mikroe_brushless16_lb11685av

LB11685AV - Brushless 16 Click (Mikroe)

Summary

This project shows the driver implementation for the Brushless 16 Click Board to control a BLDC motor using Silicon Labs Platform.

Brushless 16 Click as its foundation uses the LB11685AV, a three-phase full-wave current-linear-drive motor driver from ON Semiconductor. The LB11685AV adopts a sensorless control system without the use of a Hall-effect device. It features a current soft switching circuit for silent operation. Not only can it be used for home appliances such as air-conditioners, cooling fans, air purifiers, but it is appropriate for industrial equipment too.

Required Hardware

• BGM220-EK4314A BGM220 Bluetooth Module Explorer Kit (BRD4314A BGM220 Explorer Kit Board)

• Brushless 16 Click board based on LB11685AV IC.

Hardware Connection

The Brushless 16 board supports MikroBus, so it can connect easily to BGM220P Explorer Kit via MikroBus header. Assure that the board's 45-degree corner matches the Explorer Kit's 45-degree white line.

The hardware connection is shown in the image below:

Setup

You can either create a project based on an example project or start with an empty example project.

Create a project based on an example project

1. From the Launcher Home, add the BRD4314A to My Products, click on it, and click on the EXAMPLE PROJECTS & DEMOS tab. Find the example project with filter brushless.

2. Click Create button on the Third Party Hardware Drivers - LB11685AV - Brushless 16 Click (Mikroe) example. Example project creation dialog pops up -> click Create and Finish and Project should be generated.

3. Build and flash this example to the board.

Start with an empty example project

1. Create an "Empty C Project" for the "BGM220 Explorer Kit Board" using Simplicity Studio v5. Use the default project settings.

2. Copy the file app/example/mikroe_brushless16_lb11685av/app.c into the project root folder (overwriting existing file).

3. Install the software components:

   • Open the .slcp file in the project.

   • Select the SOFTWARE COMPONENTS tab.

   • Install the following components:

     • [Services] → [Timers] → [Sleep Timer]
     • [Services] → [IO Stream] → [IO Stream: USART] → default instance name: vcom
     • [Application] → [Utility] → [Log]
     • [Application] → [Utility] → [Assert]
     • [Third Party Hardware Drivers] → [Motor Control] → [LB11685AV - Brushless 16 Click (Mikroe)] → use default config

4. Build and flash this example to the board.

Note:

• Make sure that the SDK extension already be installed. If not please follow this documentation.

• SDK Extension must be enabled for the project to install "LB11685AV - Brushless 16 Click (Mikroe)" component.

How It Works

The application checks the state of information pins, and stops and starts motor output every second. The workflow of this example is the following image:

Report Bugs & Get Support

To report bugs in the Application Examples projects, please create a new "Issue" in the "Issues" section of third_party_hw_drivers_extension repo. Please reference the board, project, and source files associated with the bug, and reference line numbers. If you are proposing a fix, also include information on the proposed fix. Since these examples are provided as-is, there is no guarantee that these examples will be updated to fix these issues.

Questions and comments related to these examples should be made by creating a new "Issue" in the "Issues" section of third_party_hw_drivers_extension repo.