Accelerate Your Motor Control with Vector Engine

Unlock faster BLDC control with Toshiba’s TXZ+ MCUs and Vector Engine — watch the demo and download slides..

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Why Software-Only FoC Hits CPU Limits

Conventional MCUs spend cycles on complex trigonometric transforms and control loops, which leads to high CPU load, limited PWM frequency, and reduced responsiveness.

Simplify FoC Design with Hardware-Based Vector Engine

Toshiba's Vector Engine executes FoC tasks directly in hardware, freeing CPU resources for application logic and networking. This simplifies design while ensuring high responsiveness and predictable performance.

Faster PWM Updates. Lower CPU Load. Measurable Gains

In testing, TXZ+ MCUs with Vector Engine achieved up to 40% CPU load reduction while maintaining 20 kHz PWM, with measurable gains of up to 30% efficiency in BLDC motor applications.

FOC Hardware Offload Explained:
Performance, CPU Savings, and When to Use Vector Engine

See how hardware-based FOC acceleration is implemented in Vector Engine MCUs — and how it integrates into real-world motor control architectures.

→ Includes a real-world FOC workload comparison showing
which control functions are best offloaded to hardware.

→ Watch full 8:47 presentation after submitting form

Why Watch This Video

Compare MCU-only vs MCU + Vector Engine architectures to determine when FOC workloads should be offloaded to hardware.

See a detailed comparison of MCU-only vs MCU + Vector Engine architectures, showing how Field-Oriented Control (FOC) workloads are offloaded to hardware to reduce CPU load and improve 3-phase BLDC control performance.

Supported MCU Families

M4K

Motor Control Optimized

High performance + motor-centric hardware offload
Memory capacity & firmware resilience
Rich peripheral and analog interface
Functional safety, broad operating range & flexibility

M4G

General-Purpose + VE

High performance Arm Cortex-M4 + FPU, up to ~200 MHz
Large memory and data-flash with high write endurance
Rich set of connectivity and enhanced anolog/sensor support
Self-diagnosis & safety-minded design

M4N

Networking + Control

High performance Arm Cortex-M4 core FPU, up to 200 MHz
Large code flash + data flash with high write-cycle endurance
Rich connectivity, Ethernet, USB OTG, CAN, serial interfaces, and DMAC
Self-diagnosis & functional safety support (IEC60730 Class B)