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Reference platforms and BLDC motor control apps

Reference platforms are powerful yet simple-to-use development tools built around leading-edge microcontrollers whose feature sets and performance characteristics are optimized for use as motor ...
EDN

3-Phase Sensorless BLDC Motor Controller

Allegro’s A4960 is a 3-phase, sensorless brushless DC (BLDC) motor controller released since 2011 intended to be used with external N-channel power MOSFETs. The A4960 features a three-phase BLDC ...
Electronic Design

Commutation Encoder Reduces Assembly Time on BLDC Motors

CUI Inc. has announced an addition to its next-generation modular encoder series that generates standard U/V/W commutation signals for vectoring current to brushless motors. Positional information for ...
Electronic Design

BLDC Full-Bridge Motor Driver with Integrated Hall Commutation

Allegro MicroSystems, Inc. announces a new full-bridge motor driver designed to drive low-voltage, brushless DC motors. Allegro’s A1448 is designed to allow the user to control several functions with ...
Machine Design

Inside angle on sine-driven

Electrical angle alignment of brushless dc (BLDC) motors is the process of determining how to apply electric current to the motor. In essence, it is determining where the magnets are with respect to ...