Digital Control for Power Converters is a 4-day, 24-PDH advanced professional development course delivered live online in HyFlex format. Participants develop mastery of digital control theory and implementation for power converters, including DC-DC converters, three-phase inverters, and motor drives. The curriculum progresses from analog-to-digital control migration, through discrete-time modeling and z-domain compensator design, to embedded fixed-point implementation and hardware-in-the-loop validation. Each session integrates MATLAB/Simulink live demonstrations and Qspice simulation exercises. The course serves as an advanced elective in the Electrified Systems Certificate and is the direct continuation of Intermediate Power Electronics.

Learning Outcomes:

• Design discrete-time digital compensators (PI, lead-lag, state-space) for DC-DC converters and three-phase inverters using z-domain analysis and MATLAB/Simulink.
• Implement fixed-point digital control algorithms on microcontrollers and DSPs.
• Discuss concepts including anti-windup, dead-time compensation, and PWM interrupt-driven control loops.
• Apply digital control techniques to closed-loop power converters systems including voltage-mode control, control, average-current-mode control, and field-oriented control for motor drives, validated through simulation and HIL testing.

Who Should Attend:

• Electrical engineers and embedded software engineers with 3+ years of experience in power electronics design who have completed RA00072 Intermediate Power Electronics or equivalent
• Practicing engineers at automotive OEMs, Tier 1 suppliers, energy storage and renewable energy companies, industrial drives manufacturers, and data center power systems companies
• Engineering managers and technical leads overseeing digital power conversion system design
• Engineers transitioning from analog to digital DSP/microcontroller-based control implementations