This brushless DC (BLDC) motor drive reference design uses closed-loop control to achieve a very-high speed accuracy using only two chips. The first chip is a cost effective entry level MCU out of the popular ultra-low power MSP430 family. The other (DRV10987) is a three-phase: sensorless: 180 ° sinusoidal motor driver with integrated power MOSFETs. The total solution is optimized with high efficiency and a very-small form factor to easily fit into the motor.