Motor Control
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Fully Programmable Three-Phase Gate Driver IC for Advanced Motor Control Applications Infineon Technologies has added a new fully programmable three-phase gate driver IC into their EiceDRIVER product portfolio to provide a cost- and energy-efficient motor control solution for battery-powered consumer and industrial products. Available in a 48-pin VQFN package with a 7×7 mm² footprint, the new gate driver… |
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Embedded Motion Control Modules with Real-Time, Sensor-Free Drive and Control Technology to Optimize Power and Drive Bigger Industrial Motors TRINAMIC Motion Control GmbH which is now part of Maxim Integrated Products has introduced two new sets of slot type, embedded motion control modules, and development tools with real-time, sensor-free drive and control technology. These complete controller/driver modules optimize the power drawn by industrial motors, reducing wasted power by 50 % and enabling the use of… |
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50MHz Precision Operational Amplifier for High-Speed Signal Conditioning and Low-side Current Sensing in Motor-Control Applications TSV792 from STMicroelectronics is a high bandwidth (50MHz) low offset (200µV) rail-to-rail 5V Op amp that enables accurate amplification of high-frequency signals in various industrial and smart home systems. This new device offers a fast slew rate of 30V/µs and is suitable to be used in photodiode-signal conditioning in battery-powered smoke detectors. … |
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IR Decoder for Multi-Speed AC Motor Control Single-phase alternating current motors are typically found in household items such as fans, and their speed can be easily controlled when using several discrete windings for set speeds. In this article, we build a digital controller that allows users to control functions such as motor speed and operating time. This article also includes an infrared receiver circuit that… |
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Microchip Adds New DSCs and MCUs to its Motor Controller Family to Reduce Development Time and BOM Cost for Consumer Applications Expanding its motor control offering, Microchip Technology has come up with the new digital signal controllers (DSCs) and microcontrollers (MCUs). These newly added MCUs and DSCs are supported by design tools, development hardware, a torque-maximizing algorithm, and a refrigerator compressor reference design. These devices ensure to simplify motor control system design… |
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Three Phase Brushless Motor Pre Driver IC for Sensorless Closed Loop Speed Control Toshiba Electronic Corporation has announced the TC78B009FTG, a three-phase Brushless motor control pre-driver IC that does not require the Hall sensor for closed-loop speed control. The advancements in server capacity and performance require larger and high-velocity fans for cooling the excess heat generated by the equipment. Similarly, blowers, vacuum cleaners, and pumps… |
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STMicroelectronics Product Highlights from Electronica India 2019 STMicroelectronics, a world leader in providing semiconductor solutions, exhibited their products and solutions at Electronic India 2019. These demonstrations covered a wide range of exiting control modules, development boards and ICs for different domains including Automotive Solutions, Industrial Connectivity Solutions, IoT Solution and Artificial Intelligence. A… |
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Bi-directional Current Sense Amplifier with PWM Rejection Offers High Accuracy and Fast Settling Time for Greater Motor Efficiency Designers can now improve motor efficiency and reduce vibration using the MAX40056 bi-directional current sense amplifier with patented pulse-width modulation (PWM) rejection from Maxim Integrated. This high speed, wide-bandwidth amplifier extends Maxim’s industry leadership in precision, high-voltage current sense amplifiers into motor control applications. … |
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32-bit MCUs with dedicated hardware accelerator for Servo Control in Industrial Robots Renesas Electronics Corporation released the RX72T Group of 32-bit Motor Control MCUs (Microcontrollers) with dedicated hardware accelerator IP to perform complex, high-speed computations required for motor control in robots and other industrial equipment. The RX72T Group achieves Highest CoreMark Benchmark Level for 5V MCUs operating at 200 MHz with a score of 1160 as… |
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Push-Pull Amplifier Circuit Circuit schematics are crucial for electronics engineers to understand. For the majority of real-world applications, Class A amplifiers offer the lowest distortion, Class B amplifiers the most efficiency, and Class AB amplifiers the best resolution. The particular needs for power, distortion, and efficiency will determine the choice. A push-pull… |
