I am in need of an NT 263 darlington-pair power transistor. The component is responsible for providing a variable output on a DC model train power pack. I have had limited success in finding something at a reasonable price for a Canadian. I...
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The proliferation of connected vehicles has made them vulnerable to security challenges as it is hard to unite automotive and security systems in real-time. The automotive industry lacks the competence in software engineering to satisfy functional an...
Actuators and Sensors are the crucial components for determining system performance. Systems in the automotive domain, such as power train applications, are prolific users of these devices. Sensors measure physical parameters such as temperature, flo...
Precision. Motor. Control. Enter those three words into your favorite search engine and you'll be happy to see hundreds of promising results. Most claim to demonstrate some combination of low-cost hardware platform, ease-of-use, and precision. W...
Mitsubishi Electric Automation, Inc. released the newest addition to its lineup of variable frequency drives, the FR-E800 Series. The micro-drive features a built-in PLC, and will include safety functionality meeting IEC 61508 standards and support v...
ABB has expanded its drives offering to include the ACS6080 medium voltage (MV) drive for critical applications. The new drive introduces a breakthrough control technology, developed by ABB, that brings high performance motor control to demanding pro...
Robot platforms like the Open Source Outdoor Robot platform JECCbot mini need a decent motor driver board. The requirements are quite standard and should be similar with every other robot platform: Requirements drive two motors with m...
Follow up from Pt 2: Wire Up and Comms Analysis: I don't have good news yet. Even though the data I send looks like the data I captured from the evaluation kit, I haven't been able to get an answer from the TMC2300.Because I've made ...
I'm road testing Trinamic TMC2300 EVAL KIT (2-PH Stepper Motor). It's their latest design that targets battery powered devices.In this post: part 2 of a custom program to control the driver over UART.This series of posts is an attempt to use the TMC2...
The firmware has drastically changed between this post and the next. I'm not updating what I've changed here, and left the firmware attached. For those interested, it can show the evolution of a design in progress.The biggest change is that w...
I'm road testing Trinamic TMC2300 EVAL KIT (2-PH Stepper Motor). It's their latest design that targets battery powered devices.In this post: use the kit and software to evaluate the driver.This series of posts reviews the IDE functionality with the d...
I'm road testing Trinamic TMC2300 EVAL KIT (2-PH Stepper Motor). It's their latest design that targets battery powered devices.In this post: the UART protocol used to control the driver.This post reviews the lowest level of integration with the devic...
Electric motors are often at the spearhead of modern production systems, whether in metal processing lines, robotic machining cells, or building and office automation systems. The motors we see today have certainly benefited from advances in electric...
Motor control is not a new topic, but like most technologies, it continues to evolve. Luckily, NXP has a broad portfolio of MCUs to support the next-generation of motor control designs. For example, many new products enabling some form of...
Although efficiency is key these days there are more niches for the AC induction motor to fit in as you may think. Most of the induction machines are tied to the grid to run on a more or less precise and constant speed but by adding intelligent elect...
Born out of a combination of personal enthusiasm for drones and customer questions on low inductance or modular permanent magnet motors I did some test with some of these machines. For my own drone design I chose the AGM MT3510 which can easily consu...
InstaSpin promises to “Spin your motor in minutes” but how can I spin my three phase motor in minutes if I do not even know what its parameters are? So let’s start with identifying your machine. InstaSpin offers an automated identification process to...
I work for Texas Instruments since 2013 and throughout my career I was doing customer support for our motor control products so I wanted to share some of my experience and insights in the solution offerings of TI. If you look at the TI motor con...
Any motor control solution requires a more or less precise measurement of the phase currents. Especially sensorless motor drives for three phase motors rely heavily on accurate measurement results. The easiest and hence most common method to measure ...
