Academic Year:
2025/26
532 - Master's in Industrial Engineering
60819 - Power and Digital Electronics
Teaching Plan Information
Academic year:
2025/26
Subject:
60819 - Power and Digital Electronics
Faculty / School:
110 - Escuela de Ingeniería y Arquitectura
Degree:
532 - Master's in Industrial Engineering
ECTS:
6.0
Year:
1 and 2
Semester:
First semester
Subject type:
Optional
Module:
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1. General information
This subject offers an integrative vision using digital electronics for the management of power electronic circuits for industrial applications. It starts from the basic applications and functions of each discipline, introduces digital design with microcontrollers, and provides an overview of the most commonly used power electronic stages in the industry.
Currently, no industrial system or process is conceived without the intervention of electronic systems for sensing variables, processing information, and handling actuators. This subject completes the basic overview of electronics obtained in the previous degree with an introduction to microcontrollers and the applications, functions and stages of power electronics. This will help the student to confidently approach the subsequent subject of Electronic Design and Advanced Control of the master's degree, as well as the related elective subjects.
This course offers an integrative perspective, where digital electronics is used to control power electronic circuits. To this end, the course starts from a practical application example, introduces digital design with microcontrollers, and presents some of the most commonly used power electronics stages in the industry.
Nowadays, no industrial system or process is conceived without the involvement of electronic systems for variable sensing, information processing, and actuator control. This course completes the basic overview of electronics acquired during undergraduate studies with an introduction to microcontrollers and the applications, functions, and stages of power electronics. This will enable students to confidently tackle the subsequent Master's course on Electronic Design and Advanced Control, as well as related electives.
2. Learning results
Upon completion of the subject, the student will be able to design basic power electronics systems and control them using a microcontroller.
3. Syllabus
The following topics will be studied in the classroom:
- Fundamentals of power electronics.
- Conversion stages: DC-DC, DC-AC and AC-DC.
- Power electronic technologies.
- Fundamentals of microcontrollers.
- Design of electronic systems with microcontroller.
All of them will be explored in the lab through 3 sessions:
- Assembly of DC-DC converters.
- Introduction to microcontroller design.
- Speed variation of a motor using PWM with microcontroller.
4. Academic activities
Due to changes in the Master's degree curriculum, this course has no assigned teaching activities during the current academic year.
5. Assessment system
Assessment will be carried out through a global exam conducted within the period established for that purpose in the academic calendar.
6. Sustainable Development Goals
7 - Affordable and Clean Energy
9 - Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure