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controlCARD for instaSPIN-BLDC with the DRV8301-69M-KIT

Other Parts Discussed in Thread: INSTASPIN-BLDC, CONTROLSUITE, DRV8301-69M-KIT, TMS320F28069, DRV8301

Hello,

I wanna lern more about Brushless Motors, and therefore i want the DRV8301-69M-KIT. But i would like to start with instaSPIN-BLDC bevor i learn something about FOC. I've seen in two posts that is possible with the right controlCARD to run instaSPIN-BLDC with the DRV8301-69M-KIT.

But i'm not shure witch contolCARD i need. Is it the controlCARD from the DRV8301-HC-C2-KIT?

thanks, daniel

  • The kit you linked comes with an F28035 Control Card, which is sufficient to run the InstaSPIN-BLDC examples from ControlSUITE. Any Piccolo device is capable of running the InstaSPIN-BLDC example, as it is loaded into Flash or RAM from a .out generated using the CCS project in ControlSUITE. InstaSPIN-FOC is different in that it requires pre-loaded code in a device's secure memory, and thus can only be used on specific devices/Control Cards

    Sean
  • Ok, thank you. Now i have the DRV8301-69M-Kit and i tested the instaspin-FOC with the quick start guide, and it works great.

    Now i wanna start with intaSpin-BLDC. Unforunally i'm a newbe at Ti. With the CSS i created a new Target Configuration File, for the "Connection" i used XDS100v1 USB Debug Probe like the quick start like in instaSPIN-BLDC. But for my "Board or Device" i chose TMS320F28069.

    I tried to load the  "C:\ti\controlSUITE\development_kits\DRV830x-HC-C2-KIT_v105\~GUI\ InstaSPIN-BLDC_GUI_DRV8301_v104.out" file on the the TMS320F25069 controllcard, then i got a error:

    Can't find a source file at "C:\ti\controlSUITE_working\development_kits\DRV830x-HC-C2-KIT_v104\GUI_project_InstaSPIN_BLDC\F2803x_DRV8301_FLASH/..\BLDC_Int_GUI_DRV83xx.c"

    If i load that file:

    C:\ti\controlSUITE\development_kits\DRV830x-HC-C2-KIT_v105\GUI_project_InstaSPIN_BLDC\F2803x_DRV8301_FLASH/InstaSPIN_BLDC_GUI_F2803x_DRV8301

    i can load it to the board, and when i start the "instaSPIN-BLDC_GUI_DRV83xx_v104.exe" it connects to the board. But if i enable the motor nothing happens.

    Please help.

  • And i have another question. I have two BLDC Motors, one 4polepairs 1500KV 18V 20A inrunner and a 7polepairs 950KV 12V 20A outrunner. The inrunner works with the "Automatic ID" from instaSpin-FOC, and the outrunner always stops at 45% of the identification. What could that be ?
    best regards
    daniel