Digital Power Supply and PFC Design Workshop
Hands-On Digital Power Supply and Digital Controller Design
Overview
Overview Learn how to design digital power supplies from the ground up quickly and easily with this in-depth laboratory-based design workshop and receive free software to ease the design process.
This workshop is 4 days long and is aimed at analog PSU designers and embedded systems engineers who need to design high performance stable digital power supplies and Digital PFCs.
During the workshop, you will learn how to design stable analog and digital control loops in both voltage mode and current mode for DC/DC and off-line applications. You will then design, code, implement and test several digital power supplies in our well-equipped laboratory during days 1 to 3. On the 4th day, the design and implementation of digital PFCs is covered in detail to address the most recent needs of our industry.
First, the engineering concepts, theoretical material, and step-by-step design procedures are taught in the class and then put into practice with numerous laboratory exercises on real digital power supplies. The design practices taught in the class can be applied to any MCU with all labs based on ST’s ARM based STM32G474.
All attendees will receive:
- 4 days of intensive engineering training and lab-based exercises
- All necessary software templates and easy to program exercises to start you on your digital power projects.
- Workshop material, lab notes, lunch and refreshments
- A free 12-month license for Biricha’s Power Supply Design Software WDS and PFC Loop Design Software PLD for STM32
The attendees work only alone or in pairs at a workstation. We have a total of 10 workstations, so the total number of attendees is strictly limited to 20 engineers.
The participants will work alone or in pairs at a workstation. Each workstation is well equipped with a laptop running STM32cubeMX, IAR Embedded Workbench IDE, Biricha design software, a SIGLENT SDS2302X oscilloscope (location dependent) and several digital power supplies.
Workshop Agenda**
Day 1: Introduction to Digital Power Programming
- Introduction to digital power
- Closed loop control of switch mode power supplies in analog and digital domains
- Biricha templates and easy project setup (I/O pins, PWM, ADC, Interrupts etc.)
- Number formatting for digital Compensator design with:
- 16-bit Fixed-point number representation
- 32-bit IQMath arithmetic
- Floating point
- Hands-on Laboratory exercises
Day 2: Digital Power Supply Design
- A detailed study of analog power supply design fundamentals
- Detailed discussion and design of digital power supplies
- Implementing a simple digital controller for your digital power supply
- Digital voltage mode controller design
- Off-line power supply design considerations: Limit cycling, Hi-Res PWM, ADC quantization
- Hands-on Laboratory exercises
Day 3: Peak Current Mode Control and Running Multiple Control Loops
- Detailed review analog peak current mode design
- Removing sub-harmonic oscillation and slope compensation
- Digital peak current mode controller design
- Analog and digital slope compensation
- Phase margin erosion in the digital domain due to delays
- Running multiple power supplies
- Hands-on Laboratory exercises
Day 4: Digital PFC Design & Implementation
Learn how to design and stabilize single-phase and interleaved digital power factor correction systems from the ground up quickly and easily during this in-depth laboratory-based day.
- Fundamentals of power delivery, power quality & PFC
- Single Phase CCM Boost PFC topology operation & design
- Digital PFC translated from analog PFC
- Step-by-step digital PFC control loop design (voltage loop and current loop)
- Voltage feed-forward & filter design in the digital domain
- Digital interleaved PFC
- Hands-on Design and live demos
Course Details
Europe
Tuesday 5th November – Friday 8th November 2024
Freiham, Munich, Germany
Workshop Language is English
2750 EUR for 4 days
North America
Tuesday 22nd October – Friday 25th October 2024
Austin, TX, USA
2750 USD for 4 days
The class runs from 9:00am – 6:00pm on Days 1-3.
The class runs from 8:30am – 12:30pm on Day 4 to allow for easy travel.
All attendees will work in pairs at a workstation. This means you may be paired up with someone else at a workstation if you have not registered in multiples of 2.
Price is for a ‘single’ seat – however you will be work in a pair with someone else at a workstation.
The price includes:
- 4 Days of training
- Free 12-month license of Biricha’s Power Supply Design Software Biricha’s WDS*
- Free 12-month license for Biricha’s PFC Loop Design Software PLD*
- Comprehensive lecture notes and detailed step-by-step lab manual
- Lunch and refreshments throughout each day
Audience
These workshops are designed for engineers who:
- Need learn how to design stable digital controllers for their power applications
- Need to understand power supply fundamentals, stability and design techniques with a focus on digital power
- Need to get up to speed with digital voltage mode control and peak current mode control using both legacy and modern ICs
- Need to apply modern Digital PFC techniques to their products
Prerequisites
The audience should have a degree in electrical/electronic engineering, computer science or equivalent.
These workshops are highly technical, intended for professional engineers and are not suitable for the general public without relevant qualifications.
Cancellation Policy
Classes are subject to cancellation if the minimum number of attendees is not met ten days prior to the date of the workshop and full refund will be given: Minimum = 5; Maximum = 20.
In the event of short notice cancellation by Biricha due to unforeseen circumstances, the liability of Biricha and its partners is limited solely to the refund of the course fees. No refund will be given if you can not make the event but you may delay to another Biricha workshop or transfer your registration to a colleague. In fairness to all attendees, confirmed participants who do not attend the scheduled session are obliged to pay the liable fee.
Testimonials for This Workshop
Here is what people are saying about past digital power workshops:
- “I highly recommend this workshop for engineers interested in an introductory class on digital power. I now have the ground work to read white papers on Digital Power to further my education.”
- “This was one of the best workshops of any kind that I have attended. The class content was very informational and the labs were engaging.”
- “This course provides a good over-view of the theory and then allows student to submerge into the practical designing aspect of a digital power supply. Very enlightening and powerful course.”
- “This is an excellent, solid, theory based seminar. It takes the mystery out of digital control.”
- “There are few instructors or workshops that clearly and efficiently present a continuous stream of valuable information. This is one of the best workshops I have attended in years and I left each day looking forward to the next. Outstanding material and presenter.”
- “The workshop has cleared the confusion surrounding what is possible with digital power and how to implement it. I will use this material to develop digital power solutions for automotive applications.”
- “The material is supported by many practical examples and tutorials, and includes a brief question and answer session at the end of each section.”
- “It was extremely useful hands-on practice orientated workshop, helping understanding in-deep design challenges.”
- “The workshop is very informative and interactive. You just don’t dig in to the theories but get a real feeling by doing hands-on lab.”
* 6 months trial license. This software is not necessary for understanding the material in the class
** Agenda is subject to change
Upcoming Workshops
NEW: Biricha launches ST WDS – Power Supply Design Tool for STM32
This version of WDS is free to use for all STM32 customers and provides a quick and easy method to stabilize your digital power supply.
Since 2008 Biricha has run highly popular hands-on workshops and industrial seminars. Some of the companies who have attended our workshops include:
AAC Microtec
ABB Medium Voltage Products
ABB Robotics
ABB Stotz-Kontakt GmbH
Ablepower Corp
Accutronics Ltd
Acme Aerospace
Adaptive Materials, Inc.
Advanced Space Power Equipment
Advantest Europe GmbH
AEG Power Solutions
Agemont SpA
Altergy Systems
Ametek
Apple Inc.
APtronic AG
ARROW DE
Arrow Denmark
ARROW SWEDEN
Artesyn Austria G.M.B.H & Co Kg
Artesyn Embedded Technologies
ARTI Industrial Electronics
Aselsan Elektronik San. Ve Tic. Inc.
Astrium GmbH
Aurora Networks
Automotive Ingenieurbüro
Avent Silica
AVL List GmbH
Baker Hughes Inteq
Beckman Coulter, Inc.
Belscanti
Beru Electronics GmbH
BMW – Bayerische Motoren Werke AG
BOSCH communications Systems EVI Audio GmbH
Bosch ST
Bose Corp.
BTicino S.p.A.
CAMCO Produktions und Vertriebs
Cassidian
Cassidian Electronics
CB Svendsen A/S
Chamberlain
Cisco Systems, Inc.
CM Comandos Lineares
Cobham Satcom
Cobree
Continental Automotive Austria GmbH
Continental Corporation
Contronics Engineering BV
Corrosion Service
Crane Electronics, Inc.
Cranfield University
Cybercom Sweden AB
Delphi
Delta Energy Systems
Delta Energy Systems (Switzerland) AG
Delta GmbH
Develco A/S
Dialog Semiconductor
Diehl Aerospace
Dinema S.p.A.
Dipolar AB
Dp Applications Engineering
DRS Pivotal Power
DRS Technologies
Dynexsemi
E Plug AS
EADS Germany GmbH
Eaton Corporation
Eberspächer Controls GmbH & Co. KG
EBV Elektronik
EcoPower
Effekta Regeltechnik GmbH
Efore
Elreg as
Elsis A.S.
Eltek
Eltek Valere Inc.
Emerson Process Management
Enersys
Ericsson AB
Ericsson Hungary Ltd.
Et System Electronic Gmbh
eta plus electronic gmbh
Etteplan Design Center
F5 Networks
Fairchild Semiconductor
Fieger Consulting&Softwaredesign
Filtran Limited
Flex Power
FMC Technologies Schilling Robotics
Fohhn Audio Ag
Fr.Sauter Ag
Fronius International GmbH
GE Aviation
GE Lighting
Gebrüder Frei GmbH & Co.
General Atomics Aeronautical
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc.
General Physics France
Georgia Tech
Golden Motor USA
Goodrich Aircraft Wheels and Brakes
Google Inc
Gordon Design Ltd
Gotec
Grundfos
Hamworthy Oil & Gas AS
Heim Electronic GmbH
Heinzinger electronic GmbH
Hewlett-Packard Co
HeyTech Systementwicklung
Hirschmann Automation and Control
Huawei
Huawei Technologies Sweden AB:
Icepower A/S
idem
Imagination technologies
Infineon Technologies AG
Ingenieurbüro Edel
Ingenieurbüro Sierak
Institut ELSYS
Intel Corporation
IPT Design
IPT Technology GmbH
ITT
J.W. Speaker Corperation
Jablotron Alarms
JPL (NASA)
JTOE GmbH Co. KG
JW Speaker
Kacst
kk-electronic a/s
Knorr Bremse SFS GmbH
KOSTAL Industrie Elektrik
L 3 communications
Lacon embedded
Lear Corporation
Lear Corporation GmbH
Leopold Kostal GmbH & Co.KG
Life Technologies
Liftoff
Lincoln Electric
Linde Material Handling GmbH
Lineage Power
Linera
Linestream Technologies
Lockheed Martin
Magma Mekatronik Makine San. ve Tic. A.S.
Martek Power
Martekpower
Megger
Meta System S.p.A
MGV Stromversorgungen GmbH
Microchip
Mikrokrets AS
Miller Electric
MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC
ML Electronics
Moog
MORI L. RADDRIZZATORI SRL
Moxtek Inc
Murata Power Solutions
NMB-Minebea GmbH
North China University of Technology
Norwegian Univ of Sci & Tech
NXP
Odel S.p.A.
OMICRON Lab
ON Semiconductor
Ortoceratit Ab
OSB AG
Osram GmbH
OSRAM SPA
TDK-Lambda Americas
Technologie Netzwerk Allgäu
Tehnical University of Denmark
Texas Instruments
THALES Avionics
Thales Communications, Inc.
Thita Elektronik
Thrane & Thrane A/S
Thurlby Thandar Instruments Ltd
TMD
Tomra Systems ASA
Triton Electronics Ltd
Tttech Computertechnik Ag
Tucker GmbH
Unisa
Unitech Energy AS
Università degli Studi di Salerno
Università Politecnica Delle Marche
University Of Applied Science Darmstadt
University of Nottingham
University of Salerno
University of Zilina
UTC Aerospace Systems – Wheels & Brakes
UTRC
VACON Oyj
Vektrex
Versatile Power
W-IE-NE-R Plein & Baus GmbH
WesternGeco AS
Wiener Plein & Baus
Wijdeven PS&IT
Würth Elektronik Eisos Gmbh & Co.Kg
Xcel Power
XSembedded GmbH
Zefatek Co., LTD
ZZzero Aps