Effortless Motor Control across a range of applications
With Infineon’s latest PSOC™ Control C3 and XMC7000 microcontrollers
Designing motor control applications is a challenging task, as it involves balancing competing demands such as performance, efficiency, reliability, and cost. Motor control systems must accurately sense motor parameters, execute sophisticated control algorithms, and drive power stages to achieve precise speed, torque, and position control. As motor control applications continue to proliferate across industries, from industrial automation to light electric vehicles, the need for efficient, reliable, and high-performance motor control designs has never been more pressing.
Infineon offers a wide range of motor control products, including:
- Microcontrollers (MCUs): PSOC™ Control C3 and XMC7000, PSOC™ 4, PSOC™ 6, XMC1000, XMC4000 families
- Motor Control ICs: iMOTION™, MOTIX™ TLE9180, and TLE984x families
- Power Modules: HybridPACK™, EconoPACK™, and EasyPACK™ families
- Gate Driver ICs: EiceDRIVER™, 1EDN, and 2EDN families
- Sensors: XENSIV™ magnetic sensors and angle sensors
Discover how Infineon’s newest microcontrollers, including both PSOC™ Control C3 and XMC7000, help accelerate the creation of advanced motor control solutions.
- PSOC™ Control C3
- XMC7000 MCUs
- ModusToolbox™ Motor Suite
PSOC™ Control C3 – Next gen MCUs for motor control
Using real-time control with Arm® Cortex®- M33 this high-performance microcontroller family enables designers to deliver the market innovations that customers expect from their next-generation devices. The PSOC™ C3M family of microcontrollers is designed with motor control applications in mind, offering a programmable timer/counter pulse-width modulator (TCPWM) that has a Motion Interface (MOTIF) block that can be used to communicate motor control signals.
Advance features of the PSOC™ Control microcontroller include our high-performance ADC and integrated CORDIC Accelerator. With true synchronous “idle” sampling of up to 16 analog signals from the single core ADC, up to 25% faster results is possible without any sampling jitter. The CORDIC Accelerator can off load CPU and increase of computational power for real time critical tasks such as field-oriented motor control algorithms. This unique combination of power and performance will bring the next generation of industrial solutions to market today.
Infineon's ModusToolbox™ is a collection of easy-to-use software and tools that enable rapid development of Infineon MCUs, including the XMC7000 and PSOC™ Control C3 MCUs for Motor Control. The ModusToolbox™ Motor Suite enables you to unlock the full potential of Infineon’s motor control solutions with a comprehensive software solution designed to simplify and accelerate the development of motor control systems.
Features:
- Real-time control and hardware accelerators
- Wide bandgap ready for higher system efficiency
- PSA Certified™ Level 2 for advanced security and safety
- Reduced power consumption for battery operated applications
- Ease-of-use for developers
PSOC™ Control C3 Entry Line
- 100MHz, 48 or 64 pins packages
- Up to 256kB / 64kB ECC Flash / SRAM, 16 kB I-Cache
- 16-channel sample-and-hold functions
- 6 MSPS “Idle sampling” SAR ADC
- Motor / Power conversion timers
PSOC™ Control C3 Main Line
- More performance: 180MHz, 48, 64, or 80 pins packages
- Faster ADC: 12 MSPS
- < 100 ps high resolution PWM
Target applications:
Smart Home and Home Appliances:
- Power and gardening tools
- Lawn mower robots
- Home robots
- Residential aircon ODU
- Large and medium home appliances drives
Industrial Motor Control:
- General purpose drives
- Servo drives
- Commercial aircon / HVAC
- Robotics
Server & Telecom:
- Telecom PSUs
- Server PSUs
- Workstation PSUs
Renewables:
- PV inverters
- LEV
- EV charging
Evaluation Kits and boards for your PSOC™ Control C3 based Motor Control solution
PSOC™ Control C3 Evaluation Kit
For functional device evaluation of the PSOC™ Control C3 family of MCU's.
PSOC™ Control C3M5 Complete System Motor Control Kit
Designed to help engineers in developing PSOC™ Control C3 based motor control solutions in combination with suitable power stage evaluation boards featuring the MADK connector (M1/M3/M5).
PSOC™ Control C3M5 Motor Drive Control Card
Offered as a subset of the KIT_PSC3M5_MC1 kit, this motor control kit is an evaluation system that allows the user to connect their own motor.
Related resources
| PSOC™ Control Datasheets: Entry Line Main Line |
PSOC™ Control Product Briefs: Entry Line Main Line |
PSOC™ Control Application Note: AN239969 - How to use ADC features of PSOC™ Control C3 MCU for motor control |
PSOC™ Control Application Note: AN238329 - Getting started with PSOC™ Control C3 MCU on ModusToolbox software |
White Paper: Pseudo-Differential Processing ADC in the PSOC™ Control C3 MCU Reduces Time, Complexity and System BOM Cost |
Webinar
Leveraging the strengths of PSOC™ Control C3 MCU and ModusToolbox™
In this webinar, we will explore how the PSOC™ Control C3, a high-performance industrial MCU, can help designers overcome the hurdles of motor control application development with ease and confidence.
XMC7000 MCUs for Industrial & Motor Control Applications
XMC™ is a family of high-performance Arm® Cortex®-M7 MCUs for industrial applications. The XMC7000 is the latest entry in Infineon's XMC™ industrial microcontroller portfolio, and comes equipped with peripherals such as CAN-FD, TCPWM and Gigabit Ethernet (GbE), which increase flexibility and offer added value. The new XMC™ MCU family comes in 2 series (XMC7100 and XMC7200) and offers a single and dual-core Cortex®-M7 Arm® core, both supported by a Cortex®-M0+, enabling designers to optimize their end products to meet the dynamic and demanding business conditions of industrial applications.
This family of high-performance Arm® Cortex®- M7 MCUs is developed for motor control applications and supports designers to innovate and solve complex motor control design with ModusToolbox™ Motor Suite, a platform which offers sophisticated algorithms that ensure control robustness across many motor types and applications. It also features real-time visualization and monitoring of motor control related signals, as well automatic detection and recognition of supported boards and kits, including the XMC7200 Complete System Motor Control Kit.
Making use of the existing Ethernet interfaces in the XMC7000 microcontroller, Infineon facilitates the implementation of six different communication protocols by offering advanced libraries and user-friendly code examples, unlocking applications such as servo drives, I/O modules, robotic arms, stepper motors, and more.
- Advanced compute performance: dual-core Cortex®-M7 Arm® core with clock speed up to 350MHz and up to 8MB of flash
- Application specific peripherals: Designed for Motor Control, Power Conversion and Industrial communication with dedicated peripherals.
- Real-time performance combined with enhanced connectivity
- Quality and robustness: Long-term availability, up to 125C ambient temperature
- Software and Tools: Broad offering of application software and hardware reference designs; ModusToolbox™ Motor Suite for motor control application development; Industrial Communication Protocols support
- Portfolio scalability: full scalability across features, CPU speed, memory and packages
XMC7000 Key features:
- Single / Dual Arm® Cortex®-M7 running up to 350 MHz and singlecore Arm® Cortex®-M0+ to 100
- Up to 8 MB flash and up to 1K SRAM
- Advanced peripherals including CAN-FD, Gigabit Ethernet, ADCs and TCPWM timers
- Cryptography engine supporting AES, 3DES, SHA-1/2/3, RSA, ECC, CRC, TRNG
- Industrial Communication Protocols support including Profinet RT, Ethernet/IP, CANopen, CC-Link, ModBus/TCP, EtherCAT Master
Target applications:
- Industrial motor control & drives
- Robotics
- Light Electric Vehicles
- PLC
XMC7200 Motor Drive Card (KIT_XMC7200_DC_V1)
The XMC7200 Motor Drive Card showcases the motor control features of the XMC7200 microcontroller and supports up to 4 motors. It utilizes ModusToolbox™ Motor Suite for comprehensive software development and parameterization, featuring an isolated on-board debug interface and a multi feedback interface.
Related resources
| XMC7000 Datasheets: XMC7100 XMC7200 |
XMC7000 Product Brief: XMC7000 Industrial Microcontrollers |
KIT_XMC7200_DC_V1 Product Brief: KIT_XMC7200_DC_V1 Motor Drive Card |
Video: Robotic Arm Demo Video |
Guide: Getting started with PSOC™ Control C3 MCU on ModusToolbox™ software |
ModusToolbox™ Motor Suite for motor control development
Infineon's ModusToolbox™ is a collection of easy-to-use software and tools that enable rapid development of Infineon MCUs, including the XMC7000 and PSOC™ Control C3 MCUs for Motor Control. The ModusToolbox™ Motor Suite enables you to unlock the full potential of Infineon’s motor control solutions with a comprehensive software solution designed to simplify and accelerate the development of motor control systems.
The ModusToolbox™ tools package includes desktop programs that enable the creation of new embedded applications, managing software components, configuring device peripherals and middleware, and embedded development tools for compiling, programming, and debugging your application. Also included is an extensive collection of GitHub-hosted repositories comprised of code examples, board support packages, middleware, and application support.
Features:
- Extensive library of motor control algorithms and functions: Allowing users to easily develop complex motor control applications.
- Motor Suite Tracing and Testing: Motor Suite features a built-in digital oscilloscope, enabling users to visualize and analyze motor control signals, ensuring accurate and efficient system design.
- Customizable and Scalable: Motor Suite is highly customizable and scalable, making it suitable for a wide range of motor control applications, from simple to complex.
- Seamless Integration: Motor Suite integrates seamlessly with various development environments and tools, streamlining the development process and reducing errors.
- Motor Profiler: included in Motor Suite, enables users to quickly and easily characterize customer motor behavior, reducing development time and improving system performance.
Target applications:
- Collaborative Robot (Cobot)
- Cordless Vacuum Cleaner
- Countertop Appliances
- Domestic Robot (vacuum, lawn, pool)
- Drone & Multicopter
- General Purpose Drives (GPD)
- Humanoid Robots
- Industrial Robot
- Laundry machines
- Mobile Robot
- Servo Drive
Get Started
The latest release of the ModusToolbox™ Industrial MCU pack will install the Motor Suite GUI.
- Download and install the ModusToolbox™ Setup tool.
- Run ModusToolbox™ Setup tool, selecting to install the latest ModusToolbox™ base package and the ModusToolbox™ Industrial MCU Technology pack.
- If using the XMC7200 EVK, follow the XMC7200 Complete Motor Control Kit Quick Start Guide, featuring sensorless field-oriented control with XMC7200 and the ModusToolbox™ Motor Suite GUI.
Related resources
| Software: ModusToolbox™ |
Product Brief: ModusToolbox™ Motor Suite |
Video: ModusToolbox™ Introduction |
Download: ModusToolbox™ Motor Suite |
Related products
| Description | Manufacturer OPN | Datasheet | Buy now |
|---|---|---|---|
| XMC7100 dual 32-bit Arm Cortex MCU, TQFP-100 | XMC7100D-F100K4160AA | DOWNLOAD | BUY NOW |
| XMC7200 dual 32-bit Arm Cortex MCU, LFBGA-272 | XMC7200D-E272K8384AA | DOWNLOAD | BUY NOW |
| XMC7200 Evaluation Kit | KIT_XMC72_EVK | DOWNLOAD | BUY NOW |
| XMC7200 Motor Drive Card | KIT_XMC7200_DC_V1 | DOWNLOAD | |
| PSOC™ Control C3 Motor Control MCU | PSC3M5FDS2ACQ1 | DOWNLOAD | BUY NOW |
| PSOC™ Control C3 Motor Control EVK for device functional evaluation | KIT_PSC3M5_EVK | DOWNLOAD | BUY NOW |
| PSOC™ Control C3M5 Complete System Motor Control Kit | KIT_PSC3M5_MC1 | DOWNLOAD | BUY NOW |
| PSOC™ Control C3M5 Motor Drive Control Card - w/adapter board (connect to customer's own motor) | KIT_PSC3M5_CC2 | DOWNLOAD |
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Pseudo-differential processing ADC in the PSOC™ Control C3 MCU reduces time, complexity and system BOM cost
Consistent and reliable sensing of the control parameters is the backbone of a robust control system design. In most real-world scenarios, the measured signal is impacted by unwanted noise, which can negatively impact the control loop performance. Many techniques exist to minimize the impact of noise on the signal at the source as well as at the destination where it is being measured. The choice of these techniques depends on the application requirements and the cost versus performance metrics to a large extent.
Webinar
Leveraging the Strengths of PSOC™ Control C3 MCU and ModusToolbox™
In this webinar, we will explore how the PSOC™ Control C3, a high-performance industrial MCU, can help designers overcome the hurdles of motor control application development with ease and confidence.
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