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Renesas

The RTK-251-SinkCharger-RAA489118 from Renesas is a single-port reference design for implementing battery systems with from two to seven lithium-ion battery cells connected in series. It supports two modes: in one, power is supplied solely from the USB Type-C® port; in the other, it enables a power bank function in combination with a li-ion battery with a battery management system (BMS).

Due to losses in the cable, onboard charger, and board, the USB Power Delivery (PD) controller requires appropriate USB Type-C input levels from the USB Type-C source device to operate the battery system effectively. Switches on this evaluation board allow the selection of the number of batteries in series and the charging current.

The firmware for this evaluation board is generated using an instruction tool called VIDWriter.

STMicroelectronics

The B-G431B-ESC1 Discovery kit is based on the STM32G431CB microcontroller, the L6387 driver and STL180N6F7 power MOSFETs, all from STMicroelectronics. The kit is composed of a main power board and a daughterboard with an embedded ST-LINK/V2-1 debugger. 

The kit implements an electronic speed controller (ESC) which drives a single three-phase brushless motor performing a sensorless field-oriented control (FOC) algorithm and six-step control with speed regulation. It also provides an active braking function algorithm. The sensorless FOC algorithm ensures long operating time and optimal dynamic performance.

The Discovery kit accepts command signals from an external unit for driving and monitoring, such as a flight control board for a drone. The kit is equipped with several communication bus interfaces: UART, CAN, and PWM channels. A potentiometer and a user button are available for user control. 

The daughterboard includes a 5 V battery eliminator circuit. The main board includes over-current, over-voltage and thermal protection. 

The form factor makes this kit suitable for small and very light radio-controlled vehicles such as first-person view racing drones, while the motor-current capability fits the power requirement of larger vehicles such as prosumer drones.

STMicroelectronics

The EVLPWD5T60 from STMicroelectronics is a 3-phase power board which allows engineers to evaluate the features of the PWD5T60 integrated motor driver IC.

The board supports a three- or single-shunt current sensing topology. A strip connector provides an easy interface to a microcontroller motor-control board. In addition, a 34-pin ST morpho header can be used to connect the EVLPWD5T60 board to an STM32 Nucleo MCU board through the X-NUCLEO-IHM09M1 motor-control expansion board.

Key features of the board include: 

  • High-voltage rail up to 400 V dc, limited by on-board bulk capacitor
  • Peak output current up to 1.2 A 
  • Output power up to 120 W
  • Input-voltage range: 9 V to 20 V
  • Sensored or sensorless field-oriented control or 6-step algorithm
  • Hall-effect sensor connector
  • Smart shut-down over-current protection
  • Bus voltage sensing
STMicroelectronics

The X-NUCLEO-DRP1M1 expansion board from STMicroelectronics enables designers to evaluate the features of the TCPP03-M20 USB Type-C® Power Delivery (PD) controller, including the ability to protect the bus- and supply-voltage lines in dual-role power (DRP) applications.

The expansion board can be stacked on top of any STM32 Nucleo-64 board which has a USB PD peripheral embedded in its microcontroller.

The X-NUCLEO-DRP1M1 demonstrates dead battery and sink operations, an integrated ST715PU33R linear regulator supplies the associated STM32 Nucleo development board. It also performs USB Type-C source operations when a compatible external source is connected to the board. In addition, the board supports dual role data functionality for sourcing devices.

The X-NUCLEO-DRP1M1 complies with the USB Type-C and USB PD 3.1 specifications for the standard power range, and is USB-IF certified as a 100 W DRP solution supporting a programmable power supply.

The companion X-CUBE-TCPP software package contains application examples for NUCLEO-G071RB and NUCLEO-G474RE development boards. These can be ported to other development boards that have USB Type-C PD-enabled MCUs.

STMicroelectronics

The NUCLEO-N657X0-Q evaluation board from STMicroelectronics provides a convenient platform for proof-of-concept and prototype development using the STM32N6 series of microcontrollers, the first STM32 to include the Neural-ART Accelerator, a neural processing unit (NPU). With the on-board NPU, the STM32N6 provides 600 times more machine-learning performance than a high-end STM32 MCU today.  

The STM32 Nucleo-144 board includes an ST Zio connector, which extends ARDUINO Uno V3 connectivity. ST morpho headers provide an easy means of expanding the functionality of the Nucleo open development platform with a wide choice of specialized shields.

The NUCLEO-N657X0-Q does not require a discrete probe as it integrates an ST-LINK debugger/programmer. The board is backed by free STM32 software libraries and examples available with the STM32Cube MCU package.

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