Hardware Guide
Buying Components
Buying Capacitor
Buying Inductor
Buying Power Switch
Buying Diode
Buying Gate Drive
Buying Voltage and Current Sensors
Buying PCB Components
Buying Power Supply for Microcontroller Site
Design Yourself
Build Inductor
Design PCB
Toner Transfer on PCB using Heat
PWM using Arduino
HCPL 3120 Octocoupler Gate Drive
Equipment
Power Supply
Multimeter
Probe
Oscilloscope
Digital Controller
dSPACE ds1104 Rapid Prototyping
Price: RM 25,000
Connected to PC via PCI-e (similar like connecting graphic card).
Compatible with MATLAB/Simulink.
Have Real-Time Data Acquisition.
Complete with ADC, DAC, PWM, and Input Output Bit.
Very easy to use and require no programming skill.
Xilink Basys 3 Artix-7 FPGA Board
Price: RM 800
Very Fast. But difficult to program and requires additional module for ADC
Texas Instrument C2000
Price: RM 200
Suitable for low cost research. It is also powerful.
EZDSP F28335
Price: RM 4,500
dsPIC30F4011
Price: RM 40
Needs additional hardware called PICkit™ 3 In-Circuit Debugger (RM 50) to program the IC and free software called MPLAB® X Integrated Development Environment (IDE)
STM32F103C8T6
Price: RM 20
Can be program like Arduino, however this one is much more powerful.
Arduino Uno
Price: RM 25 (Compatible, Not Original)
Easily program. However, very limited I/O and slow performance.
Arduino Mega
Price: RM 40 (Compatible, Not Original)
Similar to Arduino Uno with better I/O.
Raspberry Pi
Price: RM 180 (Depend On Specification)