STMicroelectronics Hardware Tools
STMicroelectronics provides an evaluation board for its motor control firmware library, allowing users to evaluate STMicroelectronics products in real motor control systems such as Smart Power Modules (SLLIMMTM), IGBTs, Gate Drivers, Motor Control ICs and Microcontrollers Device. For three-phase motor control applications, we mainly introduce the following:
A flexible modular system consisting of a control board and a power board, where the control board is equipped with any STM32F0, F1, F2, F3 or F4 microcontroller and a rich set of functional peripherals such as MEMS, temperature sensors, External memory, LCD screen, transceiver, camera, etc.; on the power board there are inverters based on SLLIMM? (small molded low loss intelligent power module) or power MOSFET or discrete devices of IGBT and gate driver. The control board and power board can be connected via ST's standard "motor control connector" to ensure full compatibility between the control and power stages.
Figure 5: Flexible System Control Board and Power Board
1. Single-board motor drive solution: Integrate all the functions required for motor drive on a single circuit board, suitable for certain applications: air conditioners, ceiling fans, dishwashers, etc.; STEVAL-IHM034V2, for example, can drive up to 1.4 The kW permanent magnet synchronous motor PMSM is connected to a circuit board and can drive two motors (FOC) at the same time.
Figure 6: Complete motor drive
in conclusion
We briefly introduced the new features of the latest version of MCFOCSDK, and STMicroelectronics' automation and industrial control solutions continue to add new features, technologies and products to expand the STMicroelectronics motor control ecosystem to accommodate ease of use and speed in tools. Evaluate trends while focusing on design issues such as energy efficiency, integration, and cost optimization.
