Application notes aid motor-control development

Microchip has also produced five royalty- and licence-free application notes, aiding engineers in creating motor applications that run at peak efficiency and generate maximum torque using the minimum amount of energy.

The dsPICDEM MCHV Development System rapidly evaluates and designs a variety of high-voltage, closed-loop motor-control applications using AC Induction Motors (ACIMs), Brushless DC (BLDC) motors or Permanent Magnet Synchronous Motors (PMSMs).

The board includes in-circuit debugging circuitry, eliminating the need for a separate debugger for development with Microchip's dsPIC33 Motor Control DSC families.

It combines a motor-control system and Power Factor Correction (PFC) for regulatory requirements, and creates unipolar and bipolar stepper-motor applications.

The board enables the rapid development of open-loop and current-closed-loop microstepping routines using Microchip's dsPIC33 Motor Control ranges.

It also provides engineers with a control GUI, which allows them to focus on integrating the other application features and fine-tuning the motor's operation.

Along with related application notes and free source-code software, Microchip's MPLAB IDE integrated development environment includes Data Monitoring and Control Interface (DMCI), which promotes rapid parameter tuning for different motors.

Microchip's free Field Oriented Control (FOC) software libraries and stepper-motor-control library enable the development of green motor-based systems and high-speed stepper-motor-control applications.