TIDM-TM4C123IOTSTEPPERMOTOR Reference Design

Texas Instruments

Microstepping Stepper Motor Control With MCU and Wi-Fi for IoT Reference Design

Description

A system example to show how to control a stepper motor via Wi-Fi connectivity. The TM4C123x MCU is integrated with the DRV8833 stepper motor driver to drive the stepper motor in full step: half step and microstep (up to 256) modes. The SimpleLink™ Wi-Fi CC3100 network processor is also integrated into the system to demonstrate the capability of remotely controlling MCU/stepper motor operation via the Internet.

Features
  • The TM4C123 microcontroller uses four PWM pins to control the output of the H bridge drivers in DRV8833 to run the stepper motor in full step: half step and microstep (up to 256) modes. The TM4C123 MCU is also integrated with the SimpleLink CC3100 network processor as a Wi-Fi HTTP server to control the MCU/stepper motor operation remotely via the Internet. Software is designed to work with an EK-TM4C123GXL Launchpad™ kit: SimpleLink CC3100 BoosterPack™ plug-in module and DRV8833 EVM. In addition to stepper motor control: HTML code also enables the user to remotely control the operation of EK-TM4C123GXL LaunchPad including LED toggling: internal temperature reading: and button press recording via a web browser. A UART interface is also created to control the stepper motor.
Applications
Product Categories
  • Arm-based microcontrollers

Parts

Part Number Name Companion Part
DRV8833 DRV8833 Buy Datasheet
LP2985-50 LP2985-50 Buy Datasheet
TM4C1230H6PM TM4C1230H6PM Buy Datasheet
TM4C123FH6PM TM4C123FH6PM Buy Datasheet
TM4C123GH6PGE TM4C123GH6PGE Buy Datasheet
TM4C123GH6PM TM4C123GH6PM Buy Datasheet
TM4C123GH6PZ TM4C123GH6PZ Buy Datasheet
TM4C123GH6ZRB TM4C123GH6ZRB Buy Datasheet

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