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Motor Control

Whether you are designing a system using Brushed DC Motors, Brushless DC (BLDC) Motors/Permanent Magnet Synchronous Motors (PMSM), Induction Motors, or Stepper Motors, Renesas provides easy-to-use hardware, software, and tools to accelerate your development and help you bring your innovative designs to life.

Renesas supports many different control algorithms to drive various motor types. Sample code is available for Vector Control (Field Oriented Control), Sinusoidal Control, Trapezoidal Control, Stepper Control, and DC Motor PWM control applications. These motor control methods provide unique features to meet various end application needs.

Depending on your use-case, the required sensor is different to detect the speed or position of the motor. Renesas offers sample code for common motor control sensors, such as Hall Sensors, Encoders, Resolvers, Inductive Sensors, as well as Sensor-less control.

High Performance Processing

High Performance Processing

Renesas offers a wide variety of MCU / MPUs to meet your application needs with features such as: Real-time Control, Industrial Ethernet, and Functional Safety.

Superior Integration

Superior Integration

Reduce BOM count and meet small form factor requirements with Renesas’ user-programmable HVPAK™ devices that combine mixed-signal logic and motor drive.

Maximum Power Efficiency

Maximum Power Efficiency

Take advantage of highly efficient gate drivers, fast-switching IGBTs, and Power MOSFETs tailored for motor control systems.

Full System Evaluation

Full System Evaluation

Leverage comprehensive Motor Control Winning Combinations, Solution Kits, and sample software to jump start your evaluation and development.

Motor Control Applications

Design Resources to Get Started

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Hardware Setup
Motor Control Kits
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Project Configuration & Build
e2 studio
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System Configuration
Smart Configurator
QE for Motor Applications
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Motor Tuning
Motor Workbench
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Application Solutions
Motor Drives & Robotics Block Diagrams
Dual Motor Control with Interleaved PFC for Air Conditioner Outdoor Unit Reference Design
RZ/T2H 9-Axis Motor Control Reference Design

Choose a Kit to Get Started

MCK-xxx motor control kits include an inverter board (MCI-LV-1) paired with a compatible CPU board, motor and, for some target products only, a communication board. Also, Renesas provides an inverter board (MCI-HV-1, MCI-HV-2-3PH, and MCI-HV-2-1PH) for high voltage motor control evaluation which is compatible with a dedicated CPU board. You can easily connect to your board design by using the communication board (MC-COM) for safe debugging of motor applications. Evaluation kits other than MCK-xxx kits also include a motor and inverter board and can be used along with separately sold CPU boards.

On the full kit pages listed in the table below, you can also find kit components such as CPU boards and access sample software customized for motor control kits, evaluation systems, and inverter boards.

DC Motor Control, Stepper Motor Control, BLDC Motor Control (Voltage/Frequency (V/F), Trapezoidal) BLDC Motor Control: Sinusoidal, Field Oriented Control (FOC) 32-Bit V850 32-Bit RX 32-Bit Cortex-M 32-Bit Cortex-R 32-Bit RISC-V 16-Bit RL78 No CPU Key Up to 1 motor Up to 2 motors Up to 4 motors Up to 9 motors Entry-Level Value Performance High Performance Ultra-High Performance Configurable No-firmware Devices with Integrated Power FETs GreenPAK/HVPAK Low Power MCUs Up to 48MHz RL78 Low Power MCUs with 32MHz RISC-V Core RISC-V Automotive MCUs Up to 320MHz RH850 Renesas RXv2 & RXv3 Core Up to 240MHz RX Renesas RXv1 & RXv2 Core Up to 40MHz RX Arm® Cortex®-M85 Up to 1GHz RA Arm® Cortex®-M33 & M4 Up to 240MHz RA Arm® Cortex®-M23 Up to 64MHz RA Arm® Cortex®-R Up to 1GHz RZ

Motor Control Kits

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Motor Control Solutions Brochure

Discover our comprehensive motor control solutions in this brochure—featuring MCUs, motor driver ICs, and tools that streamline development across industrial, and consumer applications.

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1.2kW High-Voltage GaN Inverter
Efficient high-voltage GaN inverter with GaN-based PFC for industrial motor drives.
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xEV Inverter with Inductive Position Sensor (IPS)
High‑efficiency xEV inverter platform with optional IPS for lower cost, accuracy, and proven reliability.
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Automatic Wine Bottle Opener
This automatic wine bottle opener features a GreenPAK device that can control the gear motor without external components.

Videos & Training

This video introduces Renesas motor control solutions that shorten the time to market. Renesas offers a wide range of devices for customers to choose from, along with motor evaluation kits and sample software to quickly start the evaluation. Additionally, development tools and winning combinations make evaluation easier and further reduce time to market.

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FAQs

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Motor Control Algorithms

Explore the differences and uses for common Motor Control Algorithms like BLDC, AC, stepper and universal.
Motor Types

Learn about motor types such as brushed DC, brushless DC, 3-phase induction, single-phase induction and stepper motors.