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FPGAs for Motor Control

Our PolarFire^® SoC, PolarFire^®, SmartFusion^® 2 and IGLOO^® 2 FPGA families provide flexible, multi-axis motor control IP and reference designs for industrial, robotics and aerospace applications. FPGA-based implementations deliver deterministic, low-latency performance for high-RPM and multi-axis motor control systems, enabling precise and scalable motion control.

The PolarFire^® SoC FPGA motor control solution supports sensor and sensorless Field-Oriented Control (FOC) for BLDC motors by combining real-time FPGA-based control with a Linux^®software environment.

Sensor and sensorless multi-axis FOC support
1 µs motor control loops with parallel BLDC FOC execution
Control up to 40 motors from a single device
Native resolver support
TSN-synchronized motion control over industrial Ethernet

Supported Families and IP Licensing Requirements

Supported Families	PolarFire^®SoC
Licensing Requirements	The encrypted IPs and Libero^® license are free to use. Click here to learn more about Libero licensing.
RTL	Contact us
Key IP Features	ADC scaling, BLDC estimator, encoder interface, FOC transforms, Hall interface, median filter, Open Loop manager, Pulse-Width Modulation (PWM) scaling, three-phase PWM, rate limiter, speed controller, stepper angle, SVM, PI controller, resolver interface, sequence controller, T-Format interface Learn more about the motor control IP bundle.

Evaluation Options

Summary

Evaluation Options	Kits Required	Short Description	Additional Requirements	Supported Families
BLDC Motor Control With PolarFire^® SoC	PolarFire SoC FPGA Motor Control Kit	Sensorless BLDC motor control with a web-based dashboard	Host PC with USB port, Ethernet port and web browser	PolarFire SoC FPGA family
Motor Control With TSN	PolarFire SoC FPGA Motor Control Kit + LAN9668 TSN Switch	Talker/listener TSN design in which the talker controls the listener, driving the BLDC motor under mixed-normal and critical traffic	Linux^® PC as PTP (802.1AS) time master; LabVIEW GUI control and monitoring via serial; in-fabric packet generator for best-effort traffic	PolarFire SoC FPGA family
SmartFusion^® 2 FPGA Motor Control Solution	SmartFusion 2 FPGA Dual-Axis Motor Control Starter Kit	Sensorless BLDC motor control with a GUI	Host PC with USB port	SmartFusion 2 FPGA Family

PolarFire SoC Motor Control
Motor Control With TSN
SmartFusion 2 FPGA Motor Control

BLDC Motor Control With PolarFire SoC

Ready-to-run FoC BLDC motor control design
Web-based dashboard for monitoring and control
Linux^® image, BSP and drivers included

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Motor Control With TSN

Two motor control kits running a TSN talker/listener architecture
Talker controls the listener driving the BLDC motor
Mixed-critical and best-effort traffic over TSN
GUI-based motor control and monitoring

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SmartFusion^® 2 FPGA Motor Control Solution

Multi-axis deterministic motor control on a single System-on-Chip (SoC) FPGA
Efficient, reliable and safe drive with product longevity
A compact solution that saves board space and reduces product size
Motor performance that is tested for speeds exceeding 100,000 RPM for sensorless Field-Oriented Control (FOC)

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Explore the SmartFusion 2 FPGA Dual-Axis Motor Control Starter Kit

Evaluation Hardware

PolarFire^® SoC Motor Control Kit

The PolarFire SoC FPGA Motor Control Kit is a complete motor-control development platform that combines FPGA-based real-time control, embedded processing, rich motor and sensor interfaces, TSN-enabled networking and integrated debug capabilities to enable rapid development of industrial, robotics and aerospace motor control applications.

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SmartFusion 2 FPGA Dual-Axis Motor Control Starter Kit

The SmartFusion 2 FPGA Dual-Axis Deterministic Starter Kit is a great starting point for evaluating time-saving motor control reference designs. This kit is supplied with hardware and software IP blocks and a powerful, easy-to-use GUI that allows you to prototype quickly. The kit also supports various communication interfaces, including Ethernet, CAN, RS-485 and USB.

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FPGAs for Smart Robotics

Our FPGAs incorporate essential technologies and protocols fundamental to robotic designs. We offer a comprehensive portfolio of Smart Embedded Vision (SEV), multi-axis motor control, Time-Sensitive Networking (TSN), OPC UA, Robot Operating System (ROS) 2, Machine Learning (ML) and functional safety products for your next smart robotic application.

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