SMPS Chronicles I: Chapter 4 – Inductor Shenanigans, Slew Rate Woes, and Why The Boost Converter Isn’t Boosting
Yes, I was a lot more naive than I thought when I first dove into this project. Unsurprisingly, there is a lot that could go wrong with a boost converter if you try to implement one from scratch. In this article, I’m going to discuss a few of the main gotchas that really shattered my initial expectations. Inductor Saturation After the success of the kinda terrible boost converter back in chapter 3, I thought it’d be cool to aim higher and actually try to design something in a more proper fashion, i....