Design Article
Seven new Freescale dev kits for automotive motor control
Brian Fuller
10/16/2012 11:59 AM EDT
The first development kits in the series feature Freescale’s Qorivva 32-bit microcontrollers (MCUs) built on Power Architecture technology and include hardware and software that help reduce the time needed to develop automotive motor control applications such as HVAC blowers, electric power steering, engine cooling fans, fuel, water and oil pumps and wipers.
The initial motor control development kits are powered by Qorivva 32-bit MCUs, including the MPC560xP, MPC564xL and MPC560xB families and feature motor control peripherals such as FlexPWM, CTU, ADC and eTimer modules.
Features- Controller board with the latest Qorivva 32-bit MCU
- Three-phase low-voltage power stage board with the MC33937A FET pre-driver
- Motor control application software available in source code, based on the Automotive Math and Motor Control Library Set
- Comprehensive documentation: controller board and power stage user guides with board schematics and development kit application notes
- FreeMASTER visualization/instrumentation tool, excellent for tuning, debugging and demos
Availability
The initial motor control development kits featuring Qorivva MCUs address the needs of PMSM and BLDC motor control designs. Freescale plans to extend the series over the course of the next 12 months to include additional Qorivva kits as well as kits based on the S12 and S12 MagniV 16-bit mixed-signal MCU product lines.
For more information, please visit www.freescale.com/automcdevkits
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