This website has a series of tutorials on control systems. They are designed to help you learn how to use Matlab for the analysis and design of automatic control systems. They cover the basics of ...

Graceful Shutdown: Ensuring the motor and controller are shut down safely when the application is stopped. If the application operates on a multicore MCU/DSP/FPGA, an appropriate inter-core ...

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 ...

After only a few years of being completely immersed in the culture of motor drivers, it is very easy for me to take for granted the fact that most people are not familiar with electromechanical ...

Regardless of their primary field, sooner or later, most designers have to deal with motor controls. Broadly speaking, there are two methods to incorporating these components in your design. First, ...

Bearingless motor technology represents a rapidly evolving domain that integrates electromagnetic torque generation with active magnetic suspension, thereby eliminating the need for conventional ...

There are definitely some hefty words in the title but Texas Instruments (TI) has brought something new to the motor control table with its InstaSpin-FOC (field-oriented-control) solution. It is a ...

Harley-Davidson has patented a system for operating an electric motor in a two-wheeled vehicle. The method involves detecting control positions, mapping them to driving and braking torques, and ...