Products Kits Reference Design Kits Brushless DC Motor RDK The Luminary Micro Stellaris Brushless DC (BLDC) Motor Control Reference Design Kit (RDK-BLDC) with Ethernet and CAN contains all the necessary hardware and software for you to design, develop, and integrate your BLDC motor applications. The RDK-BLDC combines the strength and flexibility of Luminary Micro's Stellaris microcontrollers with Fairchild Semiconductor's power modules to create a sophisticated four-quadrant motor control design for three-phase brushless DC motors rated at up to 36 V. Brushless DC motors are particularly suited for use in factory automation, robotics, electric wheelchairs and mobility devices, pumping and ventilation systems, and small appliances.
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Kit Contents
The RDK-BLDC ships with everything needed to evaluate BLDC motor control including:
- Main control circuit board
- 3-phase brushless DC motor
- 24V wall power supply
- Retractable Ethernet cable
- Debug adapter
- Graphical control program for Windows™ on CD
- Quickstart Guide, User’s Manual, Software Reference Manual, source code, BOM, schematics, and Gerber files on CD
Kit Software and Documentation
Board Documentation and Schematics
| BD-BLDC-DS-02 | BLDC Board Data Sheet | 06/26/08 | download |
| RDK-BLDC-UM-04 | BLDC Motor Control RDK User's Manual | 08/12/08 | download |
| RDK-BLDC Design Package-B | RDK BLDC Board Rev B Hardware Package | 03/13/08 | download |
Software Updates
| RDK-BLDC Software Package-940 | Firmware source code and binaries | 08/08/08 | download |
| RDK-BLDC Software Reference Manual-940 | Software Reference Manual | 08/08/08 | download |
| Code Red BLDC software package-00 | BLDC software package for Code Red tools | 05/20/08 | download |
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The board in this kit is also available as a standalone module (no motor, CD, cables, or power supply).
See our MDL-BLDC page for details.
Features
The RDK-BLDC contains Luminary Micro’s feature-rich Stellaris LM3S8971 microcontroller with Ethernet and CAN, a three-phase brushless DC motor, a graphical control program for Windows™, and accompanying cables, source code, and documentation. The RDK-BLDC takes advantage of the integrated features of the Stellaris microcontroller and the processing power of the ARM® Cortex™-M3 core to optimally control a wide range of motors in diverse applications. The graphical control program allows you to experiment with varying drive parameters and observe the effect on motor performance.
The RDK-BLDC includes the following product features:
- Advanced motor control for three-phase brushless DC motors
- Four quadrant operation
- Hall Effect, Quadrature, and Sensorless operation modes
- Flexible RDK platform accelerates integration process
- On-board braking circuit
- Incremental quadrature encoder input
- Analog and digital control inputs
- Test mode push-button
- Status LEDs indicate Power, Run, and Fault conditions
- Optional power-managed fan for forced-air cooling
- Screw terminals for all power and signal wiring
- JTAG/SWD port for software debugging
