Brushless motor reference design debuts at APEC 2024
Summary
Compared to typical brushless DC motor-control design, AmberSemis off-line solution provides up to 5 watts of regulated output, enough to drive todays requirement of control logic and sensors, with additional headroom for expanded intelligent functionality. The Enabler offers selectable output voltages determined by internal, configurable register settings or with a simple external voltage-divider feedback circuit. Achieving real-time reporting and telemetry monitoring of the motor load are key building blocks towards a preventative maintenance plan required in industrial applications. "The reference design for brushless motors shown at the APEC 2024 conference is set to demonstrate the advantages the Amber and ST technologies are capable of delivering to the AC-powered application landscape, simplifying the power-supply circuitry, reducing the overall BOM and PCB footprint, and improving efficiency," said Sean Newton, Applications Director, Microcontrollers, Microprocessors, and Wireless Products at STMicroelectronics. "We are excited to showcase with ST, a global, market-leading semiconductor company, a reference design around our breakthrough technologies at APEC 2024," said Thar Casey (pictured), CEO at AmberSemi.