Infineon complements iMOTION Modular Application Design Kit with two power boards

Infineon Technologies adds two power boards to the family of iMOTION Modular Application Design Kits (MADK). The two half bridge boards complement the compact and flexible evaluation system providing a scalable design platform for 3-phase motor drives in the range from 20 W to 300 W. The MADK aims at applications in the field of industrial and home appliance, e.g. pumps, fans, air conditioners and major home appliances. The new power boards additionally address battery powered applications. Using the kit, a functional motor system will be running in less than one hour, enabling fast time to market.

The new power boards are based on the µIPM from Infineon and come in power ratings of 100 V/20 A and 40 V/6 A. They feature an overcurrent/under-voltage lockout protection with fault output and an onboard power supply of 15 V and 3.3 V, respectively. Since no heat sinks are required, developers can optimize the copper area of the PCB for thermal performance. In combination with an XMC1302 or IRMCK009 control card, designers only need a few steps to run the motor: plug the cards into the PC, motor and grid equivallent voltage supply and download, install and set the parameters of the software.

The Field Oriented Control (FOC) software supports sensor-less motor control based on the XMC1302 microcontroller. The XMC1302 control card includes a debugger based on Segger J-Link technology. Additionally, the software support for this tool includes an easy to use μC-Probe based GUI. Further application software development can be implemented via DAVE, Infineon’s free-of-charge integrated development environment (IDE), or with major ARM IDEs, like Keil, IAR or Atollic. The IRMCK099 based control card with debug MCE-tool 2.0 features the patented and field proven motor control engine (MCE) from former International Rectifier.