Electronic Design

New Motor Designs Help EV Makers Kick the Rare-Earth Habit (Part 2)

How the switched reluctance motor's (SRM) architecture eliminates the need for magnets and rotor windings. Why SRMs are some of the most rugged and cost-effective motor technologies available. A look ...
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Switched Reluctance Motor Control – Basic Operation and Example Using the TMS320F240

This report describes the basic operation of switched reluctance motors (SRMs) and demonstrates how a TMS320F240 DSP-based SRM drive from Texas Instruments (TI]) can be used to achieve a wide variety ...
EDN

3-Phase Switched Reluctance (SR) Sensorless Motor Control Using a 56F80x, 56F8100 or 56F8300 Device

This Application Note describes the design of a sensorless 3-Phase Switched Reluctance (SR) motor drive based on Freescale’s 56F80x / 56F8300 dedicated motor control devices. SR motors are gaining ...
Electronic Design

SPM Modules Drive Two-Phase Switched Reluctance Motors

Unveiled as the industry’s first SRM-SPM power modules for driving two-phase switched reluctance motors, the FCAS20DN60BB and FCAS30DN60BB integrate two HVICs, one LVIC, four NPT IGBTs, four fast ...