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Motor-control kits support TI DSP designs

Provide, C-code examples, Matlab and Simulink software

Swiss motion-control specialist Technosoft has released a complete motion control development and evaluation package based on TI’s TMS320F28335 floating-point digital signal controller. The MCK28335 kit comes with C language source code and MATLAB libraries, enabling users to exploit the fixed-point processor to reduce development time and effort, with the elimination of fixed-point design problems such as saturation, overflow, and scaling of parameters and variables. MCK28335 Kits C Pro-MS (BL or IM) are plug-and-play systems, with Simulink models for PMSM (permanent-magnet synchronous motor) position and speed control. They also include complete DSP source code (not generated from MATLAB) optimised for real-time execution for PMSM and BLDC (brushless DC) speed control. A development software platform based on RS232 serial communication complements the hardware, which comprises controller board, 3-phase inverter module and brushless or induction motor.
The kits support exploration of control of a brushless motor in trapezoidal or sinusoidal mode, or an induction motor in vector control or V/f mode. For experienced designers these kits are a starting point for any advanced motion control application. Starting from the MATLAB-Simulink model, users can adapt the control model, simulate the system, then automatically generate the C code for their schematics. You can test the code on the DSP and compare simulation results with the real control results.