Power factor correction on a Microcontroller (8-bit)

Power factor correction on a Microcontroller (8-bit)

For school project I write a report about the posibility to implement PFC on a 8-bit microcontroller. Could any from you provide me information, or an example project how to do this ??

Regards,

John

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John
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No, i don=B4t want to drive a PFC chip. I wan=B4t to implement the algorithm of PFC in a Micro controller.

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John

Same question, what does that mean? The algorithm is just a computation, what are planning to do with the result?

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Luhan Monat

to drive a motor With the result i want(

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John

With the result i want to drive a motor(

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John

Do you even know what power factor correction is? You have to determine if you have a leading or lagging power factor, and introduce an equal and opposite reactance to bring it back to unity.

How you'd apply a microcontroller to that is, of course, left as an exercise for the student. ;-P

Cheers! Rich

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Rich Grise

What do you mean? Do you mean using it to drive a PFC correction unit of some sort?

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Ian Stirling

Well the input pins are about 5pF each, so you could parallel a few..

Paul Burke

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Paul Burke

"Rich Grise" skrev i en meddelelse news: snipped-for-privacy@example.net...

And?? A resonant circuit can do it - with a little feedback help. But the student said "motor", which (as a load) is inductive, so it is easier then.

The student may wish to read: Kjeld Torborg "Power Electronics in Theory and Practice", ISBN 91-44-38091-7.

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Frithiof Andreas Jensen

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