Development Tools Review
Buck/Boost Converter PICtail™ Plus Daughter Board
The Buck/Boost Converter PICtail Plus Daughter Board, see figure below, will be used throughout the entire class. It is a plugin board either for the Explorer 16 or the 28-pin Starter Demo board. The Buck/Boost board offers the following features:
- Digital control-loop performance of power conversion
- Dynamic load performance
- Multi-phase buck and synchronous buck converter
- Parallel operation of two buck converters
- Multiple output control with single dsPIC33F GS Switch Mode Power Supply (SMPS) device