Pre-programmed motor control ASSP eliminates RISC-V related tools and software investment, making it easier to target applications such as home and building automation, healthcare devices, and drones.
Renesas Electronics Corporation has introduced a RISC-V MCU optimized for advanced motor control systems, offering a ready-to-use, turnkey solution for motor control applications, with no development cost. The pre-programmed R9A02G020 motor control ASSP eliminates RISC-V related tools and software investment, making it easier to target applications such as home and building automation, healthcare devices, and drones.
Renesas will deliver the new ASSP – based on Andes Technology’s entry-level RISC-V processor IP – pre-programmed with specialized application code developed by independent design houses BFG Engineering and DigiPower (HK) Technology. Both BFG and DigiPower have specialized expertise in motor control field and proven customer support capability. BFG is known for sensor-less algorithms that allow customers to reduce motor start-up times. DigiPower has been creating cost-optimized, scalable motor drive solutions since 2008 and has designed specific solutions for control of refrigerator compressors, fans, pumps and more. Both BFG and DigiPower will work with customers to finalize designs and aid the transition to production.
SEGGER Microcontroller has also partnered in this effort, with its ecosystem, including Embedded Studio and J-Link, being key elements used to create and test these motor control solutions.
Roger Wendelken, senior vice president in Renesas’ IoT and infrastructure business unit, commented, “This RISC-V-based ASSP offers an optimum combination of low cost, quick time-to-market, and outstanding performance. It complements our current portfolio nicely, reaching out to new customers and emerging markets across the globe.” Franklin Lin, CEO of Andes, added, “We believe Renesas making a powerful, low-power MCU ASSP available to the market will accelerate the incorporation of RISC-V in a broad array of applications. It will also encourage software developers to produce more creative and efficient applications for RISC-V, thus speeding up adoption of this next generation paradigm.”
Renesas has designed a 3-Phase motor control with RISC-V core ‘winning combination’ that employs the R9A02G020 and other compatible devices from its portfolio to support general-purpose 3-phase motors. The company’s winning combinations are technically vetted system architectures from mutually compatible devices that work together seamlessly to bring an optimized low-risk design to market quickly.
Key features of the R9A02G020 motor control ASSP are:
The R9A02G020 MCU ASSP motor control solution is available now.
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