Infineon From novice to expert with iMOTION User Manual
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Scope and purpose
This document provides a structured, sequential approach to learning iMOTION™. It will serve as a syllabus
listing resources available at each stage of working with iMOTION™ products. The document begins with
highlights of iMOTION™ products and their features. Resources around evaluating the products and
prototyping your system with iMOTION™ follow. The next stage describes the iMOTION™ tools and the final one
lists resources describing advanced usage of iMOTION™.
Intended audience
This guide serves every type of engineer who wants to spin a motor with iMOTION™: The power electronics
engineer familiar with designing an efficient inverter board but unfamiliar with programming a motor
controller; the motor design engineer familiar with optimizing for higher reluctance torque seeking a platform
to run her motor; the embedded systems engineer migrating motor functions from an MCU to iMOTION™.
Table of Contents
1
Introducing
iMOTION™
2
Development
kits
3
Tools &
software
4
Advanced
use
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Introducing iMOTION™ 2.0
1 Introducing iMOTION™ 2.0
iMOTION™ is a family of integrated solutions to control variable speed motors efficiently and flexibly.
iMOTION™ 2.0, the latest generation of iMOTION™, integrates production-grade control software for motor and
optionally power-factor correction (PFC) along with all the required hardware functions into one of three types
of devices: A standalone control chip, a smart gate driver or a smart Intelligent Power Module (IPM). Follow the
links below to learn about the various products and features of iMOTION™.
The iMOTION™ home page: www.infineon.com/imotion
Many of the resources discussed in this guide are linked to in the home page.
iMOTION™ Digital Controllers [slides] (requires a myInfineon login)
A high level overview of iMOTION™. Learn about the value proposition of iMOTION™, the various series of
products that make the iMOTION™ family: IMC series of motor controllers, IMM series of smart Intelligent
Power Modules and the upcoming IMD series of smart gate drivers. Get high level functional block diagrams
for each of these series. Catch a glimpse of what’s ahead in our roadmap.
iMOTION™ – Ready-to-use motor control combined with application flexibility [article]
A two-page article providing an overview of the second generation of iMOTION™
Codeless Approach to Variable Speed Control [video]
The video explains the turnkey approach of iMOTION™ that allows anyone to run a motor using advanced
algorithms built into the family without writing a single line of code.
Datasheets
Datasheets provide detailed specifications for each product. All released datasheets can be downloaded
from the Products table on the home page.
Have questions about the fundamentals of iMOTION™?
Ask your question in the iMOTION™ forum: www.infineonforums.com
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Evaluating iMOTION™ with Modular Application Development Kits (MADK)
2 Evaluating iMOTION™ with Modular Application Development
Kits (MADK)
How do you begin to use iMOTION™? The easiest approach is to order a MADK kit which pairs an iMOTION™
product board with an inverter (and PFC) board to drive motors from 20 W to 1.5 kW. The MADK is ready to
use out of the box, and serves as a useful platform for prototyping your application or early stage evaluation
of a new motor.
Here are resources to get you going:
The MADK home page: www.infineon.com/madk
An overview of the MADK offerings including an ability to choose the right set of boards for your application.
iMOTION™ MADK evaluation platform [document]
A 2 pager that provides a nice overview of MADK. Note that several MADK boards have been released since
the publication of this product brief. Refer to the MADK home page for the most up to date list of MADKs.
Perfect Motor Startup with iMOTION™ 2.0 [video]
The first 3 minutes give a nice overview of what to expect with a typical MADK board. If just getting started,
stop at the 3 minute mark and continue through this document. The remainder of the video discusses the
iMOTION™ tools & software, details for which are better introduced in the next section.
How to run a motor with the iMotion™ IMM100 Starter Kit [video]
The first 3 minutes give a nice overview of what to expect with the MADK Starter Kit for IMM100 series. This
board features the fully integrated iMOTION™ Smart IPM (inverter + motor controller in one) thus presented
as one board. Other MADK kits come in pairs – an iMOTION™ motor control board coupled with an inverter
board (featuring CIPOS™ IPMs or other power inverter solutions).
CIPOS™ IPM Simulation Tool
Looking to verify that the inverter board you selected will work for your application? You can use the CIPOS™
IPM simulation tool to evaluate the performance of the inverter IPM in your application. You will need to
know key parameters like the motor RMS current and PWM frequency to properly use the tool. Skip this step
if you do not have this information
Have questions about MADK?
Ask your question in the iMOTION™ MADK forum: www.infineonforums.com
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