iMotion™ Modular Application Design Kit Launched

Infineon Technologies (Korea CEO Seung-soo Lee) announced the launch of the iMotion™ Modular Application Design Kit (MADK). This compact and highly flexible evaluation system provides a scalable design platform for 3-phase motor drives with capacities ranging from 20W to 300W.

This design kit consists of a controller and a power board. It is sensorless, but sensors can be used optionally. Using this design kit, a fully functional motor system can be implemented within one hour, thereby shortening the time-to-market. Designers can drive the motor in just a few steps: connect the PC, motor, and power supply using the card, download and install the software, and adjust the parameters.

These design kits are available in four configurations for use in different motor designs. All kits consist of a control card with a debug interface and a comprehensive power stage including a rectifier and an EMI filter. Motor control software is pre-installed and can also be downloaded and used.

This software provides a user-friendly GUI, allowing you to conveniently adjust parameters. Through the standardized M1 20-pin MADK platform interface connector, control boards and power boards can be used in various combinations according to different application requirements.

Field-oriented control (FOC) software supports sensorless motor control based on the XMC1302 microcontroller. It can also utilize Hall sensors or innovative 3D magnetic sensors. The XMC1302 control card includes a debugger based on Segger J-Link technology. Additionally, this tool provides a user-friendly μC-Probe-based GUI as software support. Furthermore, additional application software development can be performed using Infineon's free Integrated Development Environment (IDE), DAVE, or major ARM IDEs such as Keil, IAR, and Atollic.

As another control option, the IRMCK099M, a motion control ASIC that supports hardware-based sensorless FOC control, can be used. This ASIC is provided as a separate debug interface card. The four kits are a combination of one of four power boards equipped with a μIPM IRSM836 series or μIPM-DIP IRSM505 series (500V or 250V) on an XMC1302 control card.