Power and Motion Control

Efficient and reliable control of actuators and power supplies is crucial in various industrial processes and mission-critical applications, including electric vehicles, power tools, renewable energy systems, and industrial automation. While systems become smaller and increasingly complex, they need to operate efficiently, reducing dissipation while maintaining higher accuracy and reliability.

At 3T, we specialize in this field and have extensive experience developing customer-specific solutions. Our expertise includes motor drives with advanced control algorithms, software-controlled power stages, and wireless energy transfer as a low-power solution.

Our two in-house technology platforms are key to our successes: "VIPER" and "PEPPER." These platforms offer numerous advantages when designing and implementing complex drive solutions. Using model-driven development methodology, we can develop control systems for complex mechanical systems by simulating their behavior and integrating the results into the software by code generation. Combined with our software and FPGA development capabilities and experience, we create custom power equipment that meets demanding efficiency, precision, and environmental stability requirements.

Based on its in-house motor control platform VIPER, 3T developed a high-performance solution for next-generation battery-powered rescue equipment.

Designing the core components of the solar car power train requires design choices that might initially seem obscure. Solar Team Twente builds one of the world’s fastest solar racing cars. To be fast in their competition means to be efficient, so Solarteam Twente and 3T have collaborated on a Gallium-Nitride-based motor inverter using 3T’s VIPER building block. The development results in an extremely efficient motor controller suitable for other industrial applications.

Power and Motion Control is one of our central competencies.
Over the years, we have built up a strong competence in the field of actuator control. In the last years, 3T has put in additional effort in making standard platforms available. In addition to that, we have spent a lot of effort into the Model-driven Development methodology enabling the design (and code generation) of complex mechatronic systems with advanced control strategies. This allows simulation in an early stage and easy integration of the complete system.

Sjoerd Rozendal, 3T Competence Officer

3t Power and Motion Control

Our capabilities at a glance

Challenging tasks are our specialty. 3T is where technology and quality meet.

Low dissipation enabling small form factors
Environmental friendly at lower operation costs
Increased reliability, and longer life span for power solutions

High operation frequencies for control loops are possible using FPGA and uC solutions
Model-driven development enables the design of complex algorithms, resulting in a high-performance mechatronic system
Highly accurate real-time measurements and sensor interfaces, even in the noisy background of power circuits

High-temperature operation range and other harsh environmental conditions
EMC compliant applications
Reliable electronics for high-dynamic load conditions in the customer application

can supply up to 1kW, suitable for motors with with a supply voltage of up to 28V (40V peak)
includes powerful processor, intelligent FET driver, and discrete power stages
can be fully customized

Learn more about VIPER

4-channel platform which is made up of state-of-the-art Gallium-Nitride (GaN) FETs
can control output of both voltage and current
all kind of load impedances (from capacitive to inductive) can be connected.

Learn more about PEPPER