If you have ever used the the Electrical  Engineer Library included with Visio, you will quickly learn just how crappy it is. Symbols do not align to the grid, they contain long connectors, and the …

This article covers chapter 5 of my dissertation.
    - Single-Phase Grid Connected Control
    – Direct Digital Synthesis
    - All Digital Phase-Lock Loop
    - Software and Hardware in the Loop Experiments
    – Rapid Control Prototypes and System Products
 G. Pitel, “Fast …

Good news, my transactions was accepted–which means I can start letting dissertation chapters  trickle out into Internet land. Enjoy.
This article covers chapters 1 and 2 of my disstertation. These chapters cover:
- Dissertation Introduction
- Voltage Source …

In an effort to make my life easier I decided to put PitelSPOT on its own dedicated server. In the past, all my web applications were run from my workstation, which has obvious disadvantages. …

I decided to post my University of Illinois doctorate dissertation. If you have questions, please leave a comment below so we can have open discussions. This dissertation applies large-signal and time-domain models along with digital …

Somehow, my wife and I managed to share a car for the past five years. This arrangment worked because we live in a small town, both work at the University, and are attached at the …

Battery Selection
Battery life is often measured by cycle life, the number of full charge/discharge cycles before the battery reaches 80% of its original capacity. Keeping the discharge current relative to the battery’s amp×hour capacity low …

If you are reading this post, you probably are experiencing decreased range and speed on your Go-Ped electric scooter. I too have experienced these problems, but I am going to share some solutions I came …

There are many ways to measure a dc-dc converter’s inductor current for use in control. Direct-current resistance (DCR) is one low loss and cost method for measuring this current, it consists of a series RC …