Microchip announced the launch of lx34070 IC specially designed for motor control applications

Motor control system developers are rapidly adopting inductive alternatives to Hall effect position sensors and older magnetic resolver solutions, because these inductive alternatives do not require expensive magnets and other transformer based heavy structures and can be integrated into simple and compact printed circuit boards (PCBs). Microchip Technology Inc. announced the launch of lx34070 IC specially designed for motor control applications, extending the world's most extensive inductive position sensor product line to the electric vehicle motor control market. The newly introduced device has the functions of differential output and fast sampling rate, and meets the ISO 26262 standard in the classification of automotive safety integrity level C (asil-c) in terms of functional safety.

Fanie duvenhage, vice president of microchip mixed signal and linear analog business unit, said: "Lx34070 inductive position sensor can achieve a lighter, smaller and more reliable motor control solution, meet strict safety requirements, reduce the overall system cost, and can operate seamlessly and accurately in the noisy environment of automobile DC motor, large current and solenoid. Designers can use lx34070 to pair with other microchip devices with safe functions to further simplify the motor control design of electric vehicles. Related devices include 8-bit AVR ® And PIC ® Single chip microcomputer, 32-bit single chip microcomputer and dsPIC ® Digital signal controller. "