New Stepper Motor Driver Family with Self Tuning

TI Release New Driver with AutoTune™ Technology for Dynamic Tuning and Current Sensing

Texas Instruments has enhanced its high-performance stepper motor-driver family with three new devices for 24-V stepper motors. Two devices offer TI's patented AutoTune™ technology to eliminate stepper motor tuning and two integrate current sensing to support differentiated 3D printers, robotics, factory automation equipment, currency-counting machines and more.

New Smart Amplifier From TI with Deeper, Richer and Louder Audio AutoTune technology on the DRV8880 and DRV8881 devices eliminates the time-consuming, iterative process of manual tuning, saving weeks or even months of design time. This on-chip intelligence dynamically monitors the motor's performance under varied conditions over its lifetime and adjusts decay settings appropriately. This functionality makes it possible to develop motors that run quietly and efficiently despite changes in motor properties, supply voltage, load and torque.

For motor systems that do not require the stability and longevity benefits of AutoTune technology, designers can take advantage of the new DRV8885 bipolar stepper motor driver with integrated current sensing. TI incorporates a unique technology that eliminates two external sense resistors to accurately regulate the current to the motor, saving up to 20 percent board space and simplifying routing compared to competing devices.

Features of the DRV8880 Stepper Motor Driver

Microstepping Stepper Motor Driver
- STEP/DIR Interface
- Up to 1/16 Microstepping Indexer
- Non-Circular and Standard ½ Step Modes
6.5- to 45-V Operating Supply Voltage Range
Multiple Decay Modes to Support Any Motor
- AutoTune™
- Mixed Decay
- Slow Decay
- Fast Decay
Adaptive Blanking Time for Smooth Stepping
Configurable Off-Time PWM Chopping
- 10-, 20-, or 30-µs Off-Time
3.3-V, 10-mA LDO Regulator
Low-Current Sleep Mode (28 µA)

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More information on the DRV8880 Stepper Motor Driver, can be found on the TI website at TI DRV8880 product page

For the DRV8881 Stepper Motor Driver, this can be found on the TI website at TI DRV8881 product page

The Texas Instruments website address is www.ti.com
[Reprinted with kind permission from Texas Instruments - Release Date: 11th January, 2016]

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