Many industries have delayed the use and adoption of sensorless FOC motor techniques because of the lack of motor control system knowledge, despite the many system benefits these techniques provide.

With the ability to identify, tune and control any type of three-phase, synchronous or asynchronous motor in just minutes, TI's low-cost Piccolo F2802x MCUs with InstaSPIN-FOC are ideal for a variety ...

Austin, TX (December 12, 2011) – Adding to its growing portfolio of motor control solutions, Texas Instruments Incorporated (TI) (NYSE: TXN) today announced a new motor control kit for spinning ...

Motion control may be one of those things that can easily be taken for granted in industrial automation and robotic systems, but it's traditionally complex to program. That's why Texas Instruments has ...

Today, Texas Instruments Incorporated (TI), unveils a free, interactive online simulation tool that enables motor designers to assess TI's InstaSPIN-field-oriented-control (FOC) technology. This ...

How the new MCUs save costs. Implementation of TI's InstaSPIN FOC software and advanced algorithms. Range of applications for these MCUs. By integrating TI’s C28x digital-signal-processor core, a high ...

Last year Texas Instrument’s (TI) acquired Luminary Micro and its Stellaris line of ARM Cortex-M3 microcontrollers. The Brushed DC Motor Control Reference Design Kit (Fig. 1) provides variable speed ...

Texas Instruments' new ROM-based C280x and Flash-based F280x digital signal controllers are optimized for motor control, and are said to be particularly well-suited to such applications as electronic ...

Designing robots requires precision and flexibility. When creating a humanoid robot system, there are mechanical and electrical considerations that you need to understand before beginning the actual ...

The topic of motors and motor control techniques is wide and varied. Part one of this two-part article will cover the principles of alternating-current (AC) motor operation and control. Part two will ...