Supplementary notes
- Tutorial article on dc-dc converters and converter modeling
- Supplementary notes on the flyback converter experiment
- Converter control systems
- Directions for capturing oscilloscope data
- Getting started on the HP3577 network analyzer
Components
- Batteries
- PV cells and panels
- Contents of Spring 2010/11 parts kit, with links to datasheets
- Battery charger manual (CTEK 3300 battery charger mounted on lab benches)
- Microcontroller materials and tutorials, 2009 archive
Magnetics
- Designing inductors
- Designing a flyback transformer and related material
- Ferrite core and copper wire data
- H7C1 core material data (B-H loop and core loss)
- Ferrite J material data
- TSC P7070 material data
- PQ 32/20 core data sheet
- PQ 26/25 core data sheet
- YJ-41003-TC toroidal core data sheet
Machines
Archive of other laboratory experiments and tutorial materials on DC and AC machines
Simulation
- Simulation libraries and examples
- Additional slides on PSpice simulation of converter transfer functions
Spring 2011 lecture slides
- Lecture 1: Introduction to PV systems and the course
- Lecture 2: Programming the MSP 430
- Lecture 3: Experiment 3
- Lecture 4: Simulation and practical design details
- Lecture 6: MPPT and other Exp. 3 issues
- Lecture 7: Lead-acid batteries
- Lecture 8: Experiment 4
Spring 2010 lecture slides
- Lecture 1: Introduction to PV systems and the course
- Lecture 2: Programming the MSP 430
- Lecture 3: Experiment 3
- Lecture 4: Simulation and practical design details
- Lecture 6: MPPT and other Exp. 3 issues
- Lecture 7: Lead-acid batteries
- Lecture 8: Experiment 4
Spring 2009 lecture slides
- Lecture 1: Introduction to PV systems and power electronics
- Lecture 2: PWM controller chip, and notes for Exp. 1
- Lecture 3: Exp. 3 intro, and flyback converter design
- Lectures 4 and 5: Feedback loop simulation and design
- Lecture 6: discussed practical circuit design issues on blackboard
- Lecture 7: Lead-acid batteries
- Lecture 8: Inverter
- Lectures 9, 10: Maximum power point tracker, Exp. 5 Updated 3/31/09
- Lecture 11: Midterm exam solution
- Lecture 12: Power converter layout and grounding
- ECEE Expo competition
Archived S'08 lecture slides
- Lecture 1: Introduction to PV systems and power electronics
- Lecture 2: PWM, buck converter analysis
- Lecture 3: Buck MPPT and charge controller, magnetics design
- Lecture 4: Buck MPPT and charge controller, modeling and simulation
- Lecture 5: Buck MPPT and charge controller, digital controller
- Lecture 6: Inverter system, flyback dc-dc converter
- Lecture 7: Flyback dc-dc converter and control
- Lecture 8: Inverter and project
- Lecture 9: Lead-acid batteries
- Lecture 10: Power converter layout and grounding
Archived S'08 experiments
External links
- Real-time insolation data from the NREL Solar Radiation Research Lab station, Golden CO
- Real-time wind data from the NREL National Wind Technology Center site, Rocky Flats CO
- NREL on-line insolation database
- NREL PV website
- Solarbuzz (PV industry website)
- BD Batteries tutorial material: Renewable energy sources, Battery backup systems
Other compilations on this site
- Bibliography of selected technical papers having relevance to PV power systems and selected project topics