Smart training environment for power electronics

Abstract

Abstract. The idea of the paper is to present a successful symbiosis of the products of the leading firms in the electronics -National Instruments and Texas Instruments. The developed test bench is composed of hardware for data acquisition and control (sbRIO), working with the LabVIEW environment and the novel Power Management Lab Kit (PMLK) educational boards. The manipulation of these hi-tech boards becomes more accessible for a broader range of students, including undergraduates in schools, with the use of LabVIEW virtual instruments (VI), which assist the trainees in the manipulation of the kits -for example if a incompatible working configuration is set, the VI will pop up a message describing the result if its execution. Moreover it will provide guidance for choosing the right setup along the active decisions from the student and also with the VI can be taken measurements, without the need of external hardware.

Using virtual instrumentation in the application study of electronic devices

“…The development of virtual laboratories that allow the training of students in various engineering fields using online technologies based on the LabView programming environment has preoccupied developers for over 20 years [2]. Thus, we meet virtual tools used to train students in the field of power electronics without them having to have the necessary physical equipment, all taking place in a simulated environment [3]. Hardwarein-the-loop simulators for teaching laboratories are also a useful learning aid [4].…”