1.1 Harmony QSpin Motor Control

Introduction

The QSpin Motor Control Configuration referred as Harmony QSpin is an extension of the MPLAB® ecosystem for developing Microchip’s next-generation application firmware for motor control on Microchip® 32-bit devices.

It has a graphical tool that enables an effortless configuration and generation of motor control application C code for Microchip 32-bit devices to quickly spin (Qspin) the motor.

This document introduces the readers to the basics of an PMSM based electric motor drive, and how Harmony QSpin can be used to quickly develop their own motor control application firmware.

Electrical Motor Drive

• Permanent Magnet Synchronous Motor

• Field Oriented Control (FOC)

  • Field Oriented Control Theory

  • Current Measurement Principles

  • Rotor Position Measurement Principles

• Software Design and Architecture

Getting Started

This section briefly describes the basic steps to get started with the Harmony Qspin. It consists of following steps:

• Create a new MPLAB® Harmony v3 project using MCC

• Configure motor control firmware using Qspin Motor Control Configuration

• Generate the source code