Video: NI Announces the sbRIO General Purpose Inverter Controller (GPIC), Dynapower explains results for DC-to-DC carbon-battery converter

[BMac]

Listen as NI Embedded Systems Manager, Jamie Smith, announces new Wilson research results that show on average that NI LabVIEW Reconfigurable I/O (RIO) embedded design teams complete their developments in less than half the time with a team that is 2.4 times smaller than development teams using other tools (average of 114 person-month savings per design).

Jamie explains the technologies that are enabling a revolution in digital energy control systems and NI's commitment to providing best-in-class design and test tools for power electronics. Jamie then announces the NI Single-Board RIO General Purpose Inverter Controller (GPIC), which enables a revolutionary new embedded system design approach for rapid commercial deployment of advanced, field-reconfigurable digital energy conversion systems.

Next, Dynapower Corporation's Kyle Clark, Advanced Systems Engineering Manager, talks about how the new NI GPIC was used in the development of an advanced multi-string DC-to-DC converter application for Axion carbon-battery grid storage systems. The NI LabVIEW power electronics design platform and the new GPIC enables Dynapower to reduce their development time on power converter designs from 72 weeks to 24 weeks, getting to market with an advanced, high quality product in one-third the time that was required before they had the NI GPIC.

[Ceslav]

Thank you Brian for posting this video.

I missed the keynote that day.

I wish Kyle would go a bit dipper into the application.

[Javier_Gutierrez]

Hi Brian

Is there any way to download the video?

Thanks

[BMac]

Hi Javier,

I've posted a version of the video for you here that is downloadable:

https://vimeo.com/48808547

You might also be interested in this application note on the Dynapower DC/DC converter application:

NI Single-Board RIO GPIC Success Stories: Dynapower Corporation Carbon Battery DC/DC Converters

Finally, you might be interested in this 25 minute in-depth technical presentation by Kyle Clark explaining the pros and cons of various power converter topologies for energy storage and smart grid applications.

Power Conversion System Architectures for the Smart Grid

Kyle B. Clark  – Engineering Manager at Dynapower Company, Member IEEE, shares a wealth of smart grid power electronics experience regarding the latest circuit design topologies and strategies for achieving the required performance and energy efficiency, with a special focus on modernist power conversion system architectures for smart grid energy storage. Why is this important? Today, approximately 30 percent of all power generation utilizes power electronics between the point of generation and consumption. By 2030, it is expected that up to 80 percent of all generated electricity will utilize power electronics.