The FalconEye motor control development kit from EBV Elektronik (see Figure 1) is a versatile Cyclone® III FPGA-based motor control kit optimized for controlling brushless direct current (BLDC) motors. The kit is made up of a motor, powerstage board, FPGA board, and a motor control reference design complete with documentation. You can easily convert the kit for use with brushless alternating current (BLAC) motors, switched reluctance (SR) motors, and induction motors (IM). The reference design implements high-performance real-time VHDL control hardware on the Cyclone III FPGA and C control software running on the Nios® II embedded processor within the FPGA.
Figure 1. EBV Elektronik FalconEye Motor Control Platform
FalconEye also offers the ability to connect to a wide range of other interfaces including serial fieldbuses, controller area networks (CANs), LVDS LCD displays, and industrial Ethernet protocols, as shown in Figure 2.
Figure 2. FalconEye Motor Control, I/O Logic, and Industrial Ethernet Solution
Image Courtesy: EBV Elektronik
The FalconEye motor control platform offers several key advantages:
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High-performance Cyclone III FPGA provides flexible motor control solutions
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Supports fieldbus and industrial Ethernet communication protocol standards on one FPGA platform
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Reference design includes source code for encoder interfaces and sigma-delta analog-to-digital (A/D) converter filters to deliver high-precision analog signal processing
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Includes intellectual property (IP) cores that are reusable on future devices/solutions
