DEVELOPING AN AC CURRENT GENERATOR

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	DEVELOPING AN AC CURRENT GENERATOR
by Ernesto Gradin & Aubrey Kagan Start ı Features ı Magnetics ı Primary and Secondary Turns ı Primary and Secondary Winding ı Primary Inductance ı Hardware ı Firmware ı Analog to Digital Conversion ı User Interface ı Sources and PDF SOURCES and PDF Download the PDF of this Article. Ernesto Gradin is a registered professional engineer and has 26 years experience in design of televisions, video monitors, and power supplies. He has worked for Weidmuller Canada for eight years and is the Department Supervisor for Switchmode Power Supply Design. You may reach him at egradin@weidmuller.ca. Aubrey Kagan is a register professional engineer and has 24 years experience in electronic design of industrial controls. He has worked for Weidmuller Canada for eight years and is the Senior Design Engineer involved with design of industrial signal interfaces and controls. You may reach him at akagan@weidmuller.ca. REFERENCES Dick Jarret, Software Fault Tolerance Staves Off Errors that Besiege uP Systems, Electronic Design, August 9, 1984. Barry Yarkoni and John Wharton, Designing Reliable Software for Automotive Applications, Intel Corp., AR-102. N.Q. Burnham and C.F. Cowling, Fault-tolerant Software in Real-Time Single-Chip Microcontroller Systems, Electronic Components and Applications, Vol. 6, No 1, Philips Corp. Richard Grier, Visual Basic, Programmerıs Guide to Serial Communications, Mabry Publishing Jan Axelson, Serial Port Complete, Lakeview Research. Peter Wright, The Beginnerıs Guide to Visual Basic 4.0, Wrox Press Ltd., 1995. Harold Davis, Visual Basic 4 Secrets, IDG Books, 1996. Microsoft Visual Basic Documentation (Programmerıs Guide, Language Reference, and Professional Features). Stuart Bennet, Real Time Computer Control, An introduction, Prentice Hall, 1994 SOURCE ML2037 Micro Linear (408) 433-5200 www.microlinear.com PREVIOUS Circuit Cellar provides up-to-date information for engineers. Visit www.circuitcellar.com for more information and additional articles. For subscription information, call (860) 875-2199, subscribe@circuitcellar.com or subscribe online. ıCircuit Cellar, the Magazine for Computer Applications. Posted with permission.