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Stepper 13 Click Board™

Stepper 13 Click Board™

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Overview

The Stepper 13 Click Board™ is a bipolar step motor driver. It features an H-bridge bipolar step motor driver, which supports full-, half-, quarter-, or eighth-step modes. Stepper 13 click also carries a port expander so that the communication can be done with minimal pins through the mikroBUS™ I2C bus. This click board™ offers thermal protection and integrated kickback voltage protection, it has a wide range of input voltage, protection against current shoot-through the H-Bridge and high current capability. These features make Stepper 13 click an ideal solution for driving motors in any application that demands a precise and safe step motor driver.

The Stepper 13 Click Board™ is supported by a mikroSDK compliant library, which includes functions that simplify software development. This Click Board™ comes as a thoroughly tested product, ready to be used on a system equipped with the mikroBUS™ socket.

The Stepper 13 Click Board™ operates from a supply voltage of up to 35V and can deliver motor currents up to 2.5A (depending on the use case and thermal conditions). It also can operate a bipolar stepper motor in full-, half-, quarter-, or eighth-step modes. Thanks to internal safety features, such as over-current protection (OCP), input over-voltage protection (OVP), under-voltage lockout (UVLO), and thermal shutdown, this Click Board™ board™ is perfectly suited for the rapid development of various stepper motor applications, including ATM-related applications, toys, 3D printers, mechatronics, robotics-related applications, etc.

How Does The Stepper 13 Click Board™ Work?

The Stepper 13 Click Board™ is equipped with two integrated circuits. The step motor driver IC is the MP6500, a dual full-bridge motor driver from MPS. This IC internal structure is somewhat symmetrical. It features two MOSFET H-bridges used to drive two coils of a bipolar step motor in both directions. The MP6500 uses a wide input voltage range - from 4.5V to 35V. This is the voltage used to energize the motor coils. A jumper (JP3) is used to select whether to use an external power supply or to obtain the power supply from the mikroBUS™ +5V rail. The MP6500 has two PHASE inputs which are used to control the direction of current flow through H-bridges and thus, the motor coils. It also allows controlling the stepper motor in both full step and half step modes, by toggling states on MS1 and MS1 pins.

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The bipolar step motor coils can be connected to the onboard screw terminals. There are two terminals, used to connect each of the step motor coils. The third connector is used to connect an external voltage, ranging from 4.5V to 35V, depending on the used motor voltage requirements. It should be noted that without a valid external voltage connected to this terminal, the motor will not work. Also, it should be noted that 40V is an absolute maximum voltage allowed as per datasheet, thus the overtemperature protection might be activated when driving heavier loads. The recommended maximum voltage should not exceed 35V, as stated on the silkscreen layer of the PCB.

All of the MP6500 control lines are routed to the second IC on the Stepper 13 Click Board™, which is the PCA9538A, a well-known 8bit I/O expander with a serial interface, used on many of the MikroElektronika's designs for its simplicity and reliability. It allows the control lines of the MP6500 IC to be driven via the I2C and few pins it uses - reducing the required pin count of the Stepper 13 Click Board™. This also allows for sending compact I2C messages, instead of toggling several pins at once - which can introduce problems with timing sometimes, especially when those pins belong to different MCU ports. By changing states of the six control pins, it is possible to drive the step motor in full step mode as well as the half step mode. However, provided MikroElektronika libraries contain simple and intuitive functions to fully control the bipolar step motor, connected to Stepper 13 Click Board™. Their usage is demonstrated in the included example application, which can be used as a reference for a custom design.

The motor power supply can be connected to the input terminal labelled as VIN and should be within the range of 4.5V to 35V. Stepper motor coils can be connected to the terminals labelled as A1, B2, B1, and A2. The Stepper 13 Click Board™ supports an optional external power supply for the motor in order to work. However, it also requires 3.3V from the mikroBUS™ rail.

SPECIFICATIONS

Type Stepper
Applications Various stepper motor applications, including ATM-related applications, toys, 3D printers, mechatronics, robotics-related applications, etc.
On-board modules MP6500 Dual Full-Bridge 35V, 2.5A, Stepper Motor Driver, from MPS; PCA9538A 8bit I/O Expander with Serial Interface, from NXP
Key Features Thermal protection, integrated kickback voltage protection, it has a wide range of input voltage, protection against current shoot-through the H-Bridge and high current capability
Interface GPIO,I2C
Compatibility mikroBUS
Click board size M (42.9 x 25.4 mm)
Input Voltage 5V

PINOUT DIAGRAM

This table shows how the pinout of the Stepper 13 Click Board™ corresponds to the pinout on the mikroBUS™ socket (the latter shown in the two middle columns).

Notes Pin Mikrobus logo.png Pin Notes
NC 1 AN PWM 16 STP Step Control
NC 2 RST INT 15 INT Interrupt Out
Reset In RST 3 CS RX 14 NC
NC 4 SCK TX 13 NC
NC 5 MISO SCL 12 SCL I2C Clock
NC 6 MOSI SDA 11 SDA I2C Data
NC 7 3.3V 5V 10 5V Power Supply
Ground GND 8 GND GND 9 GND Ground

ONBOARD SETTINGS AND INDICATORS

Label Name Default Description
LD1 PWR - Power LED Indicator
JP1 VM Left Power select jumper for port expander: left position 5V, right EXT
TB1 Screw terminal - Terminal used for connecting the first coil of the step motor
TB2 Screw terminal - Terminal used for connecting the external input voltage
TB3 Screw terminal - Terminal used for connecting the second coil of the step motor

STEPPER 13 CLICK ELECTRICAL SPECIFICATIONS

Description Min Typ Max Unit
Receiver inputs voltage range 4.5 - +35 V
Receiver inputs current range - - 2.5 A

 

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