Brushless DC (BLDC) motors offer some significant advantages over other categories of electric motors, such as brushed motors. Compared with the latter, which are cheaper, BLDC motors require a ...

This application note introduced Sensorless BLDC motor drivers for fuel pump. Melexis developed its integrated BLDC controller solutions specifically to meet the quality and cost requirements found in ...

Every few months or so, a new video from Boston Dynamics will make the rounds on the Internet. This is their advertising, because unless the military starts buying mechanical mules, Boston Dynamics is ...

A pair of development kits, created by Qorvo and CGD, simplifies the development of GaN-based controller/driver systems for BLDC and PMSM motors. Cambridge GaN Devices and Qorvo have partnered to ...

[Mark Aren] purchased a pair of Turbomolecular pumps (TMP) sans controllers, and then built an FPGA based BLDC controller for the Turbomolecular pumps. A TMP is similar to a jet turbine, consisting of ...

With all of the deserved attention that silicon-carbide- and gallium-nitride-based systems are receiving, it’s easy to overlook a sturdy, less-glamorous “workhorse” power-switching device that’s been ...