DRV8846 Bipolar Stepper Motor Driver

TI's 1.4 A highly-integrated motor driver with on-chip 1/32 microstepping indexer

Image of Texas Instruments' DRV8846 Bipolar Stepper Motor DriverTexas Instruments' DRV8846 provides a highly-integrated stepper motor driver for cameras, printers, projectors, and other automated equipment applications. The device has two H-bridges and a microstepping indexer and is intended to drive a bipolar stepper motor. The output block of each H-bridge driver consists of N- and P-channel power MOSFETs configured as full H-bridges to drive the motor windings. The DRV8846 is capable of driving up to 1 A full scale output current (with proper heatsinking and TA = 25°C).

A simple STEP/DIR interface allows easy interfacing to controller circuits. Pins allow configuration of the motor in full-step up to 1/32-step modes. Decay mode is configurable so that adaptive, slow, fast, and mixed decay can be used. The PWM current chopping off-time can also be selected. A low-power sleep mode is provided which shuts down internal circuitry to achieve very-low quiescent current draw. This sleep mode can be set using a dedicated nSLEEP pin.

Features  
  • PWM microstepping motor driver
    • Built-in microstepping indexer
    • Up to 1/32 microstepping
    • Step/direction control
  • Configurable off-time PWM chopping
    • 10-, 20-, or 30 μs off-time
  • Multiple decay modes
    • Adaptive decay
    • Mixed decay
    • Slow decay
    • Fast decay
    • Adaptive blanking time for smooth stepping

DRV8846 Bipolar Sepper Motor Driver

ImageManufacturer Part NumberDescriptionFunctionTechnologyStep ResolutionAvailable QuantityPrice
IC MOTOR DRIVER PAR 24VQFNDRV8846RGETIC MOTOR DRIVER PAR 24VQFNDriver - Fully Integrated, Control and Power StagePower MOSFET1 ~ 1/3257 - Immediate$2.93View Details

Evaluation Board

ImageManufacturer Part NumberDescriptionEmbeddedPrimary AttributesSecondary AttributesAvailable QuantityPrice
EVAL BOARD FOR DRV8846DRV8846EVMEVAL BOARD FOR DRV8846Yes, MCU, 16-BitDual Full-Bridge (H-Bridge) DriverGraphical User Interface (GUI)1 - Immediate$50.60View Details
Published: 2014-10-14