Microchip Buck/Boost Converter PICtail Plus Daughter Board AC164133

Technical description of the product (AC164133):

The Microchip Buck/Boost Converter PICtail Plus Daughter Board AC164133 provides an easy and economical development platform for dsPIC SMPS and Digital Power Conversion GS family Digital Signal Controllers. These are designed to provide low-cost and efficient control for a wide range of power supply topologies and power conversion applications. The board consists of two independent DC/DC synchronous buck converters and one independent DC/DC boost converter. The board operates from an input supply of +9V to +15V DC. This board can be controlled either by interfacing to a 28-pin Starter Development Board or to an Explorer 16 Development Board. The control boards provide closed-loop Proportional-Integral-Derivative (PID) control in the software to maintain the desired output voltage level. The dsPIC SMPS and Power Conversion family devices provide necessary memory and power supply peripherals which enable building the control loops in software without the need for external circuitry. Performance measures that can be evaluated are: Digital control loop performance of power conversion, dynamic load performance, multiphase buck and synchronous buck converter, parallel operation of two buck converters, multiple output control with a single dsPIC33F GS SMPS device.