Digital Signal processing technology is enabling cost effective and
energy efficient control system design. The performance of a DSP
architecture allows an intelligent approach to reduce the complete
system costs of digital motion control applications using cheaper
electrical motors, fewer sensors, and smaller sizes of EMI filters.
To provide also a cost optimal solution Texas Instruments (TI™)
developed a single chip solution combining the features of a
Microcontroller and the performance advantages of a DSP core.
This new - so called "DSP-Controller" delivers the real-time MIPS
and the tightly integrated peripherals to implement optimal control
algorithms with no cost penalty. This paper deals with an overview
of DSP solutions in digital motor control applications whereby the
focus will be the new DSP-Controller and its applications