Over the past year, the semiconductor market has experienced an unprecedented downward shock. Looking ahead to the coming year, more and more institutions and industry players predict that the market is about to pick up. Which field is the most volatile this year? That must be a motor drive. 

Global industry trends show that the demand for motion control systems driven by electric motors is expected to grow significantly. According to the International Energy Agency (IEA), industrial energy accounts for 37% of the world's total energy consumption and 24% of global carbon dioxide emissions, and buildings and buildings account for 30% of the world's total energy consumption and 28% of global carbon dioxide emissions, and a large part of energy consumption is related to electric motors. It is estimated that about 70% of industrial electricity is used to power electric motors. In commercial buildings, 38% of the electrical energy consumed is used to drive electric motors. 

Motors are not only used in industry, but also in new energy vehicles and even consumer electronics, from better hair dryers to more comfortable electric vehicles, countless new experiences are brought by motor innovation. The fast-growing motor drive market also places higher demands on electronic design and chip performance, such as high reliability, more comprehensive protection and diagnostic functions, intelligence, and flexibility. 

Recently, some chip manufacturers have launched various motor control and drive products, this article takes stock of the recent trends of chip giants, in order to spy on the development of the entire motor drive market. It may not be comprehensive, if there is anything to add, please give me a lot of advice. 

TI is a real leader in the motor industry, and its controllers, drivers, signal chains and other products are very good. This year, the motor controller king C2000 has been upgraded to TMS320F28P650DK, with 2 C28x+CLA CPUs, 1.28MB flash memory, 16-bit ADC, HRPWM, EtherCAT, CAN-FD, AES, and a C2000 32-bit MCU with lockstep function. The name of the P-series also means that the C2000 emphasizes its high-performance characteristics, and the white paper directly writes that it provides real-time signal chain performance equivalent to 1000 MHz Arm Cortex-M7. 

In addition, TI also launched the MSPM0 with Cortex M0+ this year, which has low power consumption and low cost. 

In addition, we have a wide range of products, including gate drivers and motor drivers with sensors. 

Two of the more interesting products we saw this year are a configurable DSP ULC1001 for ultrasonic lens cleaning, with current and voltage detection and PWM outputs, specifically for piezoelectric effect-based lens cleaning systems. ULC1001 and DRV29xx work together to create an ultrasonic lens cleaning system.

The other is to provide a motor drive for Dot's Dot Pad for the blind. Braille tablets are not new, but the Dot Pad takes the idea to the next level, boasting a large area of 2400 × 30 cells made up of 10 dots that change in real-time to reflect images from a paired iPad or iPhone. There is also a smaller area with 20×1 cells. TI's motor drive can execute miniature devices at these points to build the bulges into figurative, tactile figures.

While ADI doesn't have a lot of products in motor control, it offers signal chain solutions that integrate superior precision feedback, current sensing, isolation, power management, and connectivity to provide a holistic intelligent motion solution. In addition, since the acquisition of Maxim, Trinamic's products are gradually strengthening ADI's accumulation in motor control, and ADI demonstrated Trinamic's products at this year's CIIE.

This year, ADI has been promoting its predictive maintenance solutions for electric motors. ADI has long seen the market potential for predictive maintenance of electric motors, and in 2018 began to acquire predictive maintenance software and platform vendors including OtoSense and Test Motors, and through the integration of ADI, the different products were integrated into a complete Smart Motor Senor (SMS) solution.