Date: 23rd May 2011
ADI's "Out of the box" development
platform for motor control applications
Analog Devices, Inc., has said it has demonstrated its
Blackfin processor based development platform, which can
be used to design and optimize motor control systems with
any type of motor.
"We are collaborating with Boston Engineering to create
a tool that will allow engineers to produce a working design
within a couple of hours of opening the box," said
Anders Frederiksen, motor and power control segment manager,
Analog Devices, Inc. "Engineers will also be able to
test many different control schemes easily and effectively
for designing drives, robotics, and servo-control systems,
among other motor control applications."
The development platform includes hardware and software
to start designing "out of the box" using the
included motor with different kinds of controllers. By utilizing
Analog Devices' ADSP-BF506F Blackfin processor, engineers
can model their system in Matlab/Simulink, generate the
C code, and deploy with Analog Devices' Visual DSP++ Design
Environment with bandwidth remaining for application code.
Alternatively, engineers can use Boston Engineering's C
libraries where specific embedded needs are required.
"Together with Analog Devices, we are developing a
high-performance platform that takes advantage of the flexible
MathWorks' Matlab/Simulink environment with added power
of Analog Devices' Blackfin Processor," added Erik
Goethert, account manager at Boston Engineering Corps. "With
the availability of modelling and design libraries in the
Matlab/Simulink environment, design engineers can develop,
debug, and test new control loops quickly and easily."
The motor control development platform is planned for release
in November, 2011 from Boston Engineering. For more information
visit http://www.analog.com/en/content/over_Model_Based_Solutions/fca.html
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