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Arduino Based Pwm Output Voltage Control of a

DC-DC Boost Converter
Saravanamoorthi R1 Rathinavel. P 2
2
1 EEE,
EEE,
Dr Mahalingam College of Engineering and Technology,
Dr Mahalingam College of Engineering and Technology,
Pollachi
Pollachi
Manu K M 4
3
Sandhya. E 4
Assistant Professor
3
EEE, EEE,
Dr Mahalingam College of Engineering and Technology, Dr Mahalingam College of Engineering and Technology,
Pollachi Pollachi

Abstract-The main objective of this paper is to design The PWM pulses needed to switch on the
a boost converter which uses the Arduino to provide the semiconductor switches used in the boost converter are
gating pulses switch the semiconductor devices used in the generated in many ways. A PIC microcontroller can be
boost converter. The input of these converters is an used but it requires an external interface to produce the
unregulated DC voltage, which is mostly obtained by photo
PWM. In another method omp-amp based microcontroller
voltaic system and therefore it will fluctuate due to changes in
radiation and temperature which in turn, changes the average is used which becomes very bulky to handle and hence not
output voltage. Thus we have proposed a system in whichthe advantageous.
output voltage is monitored by introducing two push buttons,
through which the Arduino generated pulses, are given to the II. METHODOLOGY
semiconductor devices. By pressing one push button the duty In order to overcome all these disadvantages we
cycle of the PWM signal generated is increased and by are using Arduino for generating the PWM signals for
pressing another switch the duty cycle is decreased and hence powering the semiconductor switches and also for
the output voltage is monitored accordingly. monitoring the output voltage of the boost converter.
Keywods – Arduino; Boostconverter; PWM
Arduino package is a single-board microcontroller
I. INTRODUCTION
whose hardware has a simple open source hardware board
Power electronics is one of the most abruptly
.The software has a standard programming language
growing branches in the field of applied science. During
compiler and a boot loader that executes on the
the past decades as the size, utility and complexity of
microcontroller. The programming is done using C
today’s most modern electronic devices increases new
language. This package reduces the complexity of
techniques has been developed to effectively power them
generating PWM triggering signals. Based on the
up and create very useful devices in order to meet various
implementation of an effective control technique the output
requirements such as long battery life, cheap and small
voltage can also be monitored using this Arduino board.
power system. To cope up with these increasing
developments many innovators has come up with various The method proposed implements the generation
converts and control strategy. of pulses for the switches using Arduino and the open loop
control of the output voltage in a boost converter.A DC
A DC-DC boost converter is an electronic circuit power source, mostly battery is used to power the boost
whose output voltage is greater than the input voltage. converter. The boost converter then boosts the input
They are also called as step up converters since it steps up voltage and gives it to the load. The pulse needed for
the input voltage. They play an important role in renewable switching on the semiconductor switch used in the boost
energy sources such as solar energy, hybrid vehicle converter is generated using the Arduino UNO.
systems, lightning system etc. Boost converter is a class of
switched mode power supply. It consists of at least two
semiconductor switches and at least one energy storage
element such as capacitor or inductor or the combination of
the both.

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IV. SIMULATION AND RESULT

MATLAB is a multi-paradigm numerical computing
environment and fourth-generation programming language.
MATLAB allows matrix manipulations, plotting of
functions and data implementation of algorithms, creation
of user interface and interfacing with programs written in
other languages, including C, C++, C# , Java, Fortran and
Python.
In this section the simulation of the boost
converter is shown. The boost converter is first designed
and simulated using the MATLAB R2013a software. The
Simulink diagram of the boost converter and the output
Fig 1 : Block diagram
voltage and current waveform is as follows.
In order to monitor the output voltage of the boost
converter we have used two push buttons together with
Arduino. The duty cycle of the PWM signals generated by
the Arduino pins is controlled by two push buttons before
giving them to the semiconductor switches.

The Arduino board is coded in such a way that

when the increasing push button is pressed the duty cycle
of the PWM signal is increased by some value for each
press. Similarly when the decreasing push button is pressed Fig 2: simulation diagram
the duty cycle of the PWM signal generated is decreased by
some value for each press. When the duty cycle of the
pulse is varied the time for which the semiconductor
switches are kept on is varied this in turn changes the
output voltage of the converter. Thus the output voltage of
the boost converter is monitored.

III. COMPONENTS
A dc source is used to give input supply to
the boost converter. The boost converter produces an
output voltage greater than the input voltage depending on
the duty cycle of the PWM pulses produced by the Arduino
board. The output voltage is given to the load and it is
displayed in a display.
Fig 3: output voltage waveform
A mosfet based chopper kit was used in this
project. It consists of three modules such as the power
circuit, load and DC source.A dc voltage of about 24V is
used as a source. An incandescent lamp of 230V is used.
The power circuit of the kit comprises of MOSFET,
inductance, capacitance and diode. The type and the values
of the components used are as follows:

Table 1: components
MOSFET IRF 840

Inductance 60mH

Diode BYQ 28E

Capacitance 100 F/450V

Fig 4: output current waveform

The gating signal produced by the Arduino pin is
of low current value and hence it cannot directly trigger the
The arduino based generation and control of
semiconductor switch. In order to overcome thus a driver
PWM signals using two push buttons are simulated using
circuit is employed. The driver circuit also provides
the PROTEUS software.
isolation between the Arduino and boost converter. A
driver circuit of specification TLP250 is used.

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V. CONCLUSION
A boost converter is an efficient step-up DC-DC converter
used in numerous electronics devices. In this project, a
boost converter is modelled and simulated using Arduino
with two push buttons. An open loop model is developed
by using which the output voltage is monitored. This
method has advantages like reduced hardware, high
performance, less weight and accuracy. The simulation
results thus obtained are in accordance with the output
obtained.

To apply the PWM control technique, Arduino is

Fig 5: proteus simulation used to avoid the need for complex hardware circuits. Thus
we have the simplest way to regulate the dc output voltage
The program is burned into Arduino and the boost with the use of push button, they have less efficiency
converter is turned on. Initially the input voltage of 25V regarding power consumption. The DC converters which
appears on the output side without any boosting. As we use Arduino have very high efficiency.
press the increment button the duty cycle increases and the
voltage also increases accordingly. As we pressthe VI. References

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