LED Dimmer as Versatile Hardware Platform for Practical Exercises in Power Electronics and Control Courses

Proceedings of the 14th European Conference on Power Electronics and Applications (EPE 2011) 2011
Iļja Galkins, Ansis Avotiņš, Aleksandrs Suzdaļenko

This paper discuss the problems regarding to traditional teaching methods and possible improvement of student practical knowledge base in RTU study program “Computerized Control of Electrical Technologies” by offering interlinked task between many courses and utilization of Light Emitting Diode (LED) related equipment in the course of power electronics, microprocessor control engineering and control theory as a industrial task example.

Keywords
Control Engineering Education , Educational Courses , Electronic Engineering Education , Light Emitting Diodes , Power Electronics , Power Engineering Education , Teaching
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Galkins, I., Avotiņš, A., Suzdaļenko, A. LED Dimmer as Versatile Hardware Platform for Practical Exercises in Power Electronics and Control Courses. In: Proceedings of the 14th European Conference on Power Electronics and Applications (EPE 2011), United Kingdom, Birmingham, 30 Aug-1 Sep., 2011. Piscataway: IEEE Press, 2011, pp.1-9. ISBN 978-1-61284-167-0. e-ISBN 978-90-75815-15-3.

Publication language
English (en)