Transforming motor control designs
Easily design reliable, high-performance motor-control applications with TI’s portfolio of industry-leading solutions.
Scale your design with our comprehensive portfolio of motor control solutions.
Design for all price points with our portfolio, ranging from devices for cost-sensitive designs to high-performance devices for complex applications, such as traction, HVAC e-compressors, electric power steering, factory automation and more. Enable flexibility and convenience with options to support motor systems across a wide range of customer design choices and topologies.
Why choose TI for your digital motor-control application?
High-performance motor control
Take ultra-accurate measurements of speed and position, improve system response times with faster control loops, and deliver advanced actuation capabilities.
Scalable portfolio
Reduce procurement complexity and cost, as well as component count, with highly integrated devices offering protection, diagnostics, security and more.
Easier and faster development
Speed up design cycles and get to market faster with user-friendly design tools, an ecosystem of third-party networks, competitive and complete reference designs, and software libraries.
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MCx integrated control BLDC drivers
Our integrated control portfolio accelerates design time with scalable, code-free, sensored and sensorless BLDC motor drivers to optimize system efficiency, audible noise and solution size.
MSP Arm®-Cortex-based microcontrollers
Reduce system cost and accelerate development time with our Arm Cortex-M0+ microcontroller portfolio and ecosystem
C2000™ real-time microcontrollers
From simple to advanced power topologies and feature integration such as cybersecurity, our software flexible platform is available with up to 1.5MB flash memory, 800MIPS and DSP processing power.
AM26x real-time microcontrollers
Available for industrial and automotive, AM26x leverages ADCs and PWM unit of the C2000™ real-time MCU and offers single to multi-core ARM R5F core, with an option for multi-protocol communications.
Motor control reference designs
Appliances
Small home appliances
Sensorless High-Speed FOC Reference Design for Drone ESC
ESC modules are important subsystems for non-military drones and users demanding more efficient models that provide longer flight times and higher dynamic behavior with smoother and more stable performance. This design implements an Electronic Speed Controller (ESC) commonly used for unmanned (...)
750W motor inverter with C2000™ MCU and MSPM0 reference design
This reference design is a 750W motor drive for a washing machine or similar equipment, which illustrates a method to implement sensorless field oriented control (FOC) for a three-phase permanent magnet synchronous motor (PMSM) with a flux, angle, speed and torque observer (FAST) software encoder (...)
24V, 35W sensorless FOC BLDC reference design with 85 to 265VAC, 0.92PF single-stage PFC
For achieving energy efficiency, ceiling and ventilation fans are moving from simple AC induction motors to brushless DC (BLDC) motors. This reference design meets these challenges of higher efficiency and power factor by using a universal main power-supply input from 85 to 265VAC with a single (...)
HVAC system
Damper and EEV controller Reference Design with power regulation and Hall-effect position sensing
This reference design demonstrates a dual motor drive solution for damper actuators and electronic expansion valves . The multiple motor drives include one bipolar stepper motor driver, one brushless DC motor driver, operating from a 15VDC source. The design shows accurate power limiting that helps (...)
Residential air conditioner
Dual motor control with digital interleaved PFC for HVAC reference design
The TIDM-02010 reference design is a 1.5-kW dual motor drive and PFC control reference design for variable frequency air conditioner outdoor unit controller in HVAC applications, which illustrates a method to implement sensorless 3-phase PMSM vector control for compressor and fan motor drive, and (...)
250W motor inverter reference design
This reference design is a 250W motor drive for a major appliances or similar applications, which illustrates a GaN IPM DRV7308 based high efficiency motor inverter without heatsink, also demo a low standby power design with UCC28911. This reference design shows a method to implement sensorless FOC (...)
Garden & power tools
18-V, 600-W brushless DC motor inverter reference design
18V/1kW, 160A Peak, >98% Efficient, High Power Density Brushless Motor Drive Reference Design
Single Microcontroller 18-V/600-W BLDC Motor Control Reference Design With Bluetooth® Low Energy 5.0
Major appliance
750W motor inverter with C2000™ MCU and MSPM0 reference design
This reference design is a 750W motor drive for a washing machine or similar equipment, which illustrates a method to implement sensorless field oriented control (FOC) for a three-phase permanent magnet synchronous motor (PMSM) with a flux, angle, speed and torque observer (FAST) software encoder (...)
250W motor inverter reference design
This reference design is a 250W motor drive for a major appliances or similar applications, which illustrates a GaN IPM DRV7308 based high efficiency motor inverter without heatsink, also demo a low standby power design with UCC28911. This reference design shows a method to implement sensorless FOC (...)
Factory automation & control
Industrial & collaborative robot
Distributed multi-axis servo drive over fast serial interface (FSI) reference design
Medical & healthcare
Hospital patient care
48V/16A small form factor three-phase GaN inverter reference design for integrated motor drives
This reference design demonstrates a high-power density 12V to 60V 3-phase power stage using three LMG2100R044 100V, 35A GaN half-bridges with integrated GaN FETs, driver and bootstrap diode specifically for motor-integrated servo drives and robotics applications.
Accurate phase-current sensing (...)
Hybrid, electric & powertrain systems
2-wheeler & 3-wheeler traction drive
Two- and three-wheeler traction inverter reference design
TIDM-02017 is a 5kW 48V traction-inverter reference design which aims to provide a foundation for you to develop high-performance high-efficiency traction-inverter systems for 2-wheeler and 3-wheeler applications and help you get to market faster. The design features a F28P65x C2000™ (...)
Traction inverter
High-power, high-performance automotive SiC traction inverter reference design
TIDM-02014 is a 800-V, 300kW SiC-based traction inverter system reference design developed by Texas Instruments and Wolfspeed provides a foundation for OEMs and design engineers to create high-performance, high-efficiency traction inverter systems and get to market faster. This solution (...)
Thermal management
Automotive HVAC compressor module
High-voltage HEV/EV HVAC eCompressor motor control reference design with MathWorks®
The TIDM-02012 is a high-voltage, 5-kW reference design built for HEV/EV compressor (eCompressor) applications controlled by a mid-performance C2000™ TMS320F28003x real-time MCU. It is designed to evaluate with both 400-V and 800-V DC-bus, covering the market-trending of higher battery (...)
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Maximize motor and power efficiency, optimize system cost and improve reliability using C2000™ real-time microcontrollers
With 25 years of volume shipments C2000™ real-time controllers offer proven industrial solutions for drives, servo amplifiers, CNC, robotics, appliances, compressors, fans, pumps, task vehicles, e-bike and power tools.
Fundamental building blocks for motor control development:
- Optimized field oriented control
- Comprehensive rotor position feedback: Hall, resolvers, incremental/absolute encoders, sensorless observers
- Multiple current sense techniques and isolation architectures
- Flexible real-time connectivity: EtherCAT, CAN-FD, CAN, FSI, SPI, UART, I2C
- IEC61508 and IEC60730 functional safety support
Featured resources
- TIDM-02006 – Distributed multi-axis servo drive over fast serial interface (FSI) reference design
- TIDM-1011 – Tamagawa T-Format Absolute Encoder Master Interface Reference Design for C2000 MCUs
- TMS320F28P650DK – C2000™ 32-bit MCU, 2x C28x+CLA CPU, Lock Step, 1.28-MB flash, 16-b ADC, HRPWM, EtherCAT, CAN-FD, AES
- TMS320F28P550SJ – C2000™ 32-bit MCU, 1x C28x + 1x CLA, 150-MHz, 1.1-MB flash, 5x ADCs, CLB, AES and NPU
- TMS320F2800137 – C2000™ 32-bit MCU with 120 MHz, 256-KB flash, FPU and TMU
- TMDSHVMTRINSPIN – High Voltage Motor Control Kit with InstaSPIN-FOC and InstaSPIN-MOTION enabled Piccolo MCU
- LAUNCHXL-F28P65X – C2000™ real-time MCU F28P65x LaunchPad™ development kit
- LAUNCHXL-F28P55X – C2000™ real-time MCU F28P55X LaunchPad™ development kit
- C2000WARE-MOTORCONTROL-SDK – MotorControl software development kit (SDK) for C2000™ MCUs
- MATHW-3P-SLEC – MathWorks MATLAB, Simulink, C2000 Microcontroller Blockset and Embedded coder
- CCSTUDIO – Code Composer Studio™ integrated development environment (IDE)
Upsurge your driving range and performance. Reduce power losses and improve adeptness to make your design more reliable by maintaining ideal motor torque while improving overall system efficiency
AM263Px and C2000™ real-time MCUs create continuous innovations, technology and expertise in EV/HEV’s maximize driving range by designing smaller more efficient systems, selection of pin-to-pin compatible automotive-qualifies devices and optimized thermal management. Traction inverters require high computational performance to maintain precise control features. Dynamic output current control allows the usage of wide bandgap technology such as silicon carbide (SiC).
Featured resources
- TIDM-02009 – ASIL D safety concept-assessed high-speed traction, bi-directional DC/DC conversion reference design
- TIDM-02017 – Two- and three-wheeler traction inverter reference design
- TIDM-02014 – High-power, high-performance automotive SiC traction inverter reference design
- AM263P4-Q1 – Automotive quad-core Arm® Cortex®-R5F MCU up to 400MHz with real-time control and expandable memory
- TMS320F280039C-Q1 – Automotive C2000™ 32-bit MCU 120-MHz 384-KB flash, FPU, TMU with CLA, CLB, AES and CAN-FD
- TMS320F28P559SJ-Q1 – Automotive C2000™ 32-bit MCU, 1x C28x + 1x CLA, 150-MHz, 1.1-MB flash, 5x ADCs, CLB, AES and NNPU
- How to maximize SiC traction inverter efficiency with real-time variable gate drive strength – Technical article
- Improving safety in EV traction inverter systems – Technical article
Create cost competitive brushless DC motor drive systems for high performance power tool applications
Our high performance gate drivers offer effective solutions to many of the challenges in designing BLDC motor systems by introducing featured integrations and a diverse portfolio to accomodate power tool design needs.
Benefits:
- Wide motor voltage range accomodating operating voltage conditions from 5V to 100V
- System integrations and small package size to reduce form factor
- Advanced on-chip protection and diagnosis features to reduce design complexity and enable higher system robustness
- Low quiescient current consumption for extended battery life in cordless applications
Featured resources
- DRV8300 – 100-V max simple 3-phase gate driver with bootstrap diodes
- DRV8323 – 65-V max 3-phase smart gate driver with current shunt amplifiers
- TMS320F2800137 – C2000™ 32-bit MCU with 120 MHz, 256-KB flash, FPU and TMU
- Understanding Smart Gate Drive (Rev. D) – Application note
- C2000WARE-MOTORCONTROL-SDK – MotorControl software development kit (SDK) for C2000™ MCUs
Maximize driving range through efficient operation optimizing power dissipation with innovative algorithms for high efficiency, low vibration and acoustics and wide adaptability for automotive HVAC
C2000™ real-time MCUs have applied innovations and expertise in answering the cost-optimized solution for e-compressors or HVAC (heating, ventilation and air conditioning) systems. Our C2000 MCUs deliver outstanding real-time control performance, wide RPM operating range and low acoustic noise all in a small size. The FAST algorithm for sensorless InstaSPIN-FOC identifies, tunes and runs the sensorless FOC in minutes. Streamline and speed up the ISO 26262, IEC 61508 and IEC 60730 certification processes with our Functional Safety-Compliant C2000 MCUs.
Featured resources
- TIDM-02012 – High-voltage HEV/EV HVAC eCompressor motor control reference design with MathWorks®
- TMS320F2800157-Q1 – Automotive C2000™ 32-bit MCU 120-MHz 256-KB flash with HRPWM, CAN-FD, lockstep ASIL B, grade 0 and 1
- TMS320F280039-Q1 – Automotive C2000™ 32-bit MCU 120-MHz 384-KB flash, FPU, TMU with CLA, AES and CAN-FD
- TMS320F28P559SJ-Q1 – Automotive C2000™ 32-bit MCU, 1x C28x + 1x CLA, 150-MHz, 1.1-MB flash, 5x ADCs, CLB, AES and NNPU
- How to design heating and cooling systems for HEV/EVs (Rev. A) – White paper
- How to optimize your automotive HVAC design in the growing HEV/EV market – Technical article
Design high speed and robust vacuum robots with our code-free integrated BLDC motor drivers.
Our integrated control BLDC drivers porfolio offers felixible options to fit different motor use case requirements, such as suction, brushbar and moping motors.
- High suction power (up to 3-kHz electrical speed) and high startup torque capbility enables vacuum to stay at constant speed regardless of the floor conditions
- Minimized power loses with ASR and AAR rectification techniques to prevent power losses and thermal dissipation
- Lock-up detection to recognize an obstruction (sock) in the brushed bar that jams or locks up the bar from spinning
Featured resources
- MCT8316AEVM – MCT8316A evaluation module for three-phase sensorless trapezoidal BLDC motor driver
- MCT8316A - Design Challenges and Solution – Application note
- MCx8316x for Vacuum Robot Applications – Application brief
Learn more about motor control technologies
Accurate and fast measurement – sensored and sensorless
TI offers support for comprehensive rotor position feedback: Hall effect, resolvers, and incremental and absolute encoders, as well as sensorless observers. For current and voltage measurements, the portfolio supports multiple current-sense techniques and isolation architectures. Depending on your application, you can leverage various advanced pulse-width modulation channels to control one or several motors at the same time.
Evaluate and get started quickly with design resources:
Tamagawa T-Format Absolute Encoder Master Interface Reference Design for C2000 MCUs
1-kW brushless DC motor inverter reference design
MCF8316A Tuning Guide
Featured products for Sensing and actuation
Spin motors with speed and torque control, high performance, and low audible noise
Spin many types of motors (brushed, stepper, brushless, permanent magnet synchronous, AC induction) with a variety of control algorithms suited for high performance and low audible noise. The portfolios support sensored and sensorless trapezoidal and field-oriented control algorithms (FOC) with key technologies for system specifications such as motor parameter identification, initial position and speed detection, field weakening, and more.
Evaluate and get started quickly with the motor-control algorithm resources:
High-Efficiency Sensorless, Code-Free BLDC Motor Drives for Scalable Systems
Dual motor control with digital interleaved PFC for HVAC reference design
ASIL D safety concept-assessed high-speed traction, bi-directional DC/DC conversion reference design
Featured products for Control algorithms
Handle more tasks and add precision
Bring a new level of microcontroller computing performance to meet growing automation demands in industrial applications. Drive more motor axes, add precision, and integrate functions such as power factor correction, active front ends, real-time multiprotocol networking, edge analytics, safety and security into a single device.
Evaluate and get started quickly with our software resources:
Real-Time Benchmarks Showcasing C2000™ Control MCU's Optimized Signal Chain (Rev. A)
AM243x/AM64x Single Chip Motor Control Benchmark
MSPM0 IQMath User’s Guide
Featured products for Advanced computing
From general purpose to advanced multiprotocol
TI supports the communication technologies needed for industrial and automotive motor-control applications, from general-purpose interfaces to advanced multiprotocol ports. Leverage innovative technologies such as Fast Serial Interface and EtherCat to enable high-speed and reliable cross-isolation communication for tomorrow’s decentralized architectures.
Evaluate and get started quickly with our software resources:
Industrial Communication Protocols Supported on Sitara™ Processors (Rev. E)
Time Sensitive Networking for Industrial Automation (Rev. C)
Decentralized Multi-axis Servo Drives applications using the Fast Serial Interface (FSI)
Featured products for Communications
Streamline the certification process
Streamline and speed up International Organization for Standardization (ISO) 26262, International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) 61508 and IEC 60730 certification processes with TI Functional Safety-Compliant products, documentation, software and support. Accelerate your product development using on-chip diagnostics and documentation with TÜV SÜD-certified functional safety development processes.