Toshiba And Mikroe Develop Motor Control for Easier Prototyping

Components Toshiba And Mikroe Develop Motor Control for Easier Prototyping

2026-01-23 From Stefanie Eckardt | Translated by AI 1 min Reading Time

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Toshiba Electronics and Mikroe are working together to integrate the SmartMCD for two DC brush motors into the SmartMCD TB9M001FTG board. This module can be used to further develop the TB9M001FTG intelligent motor control driver for automotive applications such as electric sunroofs, windshield wipers, power windows and adjustable seats, optimizing the prototyping phase.

Toshiba and Mikroe have presented a motor control unit that simplifies prototype construction in the automotive sector.(Image: Toshiba) — Toshiba and Mikroe have presented a motor control unit that simplifies prototype construction in the automotive sector.
(Image: Toshiba)

With a focus on performance, flexibility and easy integration, the SmartMCD component, certified to the AEC-Q100 standard, meets ASIL-A requirements. It has robust safety functions, including integrated fault detection for overcurrent (low-side and high-side drivers), overvoltage, undervoltage and thermal shutdown protection. The component has an integrated microcontroller with an Arm Cortex-M0 core. It also has 16 KB RAM, 192 KB flash memory and 16 KB flash memory for data—each with error correction code (ECC) for correcting individual errors and detecting duplicate errors (SEC/DED).

Fully Integrated Energy Management System

The SmartMCD is also equipped with four low-side relay drivers that enable forward and reverse control of two DC brush motors via single-pole switching relays (SPDT). It is also equipped with two high-side drivers to support 5 V and 12 V loads for external components, a LIN transceiver for in-vehicle communication and a fully integrated power management system that generates all required voltage levels using the vehicle's battery.

Motor Driver Board in Detail

The SmartMCD TB9M001FTG motor driver board, measuring 5.1 in × 2.9 in, includes all the circuits required for motor control and function testing. This includes several configurable universal inputs/outputs with various connection options that can be selected via jumpers. An integrated debugger, which complies with the CMSIS-DAP standard for integrated emulators, enables immediate operation, testing and debugging of the target device. (se)

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