Improving the energy efficiency of today's appliances depends on precisely controlling the speed and torque of three-phase motors based on various types of feedback. Fortunately, specialized MCU-based ...

Toshiba has launched two sine-wave pulse width modulated (PWM) drive controllers for three-phase brushless DC motors ...

The principle of vector control of electrical drives is based on the control of both the magnitude and the phase of each phase current and voltage. For as long as this type of control considers the ...

Power Integrations’ updated Motor-Expert Suite now features three-phase field-oriented control (FOC) software, including a reconstruction algorithm that uses the phase-shifted trigonometric ...

The new A3930 and A3931 from Allegro MicroSystems Europe are automotive-grade motor controller integrated circuits with built-in commutation logic to lessen the burden on the system microprocessor, ...

International Rectifier has introduced a range of power modules which it claimed are 60% smaller footprint than existing 3-phase motor control power ICs. On show at the PCIM exhibition in Nuremberg ...

STMicroelectronics has announced a complete three-phase motor-control development kit (the STM3210B-MCKIT) based on its STM32 Flash microcontroller, which provides all the necessary hardware and ...

Single-phase and 3-phase AC squirrel cage induction motors need some type of control circuit to initiate a start or stop function. The two types of ladder control circuits commonly used are the 2-wire ...

The newest members of the 8-bit ST7MC microcontroller family control 3-phase induction and brushless permanent-magnet motors, as well as compressors. Four devices in the group employ the company's ...

Hardware-Software Solution for Three-Phase BLDC Motor Inverters Enables Greater Than 98 Percent Efficiency, Saves PCB Space and Speeds Time-to-Market SAN JOSE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Power ...

Hardware-Software Solution for Three-Phase BLDC Motor Inverters Enables Greater Than 98 Percent Efficiency, Saves PCB Space and Speeds Time-to-Market Power Integrations’ Motor-Expert™ Suite for ...