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Electric motors make our lives easier every day. If you are working on a project that includes a motor, our extensive array of products and solutions can help you implement the right type of motor control for your application.
Brushed DC Motors
Brushless DC (BLDC) Motors
AC Induction Motors (ACIMs)
Stepper Motors
Permanent Magnet Synchronous Motors (PMSMs)
Switched Reluctance (SR) Motors
Featured Reference Designs
Accelerate your system development with our fully functional reference designs that provide proofs of concepts and best practices for creating motor control applications. These reference designs include hardware design, firmware and documentation.
Low-Voltage Fan Reference Design
E-Scooter Reference Design
Air Conditioner Reference Design
Refrigerator Compressor Reference Design
Motor Control Hardware and Software Solutions
Our scalable motor control development tools enable rapid prototyping for low- and high-voltage systems, including dual-motor control designs. You can use our free motor control software, application notes and tuning guides to simplify and speed up your development cycle.
motorBench® Development Suite
The motorBench Development Suite is a Graphical User Interface (GUI)-based software development tool for Field-Oriented Control (FOC). It accurately measure critical motor parameters, automatically tune feedback control gains and then generate source code for an MPLAB® X Integrated Development Environment (IDE) project utilizing the Motor Control Application Framework (MCAF).
Motor Control Algorithms and Application Notes
We offer a variety of software tools and demonstration projects that simplify the implementation of motor control algorithms to accelerate your time to market.
Motor Control Library
Our motor control library is a collection of essential functions that you can use as building blocks to implement Field Oriented Control (FOC) of 3-phase motor control applications on dsPIC® Digital Signal Controllers (DSCs).
Hardware Development Tools
We offer a variety of development boards to evaluate your motor control applications easily and economically.
Motor Control Simulation
We offer a simulation package for MATLAB® and Simulink® and support for open-source modeling, code generation and real-time debugging with Scilab® and X2C
SmartFusion® 2 FPGA Dual-Axis Motor Control Solution
Build safe, reliable deterministic motor control applications with our FPGAs.
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Motor Control Design Partners
We have identified a set of design consultants to assist with your motor control designs. Learn more about how our design partners can accelerate your time to market.
- All Motor Control MCUs
- dsPIC33 DSCs
- 32-bit MCUs
- Three-Phase Motor Drivers
- Stepper DC Motor Drivers
- Brushed DC Motor Drivers
- Application Notes
- Brochures
- Code Examples
- Software
- User Guides
- White Papers
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| AN1206 - Sensorless Field Oriented Control (FOC) of an AC Induction Motor (ACIM) Using Field Weakening | Download |
| AN2662 - Sensorless Drive for Single and Two-Phase Brushless DC Motor Application Note | Download |
| AN2049 - Single-Phase BLDC Motor Driver | Download |
| AN1292 - Dual-Shunt FOC with PLL | Download |
| AN3049 - Sensorless Position Control of Brushed DC Motor Using Ripple Counting Technique | Download |
| AN2584 - Integrated Power Factor Correction (PFC) and Sensorless | Download |
| AN1162 - Sensorless Field Oriented Control (FOC) of an AC Induction Motor (ACIM) | Download |
| AN887 - AC Induction Motor Fundamentals | Download |
| AN955 - VF Control of 3-Phase Induction Motor | Download |
| AN1305 - Sensorless 3-Phase Brushless Motor Control with the PIC16FXXX | Download |
| AN900 - Controlling 3-Phase AC Induction Motors Using the PIC18F4431 | Download |
| AN905 - Brushed DC Motor Fundamentals | Download |
| AN2757 - Sensored (Encoder-Based) Field Oriented Control of a Three Phase Permanent Magnet Synchronous Motor (PMSM) | Download |
| AN2520 - Sensorless Field Oriented Control (FOC) for a Permanent Magnet Synchronous Motor (PMSM) Using a PLL Estimator and Equation-based Flux Weakening (FW) Application Note | Download |
| AN2590 - Sensorless FOC for PMSM Using Reduced Order Luenberger Observer - Sensorless FOC for PMSM Using Reduced Order Luenberger Observer Application Note | Download |
| AN984 - An Introduction to AC Induction Motor Control | Download |
| AN967 - Bidirectional VF Control of Single and 3-Phase Induction Motors Using the PIC16F72 | Download |
| AN1078 - Dual-Shunt FOC With SMO | Download |
| AN1307 - Stepper Motor Control with dsPIC® DSCs | Download |
| AN957 - Sensored BLDC Motor Control Using dsPIC Digital Signal Controllers (DSCs) | Download |
| AN908 - Using the dsPIC30F / dsPIC33F for Vector Control of an ACIM | Download |
| AN1017 - Sinusoidal Control of PMSM Motors with dsPIC30F / dsPIC33F/ dsPIC33E DSC | Download |
| AN4064 - Sensored (Hall Effect Sensor-Based) Field Oriented Control of Three-Phase BLDC Motor Using dsPIC33CK | Download |
| AN1160, Sensorless BLDC Control with Back-EMF Filtering Using a Majority Function | Download |
| AN1299 - Single-Shunt Three-Phase Current Reconstruction Algorithm for Sensorless FOC of a PMSM | Download |
| AN3998 - Sensorless BLDC Motor Control for AVR® Microcontrollers | Download |
| AN822 - Stepper Motor Microstepping with PIC18C452 | Download |
| AN843 - Speed Control of 3-Phase Induction Motor Using PIC18 Microcontrollers | Download |
| AN696 - PIC18CXXX/PIC16CXXX DC Servomotor | Download |
| AN4764 - FOC of Three-Phase BLDC Motor Using Rotary Inductive Position Sensor | Download |
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| Motor Control and Drive Brochure | Download |
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| CE002 Configuring 10-Bit dsPIC DSC A/D Converters for 1 Msps Conversion Rate | Download |
| CE019 - Proportional Integral Derivative (PID) controllers & closed-loop control | Download |
| CE155 - Real-Time Data Monitoring (RTDM) Example | Download |
| PFC Sensorless FOC PLL Estimator MCHV | Download |
| Sensorless FOC PLL Estimator MCLV | Download |
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| dsPIC33 Motor Control Library for FOC | Download |
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| dsPICDEM MCLV-2 (DM330021-2) Development Board User's Guide | Download |
| Motor Control Starter Kit with mTouch User Guide | Download |
| dsPICDEM MCHV-2 Development Board User's Guide | Download |
| Motor Control 10-24V Driver Board (Dual/Single) User's Guide | Download |
| dsPICDEM MCHV-3 (DM330023-3) Development Board User's Guide | Download |
| dsPIC DSC Signal Board User's Guide | Download |
| dsPICDEM MCSM Development Board Users Guide | Download |
| dsPIC33CK Low-Voltage Motor Control Development Board (DM330031) User's Guide | Download |
| Air Conditioner Reference Design Users Guide | Download |
| dsPIC33EDV64MC205 Motor Control Development Board User's Guide | Download |
| Refrigerator Compressor Motor Control Development Reference Design User Guide | Download |
| Motor Control Low-Voltage 48V-300W Inverter Board User's Guide | Download |
| Low-Voltage Ceiling Fan Reference Design User’s Guide | Download |
| INT01156 High-Performance E-Scooter BLDC Motor Driver Reference Design User’s Guide | Download |
Motor Control Rapid Prototyping
motorBench® Development Suite
Using X2C Scope to Simplify Motor Control Development and Debugging
MPLAB® Code Configurator
High-Performance Electric Scooter BLDC Motor Driver Reference Design
Video demonstration of our high-performance brushless DC (BLDC) electric scooter motor driver reference design. Speed time-to-market and reduce risk by starting with our solution.
Microchip's dsPIC33CK Low-Voltage Motor Control (LVMC) Development Board
Microchip’s newest motor control development board is loaded with features at a low cost. If you are building an application that needs to spin a motor, this video gives several reasons why you should consider the dsPIC33CK LVMC board.
Using the LX7720 and SAMRH71 for Motor Control Applications in Space
This video demonstrates using the LX7720 Rad Hard Motor Control IC with the SAMRH71 Rad Hard Arm MPU for satellite motor control and position sensing applications. Key features of each component are given along with a description of the evaluation system using the LX7720-DB daughter board with the SAMRH71F20-EK evaluation kit.
Getting Started with motorBench® Development Suite v2.25
dsPIC® Refrigerator Compressor Reference Design
dsPIC® Refrigerator Compressor Reference Design
This video will introduce you to Microchip’s refrigerator compressor reference design that will help you to rapidly prototype and develop a cost-effective and innovative design using a dsPIC33 Digital Signal Controller.
To learn more, visit: https://www.microchip.com/en-us/solutions/motor-control-and-drive/applications-and-reference-designs/refrigerator-compressor
motorBench® Development Suite Demo
motorBench® Development Suite Demo
This video will demonstrate how motorBench development suite and the dsPIC33 DSCs simplify spinning a BLDC or PMSM motor.
Learn more about motorBench® Development Suite
dsPIC Motor Control Development Tools Demonstration
dsPIC Motor Control Development Tools Demonstration
Microchip's dsPIC33 DSCs enable the design of high-performance, precision motor control systems that are more energy efficient, quieter in operation, have a great range and extended life. See how they can be used to control brushless DC, permanent magnet synchronous, AC induction and stepper motors.
Scalable dsPIC33C DSCs for Time-Critical Applications
Scalable dsPIC33C DSCs for Time-Critical Applications
This video introduces Microchip’s latest dsPIC33C family of DSCs offering single core and dual core variants for time-critical control and high-performance embedded applications.
For more information, please visit: https://www.microchip.com/en-us/products/microcontrollers-and-microprocessors/dspic-dscs
Optimized Air Conditioner Design with the Dual Core dsPIC33CH DSCs
Optimized Air Conditioner Design with the Dual Core dsPIC33CH DSCs
This video will introduce you the dual core dsPIC33CH DSC based Air Conditioner reference design.
Introducing the dsPIC33CH Family of Dual-Core Digital Signal Controllers (DSCs)
Introducing the dsPIC33CH Family of Dual-Core Digital Signal Controllers (DSCs)
This video is a quick introduction to the high-performance dual-core and peripheral of the dsPIC33CH family of DSCs. Learn how to take advantages of the new features of the dsPIC33CH family of DSCs, in your next real-time embedded system development.
Dual-Core dsPIC33CH DSCs Get Simplified with MPLAB® Code Configurator (MCC)
Dual-Core dsPIC33CH DSCs Get Simplified with MPLAB® Code Configurator (MCC)
This video will demonstrate the basic setup of MPLAB® Code Configurator for a dual-core dsPIC DSCs.
dsPIC33CH Dual Core Demonstration
dsPIC33CH Dual Core Demonstration
Ever wish you had a microcontroller with an extra core to handle your complex application? Watch how our new dsPIC33CH dual core family operates two cores independently of each other making them ideal for your high-end embedded control system.
Event Sequencing using Peripheral Trigger Generator (PTG)
Event Sequencing Using Peripheral Trigger Generator (PTG)
This video will introduce you to one of our new peripherals, the Peripheral Trigger Generator or commonly referred as PTG, available on 16-bit dsPIC33 digital signal controllers. The video will give a glimpse into the capabilities of PTG peripheral, which can help you in addressing the challenges of sequencing asynchronous tasks and event triggers.
Cost-Effective BLDC Motor Control with PIC32MM
Cost-Effective BLDC Motor Control with PIC32MM
Learn how you can implement a cost-effective BLDC motor control solution with low cost PIC32MM 32-bit MCUs.
Microchip dsPIC® DSC Motor Control Solutions
