronics Education Toolbox Using Si and SiC Devices

This paper discusses the need and design for a new power electronics educational board. This teaching board features the ability to be used in DC-DC, DC-AC, and AC-DC instructional labs. The board utilizes silicon (Si) and silicon carbide (SiC) technologies, the latter of which being under minimum examination in existing educational labs. This board is intended to be an open-source product that is available for external ordering at production costs. This paper details the design of the board, including schematics, layouts, and bill of materials. An example lab with the board implemented into a buck converter is also demonstrated.

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