3 Current Version Capabilities (v1.2.0)

  • Motor specification in the interface and configuration file (BLDC)
  • Trapezoidal drive
  • Sinusoidal drive (Space Vector Pulse-Width Modulation (SVPWM) profile, Saddle profile)
  • Hall sensor feedback support
  • Back-Electromotive Force (BEMF) sensing (only for Trapezoidal mode)
  • Motor–Drive (Rotor-Stator) synchronization (Open loop)
  • Phase Advance selection
  • Start and stop ramps
  • MPLAB Data Visualizer Run Time (DVRT) communication support for plotting parameters in real time
  • Proportional-Integral (PI) algorithm with fixed parameters for Closed Loop control over speed regulation
  • Fault support for Hardware Peak Overcurrent Protection (Peak OCP) and Software Average Overcurrent Protection (Avg OCP), Overvoltage Protection (OVP), Undervoltage Protection (UVP), Overtemperature Protection (OTEMP), and Stall Detection and Hall sensor disconnection
  • Current, Voltage Bus, Temperature and Potentiometer analog measurements at run time
  • Variable switching frequency from 15 kHz to 45 kHz
  • Low-speed sensored control (5% of the motor’s nominal speed)
  • Hall sensors auto-detection algorithm at start-up