SLAU927B June 2024 – November 2024 MSPM0G3507
Sensorless FOC relies on the position detection estimated from BEMF to accurately drive the motor. At startup, since the motor can be at standstill or the motor can be spinning with unknown speeds, the rotor position is unknown.
The FOC algorithm has various startup algorithms to reliably start the motor and ramp the motor with sufficient speeds or estimate the position of an already spinning motor before switching to the estimator for continuous rotor position tracking. The following sections describe the basic configuration needed to start and ramp the motor from standstill until open-loop spin up. If any motor faults are observed during basic open-loop spin up, see Section 6.3.