Toshiba Electronics Europe GmbH has collaborated with MIKROE to integrate Toshiba’s SmartMCD dual brushed dc motor driver into the SmartMCD TB9M001FTG evaluation board.
The board is intended to support development and validation of low-voltage automotive body systems, such as power windows, sunroofs, wipers, and seat adjustment mechanisms, which remain common subsystems across ICE, hybrid, and electric vehicle (EV) platforms.
The AEC-Q100 Grade 1 qualified device meets ASIL-A functional safety requirements and integrates overcurrent, overvoltage, undervoltage, and thermal protection. A built-in Arm Cortex-M0 microcontroller with on-chip Flash, RAM, and ECC supports local motor control and diagnostics, reducing the need for external components in distributed body control architectures.
The device supports forward and reverse control of two brushed dc motors via low-side relay drivers and includes high-side drivers for 5 and 12-V auxiliary loads. Integrated LIN communication and power management allow direct operation from the vehicle’s low-voltage supply, aligning with zonal and domain-based electrical architectures increasingly used in EVs.
The evaluation board includes onboard debugging, configurable GPIOs, and power management circuitry to support rapid prototyping and system-level testing during automotive body electronics development.
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