A fully digital AC drive for servo application is presented in this pa
per. The design is based on a 32-bit embedded microprocessor (Intel 80
960KB). Due to its high performance, hardware has been reduced by tran
sferring them into software functions. This results in a compact desig
n and a very flexible system. Moreover, it allows modern control algor
ithms to be implemented easily. In this implementation, a variable str
ucture servo controller with a fast acting current vector controller h
ave been designed in software. The experimental results have demonstra
ted that the motor drive has good dynamic performance.