Texas Instruments announced two new Piccolo Motor Control Kits that enable PFC and sensorless field-oriented control of up to two motors with a single low-cost microcontroller (MCU). Leveraging TI’s Piccolo MCUs and analog, the kits include everything needed to begin development of motor control applications such as pumps, HVAC, refrigerators and other appliances/white goods. Allowing developers to meet their design needs, these controlCARD-based kits include a Piccolo controlCARD, Code Composer Studio IDE, software libraries and a hardware designer’s package. The Motor Control and PFC Developer’s Kit includes a single permanent magnet motor while the Dual Motor Control and PFC Developer’s Kit includes two.

The Motor Control and PFC Developer’s Kit is priced at $369 and the Dual Motor Control and PFC Developer’s Kit is priced at $399.