Solar Power Inverters

The solar inverter performs the conversion of the variable DC output of the PV cells into a clean sinusoidal 50- or 60 Hz current.

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Design Considerations

Solar Power Inverter:

The solar inverter is a critical component of an entire solar energy system. It performs the conversion of the variable DC output of the PV cells into a clean sinusoidal 50- or 60 Hz current suitable for supplying the commercial electrical grid or local electrical network.

DSP Controller - The digital signal controller effectively executes the very precise algorithms required to charge the battery of the system and provide power to the electrical grid without power losses. This is called executing the system at its maximum power point. The drive of the main bridge of the DC/AC is performed by highly flexible PWM peripherals of the controller.

TMS320C2000 Digital Signal Controllers Selection Brochure (sprb176.pdf, 1.5 MB)
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Application Notes

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Flash Programming Solutions for the TMS320F28xxx DSCs (HTM 8 KB) 12802 views
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TMS320C2000™ DSP Controllers: A Perfect Fit for Solar Power Inverters (HTM 9 KB) 14153 views
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Tools and Software

Name	Part #	Company	Software/Tool Type
DC-AC Single Phase Power Supply Application Software	SPRC303	Texas Instruments	Application Software
DC_DC_Buck: F280x DC-DC Buck Converter	SPRC229	Texas Instruments	Application Software
HR_PWM_DEMO: F280x High Resolution PWM Demonstration	SPRC227	Texas Instruments	Application Software
Phase Shifted Full Bridge DC/DC Software	SPRC311	Texas Instruments	Application Software
PWM_Demo: F280x PWM Capability Demonstration	SPRC228	Texas Instruments	Application Software
TMS320F28044 eZdsp Starter Kit (DSK)	TMDSEZ28044	Texas Instruments	Starter Kits
TMS320F2808 eZdsp Starter Kit (DSK)	TMDSEZS2808	Texas Instruments	Starter Kits
TMS320F2812 eZdsp Start Kit (DSK)	TMDSEZD2812	Texas Instruments	Starter Kits
TMS320F2812 eZdsp Starter Kit (DSK) - Socketed version	TMDSEZS2812	Texas Instruments	Starter Kits
TMS320LF2407A eZdsp Starter Kit (DSK)	TMDSEZD2407	Texas Instruments	Starter Kits

News Releases & Authored Articles

News Releases

Date	Headline
04 May 2009	Cost-sensitive embedded control applications become more reliable, intelligent with TI's newest Piccolo™ MCUs featuring the Control Law Accelerator
03 Mar 2009	New TI Delfino™ MCUs double floating-point performance for development of more intelligent, energy efficient high-end real-time control applications
09 Feb 2009	TI eases design for energy-efficient and energy harvesting applications with expanded 16- and 32-bit MCU tools portfolio
15 Dec 2008	New $39 Piccolo™ USB tools jumpstart 32-bit real-time control development