A switched reluctance motor drive (SRD) is designed in this paper. This system has the characteristics of simple structure and reliable performance. It is designed based on 3 phase, 12/8 pole, 2.2 KW switched reluctance motor (SRM). The TMS320LF2407A is chosen as the core controller. The type of half bridge is adopted in the main power converter circuit, and IGBT is used as the main power switching component and discrete components is used as the main power switch converter device driver circuit. Experimental results show that the designed system can be run steadily under rated load conditions. Moreover, the speed regulation of this system has satisfactory performance.