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C2000™ 32-bit Real-time MCUs

 

New for C2000

June 24, 2009

Piccolo Motor Control and PFC Developer's Kits
Power Factor Correction and Sensorless Field Oriented Motor Control with one low-cost MCU

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The new Piccolo F28035 based Motor Control and PFC Developer's Kits from Texas Instruments leverage the real-time control capabilities of Piccolo, along with TI's industry leading analog, to bring field oriented motor control and power factor correction into cost sensitive applications. Both of these new kits include everything needed to start development: a motor control baseboard with onboard, isolate USB JTAG emulation, F28035 controlCARD, permanent magnet motors, and a desktop DC power supply. For more information please visit www.ti.com/c2000tools.

Motor Control and PFC Developer's Kits Overview Video

Designing High-Performance and Power-Efficient Motor Control Systems


Kit Part Number controlCARD Motor control baseboard Motors Desktop power supply Price
Motor Control and PFC Developer's Kit TMDS1MTRPFCKIT Piccolo F28035 PFC plus dual motor driver EVM w/ isolated USB JTAG emulation 1 permanent magnet motor 24V DC 60W universal power supply $369 – Order Now
Dual Motor Control and PFC Developer's Kit TMDS2MTRPFCKIT Piccolo F28035 PFC plus dual motor driver EVM w/ isolated USB JTAG emulation 2 permanent magnet motors 24V DC 60W universal power supply $399 – Order Now

Block Diagram DRV8402 Piccolo

May 4, 2009

New Piccolo Series Product Release - Cost-sensitive embedded control applications become more reliable, intelligent with TI's newest Piccolo™ MCUs featuring the Control Law Accelerator. Control Law Accelerator delivers up to 5X performance to improve functionality and efficiency of applications such as LED lighting, motor control and digital power. www.ti.com/piccolo

March 3, 2009

The new C2834x builds on the Delfno™ family of C2000™ floating point microcontrollers and brings floating-point processing to performance-hungry real-time control applications. The C2834x devices deliver twice the performance of existing floating point devices while offering code compatibility with all other C28x devices. Enabling greater intelligence and efficiency, the Delfino family solution is designed for applications needing the most control optimized performance available. The C2834x devices feature an integrated 32-bit floating-point unit running at 300 MHz. The C2834x MCUs flexible real-time control peripherals, such as the high-resolution PWM modules, enable optimized control loops. The devices offer a scalable platform and innovative tools for reduced development cost and time to market.

March 3, 2009

The F2808 and F28335 Experimenter's Kits now ship with a docking station featuring USB JTAG emulation! Out of the box these kits are fully functional, requiring no external JTAG emulator! $89 and $99, respectively, each kit includes everything needed to get started: an F2808 or F28335 controlCARD, docking station with onboard USB JTAG emulation, 32KB limited version of Code Composer V3.3, and a USB cable. www.ti.com/c2000tools.