A fluorescent lamp electronic ballast for railway applications based on low-cost microcontroller

IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 1391-1400

  Alonso, J Marcos ^a   Cardesín, Jesús ^a   Calleja, Antonio J ^a   Rico Secades, Manuel ^a   García, Jorge ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OVIEDO   (Spain)

Author keywords

Electronic ballast; Fluorescent lamps; Microprocessor; Railways

Indexed keywords

BALLASTS (LAMP); ELECTRIC LIGHTING; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; EQUIVALENT CIRCUITS; MICROCONTROLLERS; MICROPROCESSOR CHIPS; RAILROAD TRANSPORTATION;

BUS VOLTAGE SENSING CIRCUITRY; CONTROL CIRCUITS; ELECTROMAGNETIC INTERFERENCE (EMI) FILTER; ELECTRONIC BALLAST;

FLUORESCENT LAMPS;

EID: 26844582007     PISSN: 00939994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TIA.2005.853380     Document Type: Article

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