Scalable motor control solutions - application kits for efficient motor drives

Higher efficiency, better dynamic response and reduced audible noise are key design goals for motor drives. To address these needs advanced motor control techniques like FOC are increasingly used in consumer and industrial drives. Built around members of its 8-bit XC800 and 16-bit XE166 microcontrollers families Infineon provides a portfolio of application kits with scalable motor control reference designs inclusive the autocode generater DAvE Drive and digital PFC for high efficient motor drives. [more]

Minimizing ownership cost for motor applications by energy saving

This article reviews a new generation of microcontrollers which enable energy-efficient control of brushless DC motors, permanent magnet synchronous AC motors and AC induction motors, achieving major savings in electricity costs.

Motor Control and PFC Developer’s Kits Overview

The Motor Control and PFC Developer’s Kits  enable power factor correction (PFC) and sensorless field-oriented control of up to two motors with a single low-cost MCU. Allowing developers to begin designs in 10 minutes, the kits feature a dual axis + PFC baseboard, a Piccolo controlCARD, up to two permanent magnet motors, sensorless field-oriented control software, 24V DC power supply and Code Composer Studio IDE

Sensorless Field Oriented Control on XC878 Microcontroller

The Field Oriented Control method described here solves the two obstacles at once: - no need for a hall sensor or any other sensor type - sinusoidal current shape for very efficient and quiet operation. The FOC method is focused on cost sensitive consumer drives, such as fans, pumps, compressors or geared motors.

Energy Regeneration - Techniques to recapture Load Energy

With the current costs of energy, it is necessary to use and reuse energy as wisely as possible. In this presentation we will review and explore various topologies and control techniques to recapture load energy, in such a way that it can be used by another system, or stored for later use.

Designing High-Performance and Power-Efficient Motor Control Systems

This paper provides an overview of motor control design considerations, such as control of multiple motors, field-oriented control, power factor correction and sensorless control. It also addresses how today’s microcontrollers (MCUs) bring even greater precision, power efficiency and reduced cost to a wide range of applications.

FPGAs enable large power savings for industrial motor control

Mixed-signal FPGAs are a new alternative for industrial motor control. In combination with an integrated soft processor, they offer the ability to easily implement motor designs for a range of motor types, at a cost attractive for most applications.

Model-Based Design of Controls for an Electric Motor Application

If an electric drive has to be designed for an application in a mechatronical system a lot of considerations are necessary to find a optimal solution that best fulfil the requirements of the specification. In this context Model-Based Design is a state-of-the-art methodology.