Digital control enable designing of fast responding controllers, useful in nonlinear control. This paper proposes a nonlinear dead beat controller for a boost converter. The controller utilizes the quick reference tracking in finite sampling periods of the dead beat control. Theoretical background is followed by simulations to verify the nonlinear dead beat control algorithm. The simulation is done using the power electronics simulation software (PSIM) on a boost converter rated at mid-range to high power levels. For the purposes of this research the converter was limited to supply a 100 W resistive load.