Remote Triggered Laboratory for Boost Converter Using LabVIEW

Abstract

This paper aims to provide remote access to laboratories in power electronics to all levels from under graduate to research. The platform is focused on learning aspect as much as performing the experiments. Remote triggered power electronics laboratory for boost converter experiments has been developed using National Instruments(NI) data acquisition device myRIO and LabVIEW software package which has an extensive support for interfacing devices and instruments. LabVIEW software is used to access the data using myRIO which has both the processor and Field Programmable Gate Array (FPGA). Through Graphical User Interface (GUI), a user in remote location is able to vary parameter pertaining to boost converter circuit which is transmitted to laboratory PC that has NI LabVIEW installed in it. The input is further fed to circuit, and then, output is fed back to LabVIEW through NI myRIO which ultimately is returned to user’s PC using web-publishing tool and can be viewed through GUI. Remote Triggered (RT) power electronics laboratories can be effectively used to give laboratory demonstrations to large number of learners. © 2021, Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd.