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3-phase Sensorless BLDC Motor Control Development Kit

This application note describes a three-phase brushless DC (BLDC) motor control using a sensorless algorithm. This cost-effective solution is based on the Freescale Semiconductor MPC5606B device, a ...
Electronic Design

Sensorless BLDC Driver First to Support Full Torque at Zero Speed

Brushless DC (BLDC) motors offer many operating attributes in performance and controllability, but they may require a position (rotation) sensor such as an encoder, resolver, or Hall-effect device to ...
EDN

Renesas’ Low-cost R8C/25-based Motor Control Reference Platform Accelerates the Design of Brushl

Renesas Technology America, Inc. has announced the R8C/25-based BLDC (brushless DC) Motor Control Reference Platform (MCRP). The new platform allows engineers to quickly bring the latest motor control ...
Machine Design

Understanding Losses in BLDC Motors

Brushless DC (BLDC) motors transform electrical power into mechanical power. However, there’s no such thing as a perfect motor; there are always losses in the transformation. The three main types of ...