The suite streamlines development and testing, providing real-time parameter monitoring for valuable insights into motor performance, efficiency, and reliability. This enables engineers to quickly identify issues, optimize designs, and enhance overall functionality. It offers effortless and accurate board setup, comprehensive signal analysis, and customized status monitoring. ModusToolbox Motor Suite features automatic detection and recognition of supported boards and kits, real-time visualization, and monitoring of motor control related signals. It also provides optimized system performance with pre-configured algorithms and real-time monitoring of critical system parameters. Additionally, the solution offers sophisticated algorithms that ensure control robustness across many motor types and applications. It currently includes out-of-the-box support for Infineon’s XMC7000 microcontrollers and will further expand its capability to include industrial MCUs, with PSOC Control integration confirmed for upcoming releases.

In addition to its comprehensive feature set, the ModusToolbox Motor Suite is designed to be highly versatile and easy to use. It provides a seamless graphical user interface for motor control development and an easily adaptable, hardware-abstracted motor control core library.

Infineon will showcase a demo featuring the ModusToolbox Motor Suite at electronica 2024 in Munich from 12 to 15 November (Hall C3, Booth 502).

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The NXF650x(A/B)-Q100 series can drive low-profile, center-tapped transformers from a 2.25 V to 5.5 V power supply with high output current (1.2 A at 5 V) and high efficiency (up to 90%). To enable small form factor designs, the devices have a 440 kHz (NXF6501 and NXF6505B) or 160 kHz (NXF6505A) internal oscillator and a gate drive circuit that produces complementary output signals to drive internal ground-referenced n-channel power switches. Alternatively, a clock signal can be applied externally to the NXF6505A and NXF6505B to enable precise control of switching harmonics or enable synchronization of multiple NFX6505x(A/B) -Q100 devices. Additionally, the NXF650x(A/B)-Q100 series employs slew rate control and spread-spectrum clocking (SSC) to deliver ultra-low noise and electromagnetic interference (EMI).

The NXF650x(A/B)-Q100 series also includes a comprehensive range of internal protection features such as over-current protection (1.7 A) with hiccup mode, under-voltage lockout, thermal shutdown, and break-before-make circuitry to ensure safe operation. Additionally, these transformer drivers have a soft-start (~5 ms) feature that prevents high inrush currents during power-up with large load capacitors. Lastly, these devices have fail-safe inputs that prevent back-powering of the local power supply and eliminate the need for power sequence management.

These devices are available in compact industry-standard footprints like the 5-pin SOT8098 (TSOT5) and 6-pin SOT8061 (TSOT6) package and safely operate in ambient temperatures ranging between -55 °C and 125 °C.

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The StrongIRFET 2 30 V technology offers up to a 40 percent R DS(on) improvement and up to a 60 percent reduction in Q G compared to the previous generation of StrongIRFET devices. This translates into higher power efficiency for improved overall system performance while providing excellent robustness. The new power MOSFETs also ensure an easy design-in and provide simplified product services. The product family’s excellent price/performance ratio makes it an ideal choice for designers looking for convenient selection and purchasing.

The StrongIRFET 2 power MOSFETs in 30 V are available now in a TO-220 package. By the end of 2024, the portfolio will be available in a wider range of industry-standard packages and pin-out options, including to DPAK, D²PAK, PQFN, and SuperSO8.

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