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Efficient Brushed DC (BDC) Motor Driver Solutions


Brushed DC (BDC) motors get their name from the brushes that are used for commutation. Because its speed and torque are proportional to the applied voltage and current, a BDC motor is easy to control. BDC motors are cost-effective, easy to design in and simple to control, making them suitable for use in a wide variety of applications. Our microcontrollers (MCUs), gate drivers and single-chip motor drivers enable you to create compact, robust and efficient brushed DC drives.

Typical Applications


  • Toys
  • Cellular phones
  • Wipers
  • Door locks
  • Window lifts
  • Antenna retractors
  • Seat adjusters
  • Anti-lock braking systems
  • Cordless hand drills
  • Electric lawnmowers

Recommended Products for Brushed DC Motor Control


Products On/Off
Control
Speed
Control
(Open/Closed)
Torque
Control
Position
Control
(QEI)
Microcontrollers (MCUs) 8-bit PIC® and
AVR® MCUs
8-bit PIC and
AVR MCUs
8-bit PIC and
AVR MCUs
 
High-Side Switch
Gate Driver
MIC50xx MIC50xx MIC50xx MIC50xx
Low-Side Switch
Gate Driver
MIC44xx MIC44xx MIC44xx MIC44xx
Bidirectional
Gate Drivers
ATA6823C
ATA6824C
MIC4606
ATA6823C
ATA6824C
MIC4606
ATA6823C
ATA6824C
MIC4606
ATA6823C
ATA6824C
MIC4606
Bidirectional H-Bridge Configuration with BDC Motor Diagram

Gate Driver Configuration


Unidirectional Low-Side Configuration Diagram

Unidirectional Low-Side Configuration

This drive can control a BDC motor in one direction and is often used in safety-critical applications.

Unidirectional High-Side Configuration Diagram

Unidirectional High-Side Configuration

This lowest-cost drive technique enables most applications to simply use an output pin from a PIC® or AVR® MCU to turn on the MOSFET.

Bidirectional H-Bridge Configuration

Bidirectional H-Bridge Configuration

This drive can control a BDC motor in both directions.

Motor Control Hardware and Software Solutions


Featured Software Tools

Motor Control Application  Algorithm and Software

Motor Control Application Algorithm and Software Library

To support the development of motor applications, we provide Brushed DC motor control examples.

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MPLAB® X Integrated Development Environment (IDE)

MPLAB X Integrated Development Environment (IDE) is an expandable, highly configurable software program that incorporates powerful tools to help you discover, configure, develop, debug and qualify embedded designs for Microchip’s microcontrollers and digital signal controllers.

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MPLAB Code Configurator (MCC)

MPLAB Code Configurator (MCC) is a free, graphical programming environment that generates seamless, easy-to-understand C code to be inserted into your project.

Featured Hardware Tools

Featured Application Notes

Motor Control Products


Documentation


Title
Sensorless Field Oriented Control (FOC) of an AC Induction Motor (ACIM) Using Field Weakening Download
Sensorless Position Control of Brushed DC Motor Using Ripple Counting Technique Download
Integrated Power Factor Correction (PFC) and Sensorless Field Oriented Control (FOC) System for Microchip 32-bit Microcontrollers Application Note Download
Sensorless Field Oriented Control (FOC) of an AC Induction Motor (ACIM) Download
AC Induction Motor Fundamentals Download
VF Control of 3-Phase Induction Motor Using Space Vector Modulation Download
Sensorless 3-Phase Brushless Motor Control with the PIC16FXXX Download
Controlling 3-Phase AC Induction Motors Using the PIC18F4431 Download
Brushed DC Motor Fundamentals Download
Sensored (Encoder-Based) Field Oriented Control of a Three Phase Permanent Magnet Synchronous Motor (PMSM) Download
Sensorless Field Oriented Control (FOC) for a Permanent Magnet Synchronous Motor (PMSM) Using a PLL Estimator and Equation-based Flux Weakening (FW) Application Note Download
An Introduction to AC Induction Motor Control Using the dsPIC30F / dsPIC33F DSC Download
Bidirectional VF Control of Single and 3-Phase Induction Motors Using the PIC16F72 Download
VF Control of 3-Phase Induction Motors Using PIC16F7X7 Microcontrollers Download
Sensorless Field Oriented Control (FOC) for a Permanent Magnet Synchronous Motor (PMSM) Using a PLL Estimator and Field Weakening (FW) Download
AN3998 - Sensorless BLDC Motor Control for AVR® Microcontrollers Download
Stepper Motor Microstepping with PIC18C452 Download
Speed Control of 3-Phase Induction Motor Using PIC18 Microcontrollers Download
PIC18CXXX/PIC16CXXX DC Servomotor Download
Brushless DC Motor Control Made Easy Download
Field Oriented Control of a Three-Phase BLDC Motor using a Rotary Inductive Position Sensor Download
Title
CE002 Configuring 10-Bit dsPIC DSC A/D Converters for 1 Msps Conversion Rate Download
CE019 - Proportional Integral Derivative (PID) controllers & closed-loop control Download
Sensorless FOC PLL Estimator MCLV Download
PFC Sensorless FOC PLL Estimator MCHV Download
CE155 - Real-Time Data Monitoring (RTDM) Example Download
Title
dsPIC33 Motor Control Library for FOC Download
Title
dsPICDEM MCLV-2 (DM330021-2) Development Board User's Guide Download
dsPICDEM MCSM Development Board Users Guide Download
Motor Control Starter Kit with mTouch User Guide Download
dsPICDEM MCHV-2 Development Board User's Guide Download
Title
WP100 - How to Turn an AC Induction Motor Into a DC Motor (A Matter of Perspective) Download

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