Design and simulation of Arduino Nano controlled DC-DC converters for low and medium power applications

Sivasankar Nallusamy (Hindustan Institute of Technology and Science)
Devabalaji Kaliaperumal Rukmani (Hindustan Institute of Technology and Science)

International Journal of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Vol 13, No 2: April 2023

This paper mainly focuses on the controller of portable direct current to direct current (DC-DC) converter which may be simple, low cost and efficient. Nowadays, proportional integral (PI) controller and opto-isolator based circuits are used for switching control. The switching control through the controller makes the DC-DC converter into larger circuit and less efficient. This problem will be rectified using the Arduino Nano controller which is small and low cost-effective controller. It is useful for low and medium power applications like residential solar power system, electronic gadgets, and academic laboratories. Arduino Nano-based DC chopper has been developed, and the Proteus software used for simulation. The different topologies of DC choppers like buck, boost, and buck-boost converter have been designed with mathematical calculations and simulated.