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Infineon — H1043XMC1300 and XMC1400 Microcontrollers

Motor Control

May 9, 2024
Motor Control
Issue 4 2024

32-bit MCUs include special features for motor-control applications

The XMC™1300 and XMC1400 microcontrollers from Infineon provide high-performance control for motor drives due to features including a CCU8 PWM timer unit, easy inverter design, a POSIF interface, and adjustable ADC.

The XMC1300 and XMC1400 series of microcontrollers from Infineon integrate all the control and analog interface functions required for sensorless field-oriented control schemes, and for brushless dc (BLDC), brushed dc and permanent magnet synchronous motors (PMSM).

Part of the XMC1000 family of MCUs based on an Arm® Cortex®-M0 core, the XMC1300 and XMC1400 perform well in low-cost embedded control applications, not only in motor drives but also in multi-channel LED lighting, industrial I/O systems, and human-machine interfaces.

Features of the XMC1300 and XMC1400 that are especially well suited to motor control include:

Easy 3-phase inverter implementation with a single CCU8 PWM unit, offering shadow register transfer, external input for fault control, binary and floating pre-scaler, and 16- to 64-bit width
POSIF interface to directly connect Hall sensors or an incremental encoder
12-bit ADC with on-chip adjustable gain of x1, x3, x6, or x12

Features XMC1300

One CCU8 PWM timer unit
Memory:
- From 8 kbytes to 200 kbytes of Flash
- 16 kbytes of RAM
8 x 16-bit special-purpose timers with dead-time generation
12-channel, 12-bit ADC with 2 x parallel sampling
Up to three comparators
DALI or DMX communication capability
Temperature sensor
Math co-processor
Operating-temperature range: -40°C to 105°C

Features XMC1400

Two CCU8 PWM timer units
48 MHz core operating frequency
Memory:
- From 32 kbytes to 200 kbytes of Flash
- 16 kbytes of RAM
8 x 16-bit special-purpose timers with dead-time generation
12-channel, 12-bit ADC with 2 x parallel sampling
Two CAN communications interfaces
Up to four comparators
Real-time clock
Watchdog timer
Temperature sensor
Operating-temperature range: -40°C to 85°C or 105°C

Development Kit

Part Number: KIT_XMC1300_DC_V1

The XMC1300 from Infineon enables design engineers to safely handle motor systems consuming up to hundreds of Watts. The debug interface is isolated from the XMC1300 microcontroller and the position detection interfaces to guarantee safe operation during software development.

The best fit for the XMC1300 is the DAVE™ motor control apps library from Infineon and the X-Spy software for development and parameterization.

Key features:

XMC1300 MCU
On-board J-Link Lite debugger with galvanic isolation
Hall sensor interface
Encoder interface
Compatible with Infineon power boards
Fully supported by DAVE™ with motor control apps library

Part Number: KIT_XMC 1400_DC_V1

The XMC1400 series from Infineon enables design engineers to safely handle motor systems consuming up to hundreds of Watts. The debug interface is isolated from the XMC1400 microcontroller and the position detection interfaces to guarantee safe operation during software development.

The kit includes a power board connector, a set of position interface circuits with Hall sensor and encoder connectors, a USIC interface, and the isolated on-board debug interface.

Together with a three-phase inverter, the board demonstrates the capabilities of the XMC1402 MCU. The board includes six LEDs, two for power indication, one user LED, one encoder-enabled indicator LED, and two debug LEDs, and a potentiometer.