What is Owntech?

Owntech project is an open-source hardware project to empower people on energy projects. Would you like to install a small wind turbine? Prototype your soft mobility solution. Set up a microgrid? Or develop your skills in power electronics? Owntech is here to help.

We offer you an ecosystem of 4 tools for entering the world of power electronics.

What is an electrical converter?

A power converter consists of a hardware and software structure. From a hardware point of view, all power converters are based on the same suite of 5 submodules:

• Power block: allows energy to flow between inputs/outputs, to be chopped and transformed. The Twist board has two power legs ;
• Measurement block: houses various measuring instruments for observing inputs/outputs;
• Control block: adapts microcontroller signals and manages the switching of active elements controlling the flow of electricity. The dedicated power controller is the Spin board.
• Feeder block: captures part of the energy and adapts it to power the entire system;
• Digital block: contains the peripherals required for real-time power flow control, communication, and a software stack.

What's new with the Owntech converter? You can understand and code the converter for any of your electrical projects!

How to start?

Follow the boards tutorials, to understand step by step, the boards and the code architecture. Then you can go on the project tutorials, to help you with your use cases,

Enjoy the power road!