A microcontroller-based variable voltage variable frequency sinusoidal power source with a novel PWM generation strategy

The present paper describes the development of a low cost, microcontroller-based variable voltage variable frequency sinusoidal power source, which is the demand of the day for various applications. The power source is developed using MOSFET H-bridge inverter and with a stand alone LCD display system. The design methodology proposes to utilize a novel concept of generating sinusoidal pulse width modulation signals for the driver circuit of the inverter. The system proposes to incorporate a ROM-based LUT within the power source itself for the sinusoidal signal generation with enhanced stability. This low cost, yet accurate power source has been successfully developed for wide range of voltage commands (30-80 V rms) and frequency commands (40-70 Hz), and their real-life performances in voltage wave generation were also found to be quite satisfactory. (C) 2011 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.