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News Release from: Luminary Micro | Subject: RDK-BLDC
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial
Team on 07 January 2008
Kit puts MCUs in charge of BLDC motors
Reference design kit contains all necessary hardware and software to design, develop and integrate new BLDC motor applications.
Set for launch at the Embedded World Show 2008 in Nuremberg, Germany, the Luminary Micro Stellaris BLDC Motor Control Reference Design Kit (RDK-BLDC) with Ethernet and CAN contains all necessary hardware and software to design, develop and integrate new BLDC motor applications It combines the strength and flexibility of Luminary Micro's Stellaris microcontrollers with Fairchild Semiconductor's power modules, creating a sophisticated four-quadrant motor control for three-phase brushless DC motors rated at up to 36V
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 25 Jan 2008 at 8.00am (UK)
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The BLDC Reference Design Kit includes the Luminary Micro Stellaris LM3S8971 microcontroller, a three-phase brushless DC motor, a graphical control program for Windows, and accompanying cables, source code and documentation.
The integrated features of the Stellaris microcontroller and the processing power of the ARM Cortex-M3 core allow optimal control of a wide range of motors in diverse applications.
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The graphical control program allows users to experiment with different drive parameters and observe their effect on motor performance.
The company's Embedded World stand (9-204) will also feature an automation system demo with many time-critical inputs and outputs working together over Ethernet and CAN networks.
The demo will include two conveyor belts and four robotic arms working in complex motion sequence transfers, which will stack wooden blocks in continuous circulation.
Seven control boards using a total of three different Stellaris microcontrollers communicate to operate the distributed control system.
The overall process is configured and monitored by an embedded web server running on a Stellaris EK-LM3S8962 evaluation board.
The embedded web server technology enables any authorised person with access to the worldwide web to view and control the system.
Jean Anne Booth, Chief Marketing Officer at Luminary Micro comments: "Embedded World is the key European event for embedded professionals from around the world, where new ideas and innovations meet".
"Luminary Micro will contribute to this atmosphere by showing our new BLDC Motor Control Reference Design Kit and the mesmerising automation system demo built on the powerful Stellaris family of 32bit microcontrollers".
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