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Overview The NXP ®  S12G automotive HVAC platform reference solution uses the scalable S12G 16-bit MCU family with MC33905, MC33932 and MC33937 analog devices to drive stepper, DC and BLDC motors and provide a feature-rich solution for automotive HVAC applications. Consists of a central control board with (HMI, a motor control board, flap and blower motors Enables basic functions of an auto HVAC using temperature, light, humidity and air quality sensing interfaces with configurable automatic climate control software algorithm to efficiently control vehicle climate Reduces overall design effort, shortens time to market and can be tailored for both 12V and 24V systems Features Three types of motor control sensorless BLDC DC stepper motor Automatic climate control Supports multiple temperature zones Ultra low power mode, can be woken up by HMI or LIN CAN bus CAN and LIN communication interfaces 3x3 matrix keypad and two encoder knob inputs 4x37 segment LCD and adjustable backlighting Sensor interfaces for temperature, light, humidity and air quality available Two logic relay interfaces to compressor defrost module Real-time clock and date display, adjustment for calendar Extensible with touch keyboard or touchscreen board Suitable for both 12 volt and 24 volt HVAC systems Block Diagram Design Resources
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Overview This reference design is based on 32-bit DSC MC56F84789, to demo a micro-step stepper motor control solution. This reference design jump-starts your ability to leverage the NXP ®  DSCs' advanced feature sets via complete software, tools and hardware platform. Two phases four wires stepper motor Motor self-adaptive function, auto motor parameters identification and control system adjustment Rated peak current selection by switch, the maximum current is up to 8 A Speed ratio: 1 : 1000 with position and speed closed loop control Current PID regulator Micro-step resolution selection by switch, the maximum resolution is up to 25600 steps/rev The maximum speed is up to 3000RPM with loading capability Pulse command mode: single pulse plus direction control Maximum 1 MHz pulse command input Smooth filter function for pulse command, enabled by switch Stop with half rated current FreeMASTER software control interface and monitor Features MC56F84789 Micro-Step Stepper Motor Control MAPS-56F84000 EVK Board MAPS-MC-LV3PH Motor Control Power Stage Block Diagram Design Resources
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Overview This reference design is based on 32-bit DSC MC56F82748, to demo a BPM Sensorless FOC Washing Machine. This reference design jump-starts your ability to leverage the NXP ®  DSCs' advanced feature sets via complete software, tools and hardware platform. Three-Phase BPM/PMASR drive with sensorless FOC IEC60730 certified controller Speed range 200RPM – 18000RPM (motor speed), 20RPM – 1600RPM (drum speed) Position and speed detection using extended Flux observer and DQ Back-EMF observer and tracking observer Non-recuperative braking and deceleration control Ultra low speed operation with rated torque, and ultra high speed operation with advanced field-weakening algorithm Over-current, over-temperature, over-voltage and under-voltage protection Serial RS232 control interface FreeMASTER GUI for easy debugging Features MC56F82748 BPM Sensorless FOC Washing Machine HVP-MC3PH HVP-56F82748 Block Diagram Design Resources
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Overview This reference design is based on 32-bit DSC MC56F84789, to demo a 3in1 Air-Conditioner Outdoor Unit. This reference design jump-starts your ability to leverage the NXP ®  DSCs' advanced feature sets via complete software, tools and hardware platform. High performance, low cost all DC VF air-conditioner outdoor unit control system Three control objectives (interleaved single-phase PFC converter, fan and compressor) with one MCU device Input voltage range of 85 – 265VAC/40 – 70H Single-phase two channels interleaved PFC converter compatible with global mains input, 99.9% power factor, 8% input current THDi Sensorless FOC algorithm for both compressor and fan Anti-typhoon startup for fan, and on-line load torque compensation control for compressor to reduce system vibration and noise Reliable startup performance under full load and input voltage range Extreme low/high speed (from 1Hz to 150Hz) performance with extended flux observer Over-/under-voltage, over-current, over-temperature, over-input power protection and lock of rotor detection FreeMASTER GUI for easy debugging Features MC56F84789 3in1 Air-Conditioner Outdoor Unit Block Diagram Board Design Resources
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Overview Security is an increasingly key concern in the Smart Metering market. Coupled with the need for greater control over energy expenditure and ease of recharging credits for energy usage, NXP® has the perfect market requirement for secure prepayment via an electricity meter with near field communications (NFC) technology. This reference design provides a secure prepaid electricity meter with the ability to securely reload an energy balance Firmware for this reference design is based on MQX™ RTOS A variety of communication interfaces are available for remote data collecting, making this an ideal solution for residential metering Features Rich in Security features (Authentication, Secure storage) Physically secure due to Hermetic Sealing Energy balance reload through near field communications Remote secure interfacing (through smartphone) Ability to reload the meter’s balance Anti-counterfeiting check Integrated Metrology Solution based on Arm ®  Cortex ® -M4 Core MQX™ RTOS based design is suitable for advanced markets Cost-effect BoM Block Diagram Design Resources
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Overview This reference design offers both metering and WiFi capabilities: Metering - used to measure electronic power in single-phase and, WiFi - used for wireless control. Plug status can be checked via a smart-phone application, including current active power, reactive power, grid frequency, history runtime. On/Off setting timer available as well. Features Based on Kinetis MKM14Z64 MCU WIFI module based on QFM2202 220V input voltage, 10A max current Phase current sampling with 25ppm 5 mΩ current sampler by 24Bit SD ADC Phase voltage sampling with 25ppm resistor voltage divider network by 24Bit SD ADC On-chip voltage comparator (for precision grid frequency detection) Single 32.788K crystal input for 5ppm RTC External extendable 64Mb SPI Flash Low-power modes including the use of built-in RTC 3 channel LED pulse outputs for calibration(kWh, kVarh) Provide android application to get active power, reactive power, apparent power, grid frequency and history runtime Android application to set plug ON/Off, set timer for ON/Off at fixed time and set RTC time Android application to set plug wifi module to power save mode Cost-effective bill of materials External extendable WIFI module with UART connection Block Diagram Design Resources
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Overview The Sensorless High-Speed SR Motor Control Reference Design based on the NXP® low-cost MC56F8013 digital signal controller (DSC) deals with a 2-phase switch reluctance (SR) motor sensorless drive for vacuum cleaners and other air movement applications. The application is a speed-open loop SR drive without any position or speed sensor needs Uses a sensorless control method based on current peak detection and a patented start-up algorithm (Patent No. US6448736 B1) The control technique allows the SR motor more than 100 000 RPM The application is primarily for vacuum cleaners, although it can be used for any application with a high-speed drive (50 000 RPM) Features High-speed 2-phase SR motor sensorless control based on a current peak detection Designed for vacuum cleaner applications Capable of running SR motors at more than 100.000 RPM (tested with SR motor designed for 60 000 RPM) Single direction rotation enabled by asymmetric of 2-phase SR motor Speed open loop Start-up from any position using alignment and patented algorithm (Patent No. US6448736 B1) Start-up time and maximum speed depends on SR motor parameters Manual interface and FreeMASTER control page for monitoring, control and tuning Block Diagram Design Resources
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Overview QorIQ® P2020 UTM/Security Appliance Solution enables OEMs to develop a range of security applications including UTM appliances, IPS/IDS appliances, content security appliances, secure routers, VPN routers, secured switches and business gateways. The QorIQ P2020-based UTM appliance enables ODMs and customers to develop a production-ready, BOM optimized, certified, off-the-shelf UTM appliance solution. It allows our customers to leverage high-performance multicore QorIQ silicon and VortiQa® software optimized for multicore for UTM security appliances. Features NXP’s high-performance QorIQ ®  P2020 processor in 45 nm SOI technology VortiQa ®  software for enterprise equipment optimized for multicore processors Integrated security engine: protocol support includes SNOW, ARC4, 3DES, AES, RSA/ECC, RNG, single-pass SSL/TLS, Kasumi Cost-optimized bill of materials by hardware ODMs FCC, UL and CE certified—ready to ship Complete appliance portfolio from low to high end Block Diagram Board Design Resources
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Overview The QorIQ® P1025 Data Concentrator reference design will instantly discover and connect with multiple smart energy meters. Featuring an Advanced Metering Infrastructure (AMI), the data concentrator enables bi-directional real-time monitoring and control The data concentrator also enables real-time metering and monitoring on multiple meters and transfers real-time information back to the utility server via a 3G uplink Features High-performance QorIQ ®  P1025 processor with up to 1300 DMIPS available to implement complex usage cases Discovers and interfaces to smart metering devices; implements device machine message specification (DLMS) protocol to standardize communications Broadcast capability to the utility server using a 3G uplink card and Power Line Communications (future development) Board Design Resources
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Overview The NXP® P1020 multi-service Business Gateway (MSBG) solution integrates VortiQa® Secure SMB Software with D2 Technologies vPort VoIP software to provide a production-ready solution in a single product. Designed to quickly and cost-effectively create a range of MSBG applications including unified threat management (UTM) appliances, secured routers, VoIP gateway, VPN routers and secured switches Designed to deliver outstanding performance-to-price ratios and dramatically shorten development cycles, the solution tightly integrates optimized low-level software and production-ready boards with NXP's VortiQa application software and multicore PowerQUICC® and QorIQ® processors Features P1020 in 45nm SOI operating at 533-800MHz dual-core e500 processor with 256KB L2 cache with ECC 256MB to 512MB DDR3 SDRAM 4 FXS ports 1 FXO port 1 GbE RGMII port 1 GbE SGMII port 1 GbE port connected to RGMII 5-port switch 2 mini-USB 2.0 ports 1 mini-PCI Express connector 1 PCI Express VortiQa ®  software with Stateful Packet Inspection Firewall and NAT - performance optimized IPsec Virtual Private Network (VPN) with Quality of Service (QoS) and Traffic Management (TM) D2 Technologies optimized voice G.711-Alaw G.711-MuLaw G.729AB G.726 Voice Compression G.168 Echo Cancellation Advanced telephony Full Distributed Unicast Conferencing Call forwarding Call Waiting/ Caller ID Block Diagram Board Design Resources
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Overview With over 35 million installed nodes, PROFIBUS is the world’s most successful communication technology used in industrial automation. Its growth and expansion is aided by the addition of PROFIBUS functionality to PowerQUICC® and QorIQ® communications processors. Integration of PROFIBUS Layer 2 creates a single-chip solution with a direct connection to a RS485 transceiver, eliminating cost and board space associated with an external PROFIBUS ASIC NXP® offers PROFIBUS Layer 2 firmware for PowerQUICC and QorIQ processors with a QUICC Engine® controller, eliminating the need for a costly PROFIBUS ASIC and leaving the processor core almost entirely free for processing Features PROFIBUS Reference Platform supports PROFIBUS Slave certified by ComDec, a PROFIBUS certification lab hosted by Siemens AG PROFIBUS Master Eliminates costly PROFIBUS FPGA or ASIC by running PROFIBUS Layer 2 (FDL) on QUICC Engine ®  controller hardware integrated inside the MPU Protocol and customer control application can run simultaneously on one chip Commercial PROFIBUS slave stack available from Technologie Management Gruppe (TMG) Evaluate using Tower ®  System modules (TWR-P1025-KIT) QorIQ ®  P1, T1 and LS1 processors can also provide simultaneous support for Industrial Ethernet protocols like PROFINET, EtherCAT and EtherNet/IP ™ PowerQUICCC MPC8309 processor delivers an impressive 835 DMIPS core performance for less than 1.6 watts Block Diagram Get Started Getting Started With NXP PROFIBUS for PowerQUICC and QorIQ NXP offers PROFIBUS Layer 2 firmware for PowerQUICC and QorIQ processors with a QUICC Engine controller. The PROFIBUS software supports both Master and Slave modes of operation and can be evaluated on the P1025 processor. Instructions for accessing the hardware evaluation platform and the software are given below. PROFIBUS for PowerQUICC and QorIQ can be evaluated using TWR-P1025-KIT To build/install/load the PROFIBUS software you will need CodeWarrior for Power Architecture V10.3 The PROFIBUS Slave package includes the following: CodeWarrior for Power Architecture V10.3 project archive containing: QUICC Engine PROFIBUS microcode (binary) PROFIBUS Layer 2 driver example (source code) PROFIBUS Layer 7 stack (binary provided by TMG) A sample application (source code) The /Docs folder of the project contains: Readme file Release Notes PROFIBUS Microcode User Manual NXP PROFIBUS Slave Layer 2 API description Sample test logs Software Getting Started Guide Hardware Getting Started Guide Design Resources
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Overview The NXP® 800 MHz MPC8377E PowerQUICC® II Pro processor built on Power Architecture® technology features integrated hardware acceleration for wireless security, MiniPCI or MiniPCI Express®-based interfaces for 802.11N radio modules, dual-band concurrent operation, Gigabit Ethernet (GbE) LAN and WAN interfaces, USB 2.0 host/device interface and IEEE® 802.3af PoE-compliant solution for dual-concurrent MIMO operation. Features 800 MHz MPC8377E PowerQUICC ®  II Pro processor built on Power Architecture technology Integrated hardware acceleration for wireless security MiniPCI or MiniPCI Express based interfaces for 802.11N radio modules Dual-band concurrent operation with 3 x 3 MIMO (GbE) LAN and WAN interfaces USB 2.0 host/device interface IEEE ®  802.3af PoE-compliant solution for dual-concurrent MIMO operation Block Diagram Board Design Resources
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Overview The QorIQ® communications processors include single-, dual-, quad- and multicore processor architectures with integrated support for communications protocols such as EtherCAT. The new programmable logic controller (PLC) reference platform is equipped to ease development of industrial control systems PLC reference platform implements the KPA (koenig-pa GmbH) EtherCAT Master protocol with ISaGRAF Firmware and QNX Neutrino® RTOS on the high-performance QorIQ P1025 processor Supported by powerful development tools from all four companies, including the KPA EtherCAT Studio, ISaGRAF 6 Workbench, QNX Momentics® Tool Suite, and CodeWarrior® Development Suit Features Integrated ISaGRAF Firmware, KPA EtherCAT Master stack and QNX Neutrino RTOS on the QorIQ ®  P1 Tower ®  module EtherCAT master protocol and customer control application run simultaneously on a single QorIQ P1025 processor to deliver one millisecond EtherCAT master cycle time QorIQ P1 processors can also provide simultaneous support for complex applications, as well as additional industrial protocols like PROFINET, PROFIBUS and EtherNet/IP ™ Powerful development tools include the KPA EtherCAT Studio, ISaGRAF 6 Workbench, QNX Momentics Tool Suite, and CodeWarrior ®  Development Suite ISaGRAF 6 Workbench and Firmware kernel can fully support all IEC 61499 and IEC 61131-3 standard PLC programming languages Software and hardware developed on TWR-P1025 can be easily deployed on a range of QorIQ P1 processors, including the P1012, P1021, P1016 and P1025 processors QorIQ P1 processor family offers pin-compatible single-core variants for cost reduction, and dual-core variants which scale up to 3,700 million instructions per second (MIPS) for more complex control algorithms. Customers may distribute processing functions across two cores, or isolate real-time control functions on one core while running maintenance and communications functions on the other core. Commercial EtherCAT Master stack available from KPA Commercial Neutrino RTOS available from QNX Block Diagram Platform Requirements One TWR-P1025 QorIQ Tower Module Target slaves required to run the demo: Beckhoff EK1100 EtherCAT coupler Beckhoff EL1004 4-channel digital input terminal 24 V DC, 3 ms Beckhoff EL2004 4-channel digital output terminal 24 V DC, 0.5 A Beckhoff EL9011 end cap An image of the complete PLC Reference Platform run-time software. Download the PLC Reference Platform evaluation software. ISaGRAF 6 Workbench for offline tools Utility Software (Windows) TeraTerm for RS232 communications USB to UART driver for console port TFTP Server to load images to TWR-P1025 Design Resources
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Overview This reference design describes the design of a 3-phase BLDC (Brushless DC) motor drive, which supports the NXP® 56F80X and 56F83XX Digital Signal Controllers (DSCs). The speed-closed loop BLDC drive using an encoder sensor is implemented The system is targeted for applications in both industrial and appliance fields (e.g. washing machines, compressors, air conditioning units, pumps or simple industrial drives required high reliability and efficiency) Features Voltage control of BLDC motor using Encoder sensor Targeted for 56F80X, 56F83XX, and 56F81XX Digital Signal Controllers Running on 3-phase Motor Board Control technique incorporates: Voltage BLDC motor control with speed-closed loop Current feedback loop Both directions of rotation Motoring mode Minimal speed 500 RPM Maximal speed 1000 RPM (limited by power supply) Manual interface (Start/Stop switch, Up/Down push button control, LED indication) FreeMASTER software control interface (motor start/stop, speed set-up) FreeMASTER software monitor Block Diagram Board Design Resources
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Overview This reference design describes the design of a 3-phase BLDC (Brushless DC) motor drive, which supports the NXP® 56F80X and 56F83XX Digital Signal Controllers (DSCs). The speed-closed loop BLDC drive using a Hall sensor is implemented The system is targeted for applications in both industrial and appliance fields (e.g. washing machines, compressors, air conditioning units, pumps or simple industrial drives required high reliability and efficiency) Features Voltage control of BLDC motor using Hall sensor Targeted for 56F80X, 56F83XX, and 56F81XX Digital Signal Controllers Running on 3-phase Motor Board Control technique incorporates: Voltage BLDC motor control with speed-closed loop Current feedback loop Both directions of rotation Motoring mode Minimal speed 500 RPM Maximal speed 1000 RPM (limited by power supply) Manual interface (Start/Stop switch, Up/Down push button control, LED indication) FreeMASTER software control interface (motor start/stop, speed set-up) FreeMASTER software monitor Block Diagram Board Design Resources
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Block Diagram The NXP® P2020-MSC8156 AdvancedMC™ (AMC) reference design is a multi-standard baseband development platform for the next generation of wireless standards such as LTE, WiMAX, WCDMA and TD-SCDMA. This AMC platform integrates the QorIQ® P2020 processor with its MSC8156 DSP A P2020 and MSC8156 mezzanine card provide the system building blocks to enable rapid prototyping systems Ideal for developing solutions for the next generation of wireless standards Features Key P2020-MSC8156 AMC Reference Design Features: Single width, full height AMC form factor QorIQ ®  P2020 processor Dual e500v2 cores at 1.2 GHz 1 GB of DDR2 (SOCDIMM) TCP/IP acceleration eSDHC USB MSC8156 DSP Six SC3850 cores, built on StarCore ®  technology, at 1 GHz each Multi Accelerator Platform Engine for Baseband (MAPLE-B) Programmable Turbo and Viterbi decoder Two banks of 512 MB 64-bit DDR3-800 Block Diagram Board Design Resources
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Overview This reference design describes a 3-phase brushless DC motor (BLDC) drive that uses the NXP® MC56F8006 Digital Signal Controller (DSC) for dedicated motor control devices. Closed-loop speed/current-controlled BLDC drive, with no need for position or speed sensors. Low-voltage power stages used by the application are designed for 24 VDC line voltage. A reference manual provides a detailed description of the application, including hardware and software design. Hardware schematics, PCB Gerber files and full software listings are also provided. Ideal for applications such as compressors, dishwasher pump drives, washing machines, fans and industrial motor control. Features Sensorless control of BLDC Control technique incorporates: Speed closed-loop control with automatic current limitation Rotation in both directions Start from any motor position with rotor alignment 4-quadrant operation Multisampling method of back-EMF Wide speed range FreeMaster control interface Fault protection for overcurrent, overvoltage, overload and start-up fail Block Diagram Board Design Resources
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Overview This reference design is for a sensorless permanent magnet (PM) motor drive single-chip solution based on the NXP® DSC56F80XX digital signal controller (DSC). An electronically controlled three phase PM motor provides a unique feature set with the higher efficiency and power density This application presents a motor control technique of PM motor without a need to use a rotor position transducer This technique particularly targets horizontal axis (H-axis) washing machine with belt drive in fractional horsepower range A designer reference manual provides a detailed description of the application, including the design of the hardware and the software Features Designed to fit into consumer and industrial applications MC56F80XX digital signal controller 3-phase AC/BLDC High Voltage Power Stage Board 1-phase line input 110/230VAC 50/60Hz Apliance PM motor Initial rotor position detection Full torque at motor start-up Field weakening Application based on C-callable library functions (GFLIB, GDFLIB, MCLIB, ACLIB) Current control loop Speed control loop with Field weakening Flash: ~ 6KB, RAM ~ 1.5KB FreeMASTER based control pages Block Diagram Board Design Resources
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Overview This reference design showcases how the NXP® MC56F84789 digital signal controller (DSC) operates two motors and interleaved PFC in a single MCU. Sensorless algorithms eliminate expensive position sensors The compressor and fan employ 3-phase Permanent Magnet Synchronous Motors (PMSMs), which provide a quieter, more efficient, flexible and reliable operation Implemented with a back EMF observer, based on NXP Embedded Software Motor Control Libraries and specifically tailored for air conditioning fans and compressors The demo also provides the communication to a Kinetis® K70 MCU touch graphic LCD for added HMI experience Features Sensorless control of two PMSMs using Back-EMF observer Interleaved PFC control Power stage with processor daughter card Supply voltage 90 - 240 V AC, 40-70 Hz Compressor control 1200 - 4500 RPM Fan control 500 - 2000 RPM Rotor alignment method used Over-current protection and over-voltage protection Hot and cold side temperature control RS232 communication with remote graphic-touch LCD control Block Diagram Design Resources
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Overview This reference design describes a 3-phase sensorless brushless DC (BLDC) motor control with back-EMF (electromotive force) zero-crossing detection, supporting the NXP® 56F80X and 56F83XX Digital Signal Controllers (DSCs) for motor control applications. It can also be applied to Our 56F81XX DSCs The system is designed as a motor drive system for three-phase BLDC motors and is targeted for applications in both industrial and appliance fields (e.g. compressors, air conditioning units, pumps or simple industrial drives) The reference design incorporates both hardware and software parts of the system including hardware schematics Features BLDC sensorless motor 115 or 230V AC Supply Targeted for 56F80X, 56F83XX, and 56F81XX Digital Signal Controllers Running on 3-phase BLDC Motor EVM at 12V, 3-Phase BLDC Low-Voltage Power Stage Speed control loop Motor mode in both direction of rotation Manual interface (RUN/STOP switch, UP/DOWN push buttons control, LED indication) Overvoltage, undervoltage, overcurrent and overheating fault protection Hardware autodetection FreeMASTER control interface (speed set-up) FreeMASTER software remote monitor Block Diagram Board Design Resources
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