AVR601: Atmel Modular Evaluation Kits for Motor

Control Applications

1.

Introduction

Following the success of the MC100 and MC200 motor control demonstration kits,

Atmel is expanding the support for motor control applications and presents a new

modular concept for Motor Control evaluation kits. As shown on figure 1, each motor

application is now supported by two or three evaluation boards:

• A power board providing the high current to the motor

• A processor board supporting one AVR microcontroller and the user interface

• An optional interface board which may be physically inserted between the Power

Board and the Processor Board for signal conditioning.

Figure 1-1.

System Architecture

Processor

Board

ATtiny861

ATMega32M

ATXmega

...

Interface

Board

(Optional for

Specific

Purpose)

Power Board

MOSFETs

SPM

B1

8

B2

8

B3

8

B4

8/16

A1

8

A2

8

A3

8

A4

8/16

USB

7803A–AVR–10/08

8-bit

Microcontrollers

Application Note