Cerebot MC7

Cerebot MC7 - Advanced motor control board

The Cerebot MC7 board is a microcontroller development board based on a Microchip dsPIC 16-bit Digital Signal Controller.

The Cerebot MC7 is primarily intended to be used as a controller for electro-mechanical devices such as DC motors. The microcontroller used, a dsPIC33FJ128MC706A, is a member of a dsPIC family optimized for motor control applications.

The Cerebot MC7 provides four Half-Bridge circuits that are rated for 24V at up to 5A. Each of these Half Bridge circuits is connected to the dsPIC A/D converter to measure voltage and current for closed loop feedback control. These half bridges can be used to control two brushed DC motors, two bi-polar stepper motors, one brushless DC motor, one uni-polar stepper motor. In addition, the board can be used to implement controllers for switched DC-DC converters.

The Cerebot MC7 works with the Microchip MPLAB® development environment and provides built in programming and debugging support within the MPLAB IDE.

Key Features:

• Four 24V/5A Half Bridge circuits with current and voltage feedback and provision for over-current interrupt
• Power supply voltage up to 24V
• 5V/4A switching power supply
• Integrated programming/debugging circuit
• One CAN network interface
• Three Pmod connectors for Digilent Pmod™ peripheral modules
• Eight RC servo connectors
• Two I2C daisy chain connectors

Manufacturer: Digilent
Code: 410-185P-KIT