Brushless Direct Current (BLDC) motors are one of themotor types rapidly gaining popularity. BLDC motorsare used in industries such as Appliances, Automotive,Aerospace, Consumer, Medical, Industrial ...

NXP’s latest motor-control microcontrollers usher in a new level of performance for automotive/industrial BLDC, PMSM, and other electric motors. A new family of motor-control MCUs from NXP ...

Worcester, Mass.—Allegro's A4930 is the first device in a series of single-phase brushless DC motor pre-drivers used to control high current fans, blowers or pumps. Maximum motor current is controlled ...

Despite their superior qualities, brushless motors still run second to brush types in motion-control applications. Brushless systems are usually preferred, however, where their benefits outweigh their ...

For the PDF version of this article, click here. Consumer appliance and industrial applications are generating demand for sophisticated motor control circuits that can simplify system designs, reduce ...

A special type of brushless motor is called a limited-angle torquer (LAT). LATs are constrained to produce torque through a rotation angle of less than 180°. But they are widely used to operate ...

Replacing mechanically driven motors with electrically commutated solutions doesn’t come without specific design considerations. In the automotive sector, the use of electric motors in applications ...