Development kits from Cypress support advanced motor-control applications including BLDC, PMSM and stepper motors

OXFORD, UK, 4 May, 2017 – RS Components (RS), the trading brand of Electrocomponents plc (LSE:ECM), the global distributor for engineers, has announced availability of new motor-control kit solutions from Cypress Semiconductor Corp. that enable the simple design, configuration and evaluation of advanced DC motor-control solutions.

Covering a range of motors including BLDC (Brushless Direct Current) motors, PMSM (Permanent Magnetic Synchronous Motors) and stepper motors, the new Cypress CY8CKIT-037 PSoC® 4 Microcontroller Motor Control Evaluation Kit has been designed for use with the Cypress CY8CKIT-042 PSoC 4 MCU Pioneer Kit. PSoC is Cypress’ programmable microcontroller that is based on the ARM® Cortex®-M processor and integrates configurable analogue and digital peripheral functions on a single chip.

Making it easy to prototype four different BLDC motor-control techniques, the PSoC 4 Motor Control Evaluation Kit supports several operating modes including single-shunt and sensor-less FOC (Field Oriented Control), sensored or sensor-less BLDC-motor control, as well as stepper motor control. The PSoC 4 Motor Control evaluation kit comprises: motor-control board; 24V/2A power supply adapter; screwdriver; BLDC motor with sinusoidal back-EMF; type-A to mini-B USB cable; configuration jumpers; 2.5A fuse; and a quick start guide. The PSoC 4 Pioneer kit comprises: the Pioneer PSoC board, USB standard type-A to mini-B cable; jumper wires; and a quick start guide.

Enabling development costs to be reduced, the kit offers the most integrated BLDC motor-control solution: for example, the PSoC 4 MCU integrates the op amps and ADC to interface with the motor and implements the control loop in hardware, using the programmable fabric of the Universal Digital Blocks (UDBs), enabling deterministic control of the motor. Additionally, it provides several code examples to demonstrate the control of BLDC, PMSM and stepper motors.

The PSoC 4 Motor Control Evaluation Kit also enables the simplified design of advanced motor-control systems, as it provides the advanced FOC algorithm, reliable 5V design without external components, and hardware-based commutation using high-reliability programmable hardware to offload CPU computation. In addition, use of Cypress’ PSoC Creator™ integrated development environment (IDE) allows concurrent hardware and software design.

About RS Components

RS Components and Allied Electronics are the trading brands of Electrocomponents plc, the global distributor for engineers. With operations in 32 countries, we offer more than 500,000 products through the internet, catalogues and at trade counters to over one million customers, shipping more than 44,000 parcels a day. Our products, sourced from 2,500 leading suppliers, include electronic components, electrical, automation and control, and test and measurement equipment, and engineering tools and consumables.

Electrocomponents is listed on the London Stock Exchange and in the last financial year ended 31 March 2016 had revenues of £1.29bn.

For more information, please visit the website at www.rs-online.com.

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