Product Roundup: March 2025
Microchip's Product Roundup features a selection of our latest products, reference designs and software solutions. Explore how these innovative technologies can elevate your next design project.
E-Kick Scooter Traction Motor Control Reference Design
The high-performance E-Kick Scooter Traction Motor Control Reference Design features a BLDC/ Permanent Magnet Synchronous Motor (PMSM) motor driver board that highlights the capabilities of the dsPIC33CK high-performance Digital Signal Controller (DSC) in combination with the MIC4104 (MOSFET gate driver) for electric motor drive and control in E-Scooters and E-Bikes. This design meets the rigorous requirements of contemporary motor control applications, offering high efficiency, compact size, cost-effectiveness and superior performance. Key features of the design include regenerative braking, a speed limiter and multiple protection mechanisms such as overcurrent, short circuit, overvoltage and undervoltage, overtemperature, motor stall and EMI protection.
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E-Bike Traction Motor Control Reference Design
The E-Bike Traction Motor Control Reference Design is a comprehensive traction control reference solution is engineered to expedite the development of high-performance E-Bikes. It provides an optimal balance of efficiency and power while prioritizing user safety. The reference design includes features such as pedal assist support, regenerative braking, and a speed limiter. Additionally, it offers protection mechanisms including overcurrent protection, rapid short circuit protection, overvoltage and undervoltage protection, overtemperature protection, motor stall protection, EMI protection and fault detection.
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E-Scooter Traction Motor Control Reference Design
The E-Scooter Traction Motor Control Reference Design is crafted to address the dynamic requirements of contemporary E-Scooters, ensuring optimal safety, reliability, and performance. This design is compatible with both hub and mid-drive configurations for two and three-wheeler electric power trains. By utilizing our components and complying with rigorous safety and operational standards, this motor control reference design accelerates development and offers the flexibility to incorporate innovations to create differentiated traction control drives.
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VectorBlox™ Accelerator SDK 2.0
VectorBlox™ Accelerator 2.0 for PolarFire® FPGAs and SoCs enables AI/ML acceleration without requiring FPGA expertise. Its software overlay-based approach abstracts hardware complexities, allowing developers to deploy models from popular frameworks like TensorFlow, TensorFLow Lite and ONNX with ease. The solution delivers 2-3x higher power efficiency compared to traditional FPGA-based AI acceleration while supporting real-time model switching without FPGA reprogramming. Developers can validate model accuracy using a bit-accurate simulator before deployment, ensuring optimized performance. Multiple configurations (V250, V500, V1000) allow scaling based on resource and performance needs, making it ideal for embedded vision, edge computing and industrial applications. VectorBlox accelerator 2.0 for PolarFire FPGAs and SoCs enables power-efficient AI/ML acceleration with seamless software deployment, real-time model switching and bit-accurate simulation—eliminating the need for FPGA expertise.
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