The Brushless Direct Current (BLDC) motors are widely used in consumer electronics, electric vehicles and medical applications. BLDC motors have many advantages over brushed DC motors and induction motors, such as better speed versus torque characteristics, good dynamic response, higher efficiency and large speed ranges. These applications have made it important to develop BLDC motor controllers. This paper presents the development of a virtual motor, a set of programs that represent the BLDC motor, which is modeled and simulated in LabVIEW. The BLDC motor characteristics are implemented on the Field Programmable Gate Array (FPGA). This is used as a virtual motor for the testing and validation of digital controllers; in addition, this can also be used for educational purposes. Such a virtual motor will allow for realizing motors of various ratings by changing the parameters. This will allow the testing and validation of different controllers, without the risk of damage in extreme conditions of operations. © 2012 Praise Worthy Prize S.r.l.