DALLAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Active-Semi, Inc. (www.active-semi.com) announced today further expansion of their Power Application ControllerTM (PACTM) based BLDC motor control portfolio with the addition of the PAC5223 IC, 4 new development kits and firmware solutions. The PAC5223 offers industry-leading performance with the lowest system-cost solution available for 3-phase brushless DC (BLDC) motors for up to 72V. In addition, the availability of the new development boards and firmware for sensorless Trapezoidal and field-oriented control (FOC) reduce development costs and enables rapid prototyping for various applications including power tools, garden tools, drones, radio controlled cars, and general-purpose BLDC applications.
“PAC5223 IC’s high level of integration including 72V gate drivers for 3-phase control, multi-mode power manager, configurable analog front-end, embedded ARM® Cortex core coupled with Active-Semi’s Total Hibernate Mode™ and other patented features, delivers the smallest system design at the highest system efficiency,” says David Briggs, Vice-President and General Manager at Active-Semi. “We are excited about the rapidly expanding customer base that is now ramping into production with PAC5223.”
In a tiny 6mm x 6mm QFN package, the PAC5223 IC includes many features for added customer value. Input power less than 20V can connect directly to PAC5223 while applications with input up to 72V can use the onboard buck controller thereby reducing system BOM. In addition, the four onboard LDOs further simplify system power management. These sophisticated and highly configurable functions make PAC5223 an ideal single-IC solution for end-applications such as power tools, garden tools, drones, RCs, air movement systems and general purpose high voltage BLDC motors.
The EP-HYDRA-X23-1 and EP-HYDRA-X23S-1 extend the family of HYDRA-X evaluation kits to enable fast prototyping with the PAC5223 IC. Also, the EH-BLDCM1-1 and EH-FOC1-1 HYDRA-X heads along with Active-Semi’s motor control firmware and tuning software simplify system development with sensored and sensorless FOC and sensorless Trapezoidal motor control applications. Reference designs with footprints as small as 2mm x 3mm for full-fledged 3-phase FOC based motor control up to 72V are available.
PAC5223 is available from leading distributors. For more information on PAC™ products, HYDRA-X evaluation kits, Software Development Kit (SDK) and motor control firmware IP, visit www.active-semi.com/pac.
About Active-Semi:
Founded in 2004 in Silicon Valley and headquartered in Dallas, Texas, Active-Semi is a rapidly emerging leader in multi-billion dollar power management and intelligent digital motor drive IC markets. The company's portfolio of analog and mixed signal SoCs are scalable core platforms used in charging, powering and embedded digital control systems for industrial, commercial and consumer equipment end-applications. Active-Semi offers Power Application Controllers™ (PAC™), DC-DC, AC-DC and ActivePMU™ products that significantly reduce solution size and cost, improve system reliability, and shorten system development cycle-time by over 50 percent.
Active-Semi has shipped over 1.5 billion ICs to-date. Active-Semi is a multi-national company with 155 patents granted and pending. Active-Semi International Inc. is a Cayman Island corporation backed by leading Venture Capital firms, including, USVP, Tenaya Capital, and LDV Partners. More information at www.active-semi.com.