Digital Power Converter Basics using dsPIC33 Digital Signal Controllers

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Analog to Digital Conversion
- Analog to Digital Conversion
- Analog Design Review
- Digital Block with a dsPIC® DSC
- Evolution in Analog Design
- Level 1 Intelligent ON/OFF Control
- Level 2 Proportional Control
- Level 3 Topology Control
- Level 4 Full Digital Control
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Digital Peripherals Mimicking Analog Behavior
- Transition to Digital PWM
- PWM Peripheral
- PWM Operations
- PWM Current Limit Reset
- PWM Edge and Center Aligned Modes
- Transition to Digital ADC
- Analog to Digital Converter Operation
- ADC Peripheral
- dsPIC® ADC Applications
- Digital Comparator
- Intelligent Power Peripheral (IPP)
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Auxiliary Functions in Power Converter
- Auxiliary Functions in Power Converter
- Fault Detection Operation
- Soft Start, Sequencing
- Temperature Monitoring
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DSP Computational Core
- dsPIC® Computational Core
- Transition to Digital: Number Crunching
- General Structures Of Power Converter Code
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Digital Implementation of a Control Loop
- General Structures Of Power Converter Code
- Benefits of Digital Control for Power Conversion
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Support Tools
- Explorer 16 Development Board
- Buck Boost Converter PICtail™ Plus Daughter Board
- dsPICDEM™ SMPS Buck Development Board
- Digital Power Reference Design
- Power Conversion Code Examples
- Digital Power Application Notes
- Software Tools Downloads
- How did we do?

This self-paced, online class, offers the background information that analog designers need when approaching a new power converter digital design. The class explains the migration path from analog design to digital design using a buck converter.