Discover VIPER - the development board for electronic speed control
VIPER is a sensorless motor control solution that seamlessly fits various motor types, including BLDC, PMSM, IPM, and stepper motors. It offers complete scalability and adaptability, making it the perfect choice for applications with varying voltage and power requirements.
Read below how the Motor Control Unit (MCU) of Solar Team Twente has harnessed VIPER's versatility and adaptability to their advantage!
Motor Controller for World-class Solar Car Based on the VIPER development board
Solar Team Twente is building one of the fastest solar race cars in the world. Such solar-powered race cars are all about speed, maximized by high efficiency of the drive system. To achieve this goal, we have partnered with Solar Team Twente to develop a gallium nitride-based motor inverter based on our VIPER platform.
3T has proudly served as a sponsor and technology partner of Solar Team Twente since 2006, continuously enhancing the Motor Controller Unit (MCU) to propel Solar Team Twente toward greater speed and efficiency.
Benefits at a glance
Sensorless motor control (Field Oriented Control)
High performance, high efficiency (up to 98%)
Cost-efficient, compact and scalable electronics
Flexible software-programmable platform
IP54 protection with potting for enhanced durability
The motor control development board VIPER can be flexibly tailored to your needs
VIPER stands out as a sensorless motor control dev kit tailored for motors equipped with permanent magnets. Packed with a robust processor, intelligent FET driver, and discrete power stage, VIPER delivers an impressive 1kW (in its basic version) to a variety of motors, including BLDC, PMSM, IPM, and stepper motors. It operates smoothly with supply voltages of 8 to 80V.
The motor control board VIPER concept is inherently scalable, allowing adaptation to different voltages and power requirements. This versatile development board easily integrates with a wide array of sensors, encoders, UARTs (RS232), CAN buses, EEPROMs, and has additional digital and analog I/O to connect anything that is required by the customers application.
With its potent processor, VIPER enables the incorporation of customer-specific functions. Beyond motion control capabilities, it can log usage data, monitor faults, store device behavior settings, and facilitate software updates. In essence, VIPER offers complete customization, crafting unique solutions that precisely match customer requirements.
Primary VIPER Features:
Power output up to 1 kW (scalable)
Phase currents -68A to 68A
Supply voltage 8 to 80V
Efficiency upto 98% @ 800 W
Supported motors: BLDC / PMSM / IPM / stepper motors (micro-stepping)
3-phase sensorless sine wave steering based upon FOC (Field Oriented Control)
Protected outputs and configurable edge switching (EMC)
Flexible platform for customer-specific functionalities
Extendable with a bootloader for software updates and PC tooling for configuration and logging
Full Matlab/Simulink models available to develop required control algorithm
