Avnet Electronics Marketing intros Spartan-6 FPGA motor control development kit

PHOENIX, USA: Avnet Electronics Marketing, an operating group of Avnet Inc., launched its latest development platform for designers implementing motor control systems, the Spartan-6 FPGA Motor Control Development Kit.

Designed in collaboration with Xilinx, Inc., the Spartan-6 FPGA Motor Control Development Kit enables engineers to prototype motor control designs for applications in industrial automation, consumer electronics, medical diagnostics and robotics.

The Spartan-6 FPGA Motor Control Development Kit is an ideal platform for designers seeking to experiment with proven reference designs and develop custom control, integrating flexible peripheral functions like Ethernet, PowerLink and PCI Express (PCIe). Other features of the kit include:

* Avnet’s Xilinx Spartan-6 LX75T FPGA base board with PCIe edge connector, 10/100 Ethernet PHY, and dual 128MB DDR3 SDRAM banks;
* Avnet Motor Control FPGA Mezzanine Adapter (FMC) module;
* One Portescap Brushless DC (BLDC) motor with Hall Effect sensor;
* One Portescap stepper can stack motor; and
* One 12 V power supply and adapter cable.