JAJU873 August 2020
Both the Wonsmart and Boreasa motors under test were able to achieve an acceleration of 120 kRPM/s (10 kRPM to 40 kRPM in 250 ms) and a deceleration of 150 kRPM/s (40 kRPM to 10 kRPM in 200 ms). The results were only limited by the motor maximum current ratings and other motor specific speed characteristics. The hardware is capable of supporting up to 200 kRPM/s for motors capable of higher current limits and speeds. The valve driver’s turn-on and turn-off times were less than 400 ns, which is faster than the typical application requirement of 5 ms.
This reference design shows how to adapt InstaSPIN-FOC to enable high-speed motor control using TI provided software. This is done by using the special capabilities of the C2000 processor family for advanced system debug capability. This can supplement the simulation effort of the engineers to not need to develop the perfect simulation tool for the system, but simply use the actual hardware to debug the control algorithm issue. This removes the need to build complex simulation algorithms to define specific motor or PCB parasitic effects to the system. The C2000 device can run a full FOC, sensorless, speed, and current closed loop control system up to 1.2 kHz electrically or higher, using TI provided software (for example, MotorWare).