Power Electronics Lab

The “Power Electronics” lab is based on the NI Educational Laboratory Virtual Instrumentation Suite (NI ELVIS II) platform. The software is developed in the LabVIEW graphical programming environment.

The lab has been designed for hands-on experiments in Power Electronics (transformers, rectifiers and voltage regulators).

The students can study the operating principles of voltage and current regulators, DC-AC and DC-DC converters, measure the operational characteristics of AC voltage- and current generators. The students can also study the parameters of single-phase and three-phase transformers and rectifiers, as well as diodes, Zener diodes and SCRs.

All hands-on experiments are conducted on a preassembled printed circuit board with 14 different circuits.

Course manual is embedded in the lab software for easy access to ad-hoc theoretical materials during the lab. Experimental results of the lab may be exported and saved in MS Excel format (including student name, date and time).