The PICDEM MC LV Development Board provides a cost-effective method of evaluating and developing sensored or sensorless brushless DC (BLDC) motor control applications. The board supports Microchip’s 28-pin, PIC18F microcontrollers and dsPIC30F Digital Signal Controllers. The board is capable of controlling motors rated up to 48V and 2.2 Amps.
The development board also comes with two pre-programmed, Flash-based devices for easy development: the PIC18F2431 device will populate the 28-pin socket and the dsPIC30F3010 will ship in a separate sample box. Additionally, the board comes with a free Motor Control Graphical User Interface (MC-GUI) which can set and modify all motor parameters. Custom programming and in-circuit debugging are facilitated with the ICD connector for Microchip’s MPLAB® ICD 2 In-Circuit Debugger, DV164004.

Features

• Motor control graphical user interface (MC-GUI)
• Motor terminal strip
• 3-phase voltage source inverter bridge
• Motion sensor inputs
• Over current protection, level programmable using potentiometer
• Temperature sensor with I2C interface
• Push button switches and master reset
• 9 LEDs, 3 for generic status indication and 6 for PWM indication
• Test points for motor current and back EMF sensing
• Speed control potentiometer
• Active RS-232 port
• 24V external power supply (optional)
• 3-phase, 24V BLDC low voltage motor (optional)
• MPLAB ICD 2 connector
• MPLAB ICE connector
• Example software and documentation CDROM