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News Release from: Abacus Group | Subject: AK-ST7FMC
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial
Team on 04 October 2005
Kit gets MCU started on motor control
The AK-ST7FMC starter kit from Abacus Polar is based on the STMicroelectronics ST7FMC microcontroller.
Abacus Polar is addressing growing interest in the development of efficient control circuits for brushless DC motors with the launch of a starter kit containing a complete, ready to use, motor control application, as well as the tools required to create a custom control application The AK-ST7FMC starter kit from Abacus Polar is based on the STMicroelectronics ST7FMC microcontroller, a device targeted at this kind of application, featuring a built-in, dedicated motor control peripheral
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 3 Sep 2008 at 8.00am (UK)
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This peripheral is particularly suited to drive brushless motors (either induction or permanent magnet types).
The starter kit supports designers in developing real-world motor control applications based on this device.
The AK-ST7FMC starter kit comprises a motor control board, a three-phase permanent-magnet brushless DC (BLDC) motor, plus an in-circuit debugger board and an optoisolation board.
The motor control board has a built-in power stage and is capable of directly driving both AC and DC motors.
The complete, integrated development environment provided, allows developers to write their own software, and download to the microcontroller for debug.
The tools include an in-circuit, real-time debugger/programmer, a control panel application to modify all of the motor driving parameters in real-time, the STMicroelectronics Visual Debug IDE and C libraries.
Cables and full documentation round out the package.
Abacus Polar is offering the starter kit at GBP 695.
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