TIDA-00146 Reference Design

Texas Instruments

Automotive Adaptive Front Light Positioning Stepper Motor

Description

This TIDA-00146 reference design provides an integrated motor driver solution intended to drive a bipolar stepper motor in an automotive adaptive front light positioning application. This design features off battery capabilities with 45V maximum operating supply voltage. Along with: internal shutdown functions provided for overcurrent protection: short circuit protection: undervoltage lockout and overtemperature. This design incorporates the DRV8824EVM board to create the solution.

Features
  •  Wide Vin (42V Load dump capable) 1/32 Microstepping built in indexer (smooth quiet motion) DRV8824 On-chip protection enables higher system reliability VM sleep mode minimizes power consumption (battery drain) Step / Direction control interface (2x GPIO pins)
Applications
Product Categories
  • Amplifiers

Parts

Part Number Name Companion Part
DRV8824 DRV8824 Buy Datasheet
MSP430F1612 MSP430F1612 Buy Datasheet

Bill Of Materials

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Other Documents

Title Updated Type Size (KB)
TIDA-00146 Gerber 29 Apr 2014 ZIP 226
TIDA-00146 BOM 29 Apr 2014 PDF 128
TIDA-00146 Block Diagram 29 Apr 2014 PDF 82
TIDA-00146 Schematic 29 Apr 2014 PDF 440