Method for controlling an electronically commutated polyphase DC motor (BLDC motor) with a pole number ≥ 2 and with a winding system with a plurality of winding phases, in particular three winding phases, comprising a rotor, a stator and a quadrature sensor detecting the angle of the rotor and a logic circuit for generating the phase voltages of the winding system depending on the electrical phase angle of the rotor, wherein - the logic circuit has a storage means having a lookup table, in which, in order to implement commutation with block-shaped, trapezoidal, sinusoidal, sinoid-based signal waveforms or with signal waveforms which are suitable for commutation, the associated drive values are stored depending on the electrical phase angle of the rotor for generating phase voltages (V U, V V, V W) for the winding system, - a control unit for generating configuration data for the logic circuit is provided, wherein the configuration data determine at least the commutation form, - depending on the specific commutation form, the associated drive values are supplied from the storage means to a PWM generator for generating PWM control signals (V U, V V, V W) depending on the electrical phase angle of the rotor determined by means of the quadrature sensor, which PWM control signals can be used to control the phase currents in the winding system, characterized in that - a half-bridge formed from MOS field-effect transistors is assigned to each winding for controlling the phase currents of the winding system and - at the commutation times, the gate-source voltages of the MOS field-effect transistors are monitored and switchover only takes place when the gate-source voltages have reached or fallen below predetermined thresholds and the switching times of the MOS field-effect transistors have increased. - the logic circuit has a storage means having a lookup table, in which, in order to implement commutation with block-shaped, trapezoidal, sinusoidal, sinoid-based signal waveforms or with signal waveforms which are suitable for commutation, the associated drive values are stored depending on the electrical phase angle of the rotor for generating phase voltages (V U, V V, V W) for the winding system, - a control unit for generating configuration data for the logic circuit is provided, wherein the configuration data determine at least the commutation form, - depending on the specific commutation form, the associated drive values are supplied from the storage means to a PWM generator for generating PWM control signals (V U, V V, V W) depending on the electrical phase angle of the rotor determined by means of the quadrature sensor, which PWM control signals can be used to control the phase currents in the winding system, characterized in that - a half-bridge formed from MOS field-effect transistors is assigned to each winding for controlling the phase currents of the winding system and - at the commutation times, the gate-source voltages of the MOS field-effect transistors are monitored and switchover only takes place when the gate-source voltages have reached or fallen below predetermined thresholds and the switching times of the MOS field-effect transistors have increased.