Control board
Control board solution block
Vehicle traction inverter development requires a wide range of skills, expertise and resources. Ricardo offers a pre-developed set of transparent silicon carbide (SiC) inverter development solutions that provide diverse features & functions.
Our solution blocks have been developed leveraging the wider Ricardo capabilities to apply advanced options for differentiation. Ricardo’s solutions can be offered holistically or in “solution blocks” that can be tailored or customized.
Our control hardware solution block offers OEMs and suppliers with proven solutions to support electrification. Ricardo control hardware solution block supports the implementation and development of clients' electrified inverter solution with low voltage circuitry and MCU control expertise.
Features and performance capabilities
- 12V or 24V LV power supply circuitry including input conditioning
- MCU control circuitry
- MCU scalable within infineon Aurix family
- HS CAN or CAN FD communication
- I/O diagnostic circuitry including HVL, OV, OC detection
- Low side drive/High side drive circuitry auxiliary control
Customisation
Our electrification expertise and capability offers unrivalled solutions for our clients. Our proven solutions can be developed quicky for your application and our deep expertise enables us to customise our technology to meet and exceed the needs of your application. The list below is an example of the types of customisation we can support you with.
- Reconfigure board layout to customer footprint and size
- Cost optimisable to customer requirements
- Integrated PCM and inverter control into a single board
- Combine layout of entire or part of the inverter on single board
Additional Options
- HV backup power supply
- Resolver function integrated into microprocessor
Get in touch with our electrification experts today
Get in touch with our expert team for more information about our electrification solutions. Talk to us about your current situation and challenges so that we can develop the optimal solution for your application.
Solution blocks
Explore our range of electrification solution blocks which are configurable to your application needs
Motor control software
Learn more about our reusable software modules for client applications which can be easily integrated with clients' existing software.
Driver board
Learn more about our driver board solution block which offers configurable PVM switching frequency along with switch timing and DSAT for over current protection.
Power section
Optimise your power section with our solution block. Benefit from ultra-low stray inductance architectures and integrated temperature sensing.
Layout and packaging
Talk to us about Ricardo solutions to layout, form factor and packaging needs. Our solution block offers layout changes to support optimised cooling and electrical interfaces.
Analysis and simulation
Discover our analysis and simulation expertise for inverter technology. Our capabilities include PCB thermal analysis along with CFD analysis and circuit simulation.
Testing capability
Our specialist test benches support detailed testing for PCB functional circuit tests and inverter EOL testing. Find out more about our testing capabilities.