USER MANUAL
YROTATE-IT-RX23T
UM-YROTATE-IT-RX23T
Rev. 1.0
October 6, 2015
Rotate it! – Motor Control RX23T
Introduction
The Renesas Motor Control Kit called YROTATE-IT-RX23T, is based on the RX23T device from the powerful 32-bit RX
microcontrollers family running at 40MHz and delivering up to 80DMIPs.
The kit enables engineers to easily test and evaluate the performance of the RX23T in a laboratory environment when
driving any 3-phase Permanent Magnet Synchronous Motor (e.g. AC Brushless Motor) using an advanced sensorless Field
Oriented Control algorithm. Typical applications for this type of solution are compressors, air conditioning, fans, air
extractors, pumps, home appliances inverters and industrial drives.
The phase current measurement is done via three shunts which offers a low cost solution, avoiding the need for an
expensive current sensor or hall sensor. A single shunt current reading method is also available to ensure an even more
compacter bill of material.
The powerful user-friendly PC Graphical User Interface (GUI) gives real time access to key motor performance parameters
and provides a unique motor auto-tuning facility. Furthermore, it becomes also possible to select the best switching
frequency and control frequency (e.g. control loop) to adapt the control dynamics suitable to the application
requirements.
The hardware is designed for easy access to key system test points and for the ability to hook up to an RX23T debugger
known as E1. Although the board is normally powered directly from the USB port of a Host PC, connectors are provided
to utilise external power supplies where required.
The YROTATE-IT-RX23T is an ideal tool to check out all the key performance parameters of your selected motor, before
embarking on a final end application system design.
Target Device:
RX23T Microcontrollers Family
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