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Nexperia

The Nexperia NEVB-MCTRL-100 BLDC motor driver kit provides a full motor drive solution for 12 V to 48 V, three-phase brushless dc (BLDC) motors. 

The kit features PCBs designed for the Nexperia NextPower MOSFET family housed in an LFPAK56 package, and the modular design allows for different motor controllers, gate drivers, MOSFETs and motors to be used. In addition, each board provides convenient test points for power, motor drive, and sensing signals to aid with development and testing with the Nexperia LFPAK56 MOSFET family. 

The motor controller board is compatible with the Leonardo R3 and Nucleo development board form factors.

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 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.

Vishay

The SiC951EVB-A reference board from Vishay enables a design engineer to evaluate the features and functions of the SiC951 microBRICK® dc-dc regulator module. It also serves as a reference board design for use in applications. 

The SiC951 is an integrated module which requires no external inductor, and only minimal additional components. Compliant with the PMBus 1.3 signaling protocol, this non-isolated buck regulator with integrated MOSFETs and inductor is housed in a 10.6 mm x 6.5 mm x 3 mm package. The regulator supplies a continuous output current of up to 25 A, and 30 A peak. 

The output voltage is digitally adjustable in a range from 0.3 V to 5.5 V from a 4.5 V to 20 V input. The regulator operates at switching frequencies up to 1.5 MHz. The architecture of the SiC951 provides a very fast transient response with minimum output capacitance and tight regulation over a broad load range. 

The SiC951 has integrated internal compensation and is stable with any type of output capacitor. It incorporates a power-saving scheme which substantially increases light-load efficiency. 

The SiC951 allows configuration programs to be stored in non-volatile memory. Operating parameters such as output voltage and output current can be locally stored and used to determine fault behavior. Configuration is firmware-based and field-upgradable.

STMicroelectronics

The STEVAL-PMIC25V1 from STMicroelectronics is a power management IC (PMIC) evaluation board for the highly integrated STPMIC25. This PMIC manages the power requirements of the core, memory and interfaces of the STM32MP2x series microprocessors and other applications microprocessors.

The kit includes a USB dongle, which provides access via I2C interface to the configuration registers of the STPMIC25, where voltage settings, power sequences, protection thresholds and other parameters can be set.

The board includes header connectors for external access to the embedded regulators and switches in the PMIC, as well as internal routing via jumpers to satisfy any physical configuration requirements.

The passive components on the board are chosen for optimal performance across most operating conditions. Three push buttons and digital I/Os allow the engineer to trigger the digital controls of the PMIC.

Microchip

The Curiosity PIC64GX1000 Kit ES evaluation kit from Microchip enables designers to immediately get started using the PIC64GX1000 microprocessor, which features four 64-bit RISC-V cores and is capable of simultaneously running a real-time operating system or bare-metal system alongside a Linux® OS.

The Curiosity PIC64GX1000 evaluation kit is well suited for testing MIPI CSI-2®, HDMI, SPI, I2C, QSPI, DDR, microSD and Gigabit Ethernet applications thanks to the rich set of breakout connectors and headers. 1 Gbyte of DDR4 memory is available in addition to the included 32 Gbyte SanDisk Ultra microSD UHS-I card for booting the Linux OS.

The PIC64GX Curiosity evaluation kit comes in a 4” x 4” form factor. The debug interface is provided via a USB Type-C® interface, and a USB 2.0 cable is included as part of the kit.

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