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Performance and efficiency: new IC products boast motor control features.(integrated circuits)(Freescale Semiconductor )

Design News, August, 2005 by Frank, Randy

COMPETITION AMONG SEMICONDUCTOR SUPPLIERS EAGER TO FILL THE DEMAND for sophisticated motor controls has created a plethora of new options for motion control engineers. Many suppliers offer motion control integrated circuits (ICs) that combine the capability of both microcontrollers (MCUs) and digital signal processors (DSPs) rather than trading the capabilities of one for the other. These merged designs have the control capability of MCUs and the signal processing functions of DSPs. Digital signal controllers (DSCs) address the special requirements of motion control circuits as well as other power control applications. New MCUs and other motion control-specific ICs provide additional design alternatives.

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