Electronics

Abstract—The process for designing digital controls for power electronics is typically quite convoluted and affords many oppor-tunities for errors to occur. We present here a new and complete method for rapid prototyping of digital controls that allows rapid realization of new designs. The approach uses a collection of tools that include both software (the virtual test bed (VTB) and Matlab/Simulink) and hardware (dSpace DSP). An example application of the methodology completes the discussion. Index Terms—Digital controls, dSpace DSP, power electronics, rapid prototyping, virtual test bed. I