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Powerful Motor Control Solutions to Shorten Time to Market

Whether you are designing a system using Brushed DC Motors, Brushless DC (BLDC) Motors/Permanent Magnet Synchronous Motors (PMSM), Induction Motors, or Stepper Motors, Renesas provides easy-to-use hardware, software, and tools to accelerate your development and help you bring your innovative designs to life.

Renesas supports many different control algorithms to drive various motor types. Sample code is available for Vector Control (Field Oriented Control), Sinusoidal Control, Trapezoidal Control, Stepper Control, and DC Motor PWM control applications. These motor control methods provide unique features to meet various end application needs.

Depending on your use-case, the required sensor is different to detect the speed or position of the motor. Renesas offers sample code for common motor control sensors, such as Hall Sensors, Encoders, Resolvers, Inductive Sensors, as well as Sensor-less control.

Learn more about motor control:

Motor Types

Motor Control Algorithms

High Performance Processing

Renesas offers a wide variety of MCU / MPUs to meet your application needs with features such as: Real-time Control, Industrial Ethernet, and Functional Safety.

Superior Integration

Reduce BOM count and meet small form factor requirements with Renesas’ user-programmable HVPAK™ devices that combine mixed-signal logic and motor drive.

Maximum Power Efficiency

Take advantage of highly efficient gate drivers, fast-switching IGBTs, and Power MOSFETs tailored for motor control systems.

Full System Evaluation

Leverage comprehensive Motor Control Winning Combinations, Solution Kits, and sample software to jump start your evaluation and development.

Product Selection Guide for Motor Control

DC Motor Control, Stepper Motor Control, BLDC Motor Control (Voltage/Frequency (V/F), Trapezoidal) BLDC Motor Control: Sinusoidal, Field Oriented Control (FOC) 32-bit V850 32-bit RX 32-bit Cortex-M 32-bit Cortex-R 32-bit RISC-V 16-bit RL78 No CPU Key Up to 1 motor Up to 2 motors Up to 4 motors Up to 9 motors Entry-Level Value Performance High Performance Ultra-High Performance Configurable No-firmware Devices with Integrated Power FETs GreenPAK/HVPAK Low Power MCUs up to 48MHz RL78 Low Power MCUs with 32MHz RISC-V core RISC-V Automotive MCUs up to 320MHz RH850 Renesas RXv2 & RXv3 core up to 200MHz RX Renesas RXv1 & RXv2 core up to 40MHz RX Arm® Cortex®-M85 up to 480MHz RA Arm® Cortex®-M33 & M4 up to 240MHz RA Arm® Cortex®-R up to 800MHz RZ

Getting Started

MCK-RA4T1 Kit

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Project config and build

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Motor control system config

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Motor tuning

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Motor control applications

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Get recommended application solution designs with our Winning Combinations

 

Choose a Kit to Get Started

MCK-xxx motor control kits include an inverter board (MCI-LV-1) paired with a compatible CPU board, motor and, for some target products only, a communication board.  Also, Renesas provides an inverter board (MCI-HV-1, MCI-HV-2-3PH) for high voltage motor control evaluation which is compatible with a dedicated CPU board. You can easily connect to your board design by using the communication board (MC-COM) for safe debugging of motor applications. Evaluation kits other than MCK-xxx kits also include a motor and inverter board and can be used along with separately sold CPU boards.

On the full kit pages listed in the table below, you can also find kit components such as CPU boards and access sample software customized for motor control kits, evaluation systems, and inverter boards.

Motor Control Kits

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1.2KW High-Voltage Inverter with GaN-based Power Factor Correction (PFC) 1.2kW High-Voltage GaN Inverter
Efficient high-voltage GaN inverter with GaN-based PFC for industrial motor drives.
Inductive Position xEV Inverter with Inductive Position Sensor (IPS)
This inductive position sensor (IPS) with an xEV inverter application can reduce costs and the bill of materials (BOM) compared to using a resolver.
Automatic Wine Cork Opener Automatic Wine Bottle Opener
This automatic wine bottle opener features a GreenPAK device that can control the gear motor without external components.

Documentation

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Motor Control Resources Easy Download Guide
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Motor Solutions Brochure
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Videos

Motor Control Solutions Overview

This video introduces Renesas motor control solutions that shorten the time to market. Renesas offers a wide range of devices for customers to choose from, along with motor evaluation kits and sample software to quickly start the evaluation. Additionally, development tools and winning combinations make evaluation easier and further reduce time to market.

For more information, visit the Motor Control page.

Video List
Motor Control Solutions Overview

News & Blog Posts

Power Up Your Tools: Advanced Motor Control for Unmatched Performance and Efficiency Blog Post Feb 5, 2025
How to Find the Right Motor Control Development Resources for Your Design Blog Post Aug 7, 2024
Easily Evaluate High-Voltage Motor Systems in Your Lab Blog Post Jun 14, 2024
How to Maximize the Lifespan of Electric Motors Blog Post Jun 30, 2023
How to Achieve High Efficiency and Miniaturization in Motor Applications Blog Post May 30, 2023

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Motor Control Algorithms

Explore the differences and uses for common Motor Control Algorithms like BLDC, AC, stepper and universal.
Motor Types

Learn about motor types such as brushed DC, brushless DC, 3-phase induction, single-phase induction and stepper motors.