Banana Pi BPI-VP10 is a low-cost servo control board based on the Fortior FU7512L RISC-V MCU and the FD6288Q pre-driver chip, designed for industrial control applications that rely on 100W/200W servos.
The servo motor control board supports multiple control modes, including pulse/direction, analog, and RS485, and is compatible with absolute encoders (Tamagawa/BiSS-C protocols), incremental encoders, and Hall encoders. The BPI-VP10 board, also called BPI-BJ2403N, aims to provide an easy-to-source platform for developers to experiment with the FU7512L microcontroller and design projects or products around it.
Banana Pi BPI-VP10 (FU7512L-SVDriver) specifications:
- Microcontroller – Fortior Technology FU7512L
- CPU
- 32-bit RISC-V core @ 48 MHz
- ME2 motor engine core @ 48 MHz with FOC module and CORDIC module
- Memory – 12kB SRAM, 4kB PRAM for program execution
- Storage – 64kB Flash with ECC and CRC, self-programming, and code protection
- Encoder Support – Absolute encoders (Tamagawa/BiSS-C protocols), incremental encoders, and Hall encoders.
Pulse Input – Up 4MHz Pulse/Direction input frequency - Package – LQFP64
- CPU
- Pre-driver – Fortior Technology FD6288 pre-driver with three independent half-bridge gate drivers
- MOS – 6x ZMJ Semiconductors ZMS009N06H 60V N-channel power SpeedFET
- Storage – 16 Kbit EEPROM (24LC16B) for saving servo tuning parameters
- I/Os
- 10-pole I/O connector – External motion controller pulse/dir command input, servo enable command input, servo drive fault signal output, and analog signal input
- 12-pin encoder connector – Servo motor feedback encoder interface
- 5-pole Power/motor cable terminal – Servo motor power lines (U/V/W) and servo drive power input
- Serial – 4-pin RS485 connector for the servo PC tuning software
- Debugging – 4-pin code download/debugging interface
- Misc
- Green LED: steady on indicates power-on
- Red LED: blinking indicates a fault
- Power Supply – 24V DC via terminal block
- Dimensions – PCB: 72 x 56 mm
Banana Pi has released the firmware source code (C language) and binaries that rely on Fortior Tech’s FTM32ForIDE, and you’ll also find Fortior Tech Servo Studio 2 Windows-only PC software, PDF schematics, datasheets, pinout of the connectors, and other information on the documentation website.
The Banana Pi BPI-VP10 board is sold for around $21 on AliExpress, and you can get a “Board case motor” bundle with the board, a metal case, and an IP65-rated 100W DC servo motor (FXA040015CB1T) operating at 24V and delivering 0.192 N·m torque.
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