EDN

Field Oriented Control of a 3-Phase AC Induction Motor

This application note presents the Field Oriented Control (FOC) of a 3-phase AC induction motors. It demonstrates the use of Zilog’s Z16FMC ZNEO! 16-bit microcontroller to implement Vector Control of ...
EDN

Field Oriented Control Using Polar Coordinates

This application note presents space vector control or field-oriented control (FOC) using polar coordinates. It is used for controlling 3-phase alternating current induction motors (ACIM). The ...
Hackaday

High Performance Motor Control With FOC From The Ground Up

Vector Control, also known as Field Oriented Control or FOC is an AC motor control scheme that enables fine-grained control over a connected motor, through the precise control of its phases. In a ...
Electronics Weekly

Field-oriented control can be easy for electric motors, says TI

The field-oriented control (FOC) approach offers many advantages compared to other control strategies used with electric motors. Among the most significant benefits is the fact that FOC offers precise ...
Electronic Design

Self Profiling, Sensorless, FOC System Revolutionizes Motor Control

There are definitely some hefty words in the title but Texas Instruments (TI) has brought something new to the motor control table with its InstaSpin-FOC (field-oriented-control) solution. It is a ...
Electronic Design

Field-Oriented Motor Control

With the new InstaSPIN™-FOC (field-oriented-control) solution from Texas Instruments Incorporated (TI), designers can identify, tune and fully control (through variable speeds and loads) any type of ...