With a range of motors including BLDC (brushless DC), PMSM (permanent magnet synchronous), and stepper motors, the new Cypress CY8CKIT-037 PSoC® 4 Motor Control Evaluation Kit is designed for use with the Pioneer CY8CKIT-042 PSoC 4 MCU Kit. PSoC is Cypress's programmable microcontroller based on the ARM® Cortex®-M processor and integrates configurable digital and analog peripheral functions onto a single chip.
The PSoC 4 Motor Control Evaluation Kit facilitates prototyping with four different BLDC motor control techniques and supports various operating modes, including single-shunt and sensorless FOC (field-oriented control), sensored and sensorless BLDC motor control, and stepper motor control.
Furthermore, the CY8CKIT-037 kit reduces development costs and offers the most integrated BLDC motor control solution. For example, the PSoC 4 MCU integrates op-amps and ADCs for motor connection and implements the control loop in hardware, utilizing the programmable fabric of programmable digital blocks (UDBs) for deterministic motor control. It also provides several code examples to demonstrate the control of BLDC, PMSM, and stepper motors.
The PSoC 4 motor control evaluation kit also simplifies the design of more complex motor control systems, as it offers the advanced FOC algorithm, a reliable 5V design without external components, and switching based on highly reliable programmable hardware to avoid CPU computation.
