Hello,

I am not as familiar as I want to be on this topic and I'm looking for
pointers. ;) My goal is to modify an electric cart to be charged by solar
panels mounted on the cart's roof. The cart charging circuitry requires a 48
volt input and the maximum output of the solar panels (in series) is 34V and
7A.

What I need then is a converter that can handle about a max of 5A output at
48 volts. In my research, I'm drawn to a boost type converter since I need a
constant and higher voltage output than the input voltage. A boost converter
is also attractive because of its simplicity. Designing a flyback type
converter would be more difficult for me, but I want something that works
well!

Can anyone give me pro/con about a boost topology converter for this
application?

Thanks!  Matthew
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