Design of a Simple Electronic Load Controlled with Configurable Load Profile

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https://doi.org/10.31908/19098367.635

Keywords:

Electronic Load Controlled, Load profile, MOSFET, Microcontroller, Validation.

Abstract

This article presents the design and implementation of an electronic load controlled of low power (60 W), which is normally used to validate the electrical specifications from different power supplies, evaluating the static and dynamic response of the system under test. The power circuit and analog control is specified. Furthermore, the system implemented allows the generation of different load profiles using a low cost microcontroller to generate the load values in different time. Finally, the validation of the electronic load controlled for a load profile is presented.

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  • Andrés F. Restrepo, Universidad del Valle

    was born in Palmira, Colombia, in 1985. He received the Engineering degree in Electronic Engineering, the Master degree in Automatic from Universidad del Valle, Cali, Colombia, in 2010 and 2013 respectively, and is currently a Ph.D. student in Electrical and Electronic Engineering in the same institution. His current research interests are the control systems and the applications of magnetic fields on biological systems, specifically the generation and control of uniform magnetic field with geomagnetic field compensation.

  • Jorge A. Rusca, Universidad del Valle

    was born in Jamundí, Colombia, in 1982. He received the Engineering degree in Electronic Engineering from Universidad del Valle, Cali, Colombia, in 2010, and is currently a postgraduate student in industrial automation in the same institution. His current research interest is on industrial control applications, instrumentation and modeling to control applications, more exactly in the production of fuel alcohol from sugar cane juice and electric cogeneration.

  • Edinson Franco, Universidad del Valle

    was born in Cali, Colombia, in 1964. He received the Engineering degree in Electrical Engineering, the Master degree in Automatic and the Engineering Doctor degree from Universidad del Valle, Cali, Colombia, in 1991, 1994 and 2007, respectively. He is working as full time professor in the same University, where he is a professor and researcher of the Postgraduate Program on Electrical and Electronic Engineering. His current research interests are technology control applications and education to control.

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2013-06-28

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Vol. 7 No. 13 (2013)

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A. F. Restrepo, J. A. Rusca, and E. Franco, “Design of a Simple Electronic Load Controlled with Configurable Load Profile”, Entre cienc. ing., vol. 7, no. 13, pp. 9–13, Jun. 2013, doi: 10.31908/19098367.635.
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