An Educational Tool for Power Electronics Circuits

In this study, an educational tool has been prepared for a shorter term and more economic education of power electronics circuits. in parallel with the improvements of semiconductor technology, the development of power electronics circuits has magnified the importance of either teorical or practical education of power electronics course. The education of power electronic circuits in laboratory is an age long, costly piece of work, In this Study, to overcome the mentioned negativities, a tool has been prepared for the education of power electronic circuits. The tool, which has been prepared on C++ Builder environment has a flexible structure and a graphical interface, it has enabled the analysis of working principles of the circuits and traceability of the system response by the help of graphics, under different conditions created by changing the values of circuit elements. (C) 2009 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Comput Appl Eng Educ 18: 157-165, 2010: Published online in Wiley, InterScience (www.interscience.wiley.com); DOI 10.1002/cae.20237