EVALUATI O N B O A R D I N T E G R A T E D C I R C U ITS TMC 4 28 A E VAL Eval uati on B oard wit h TMC 428, TMC 246A & T MC24 9A and sta llGu ard™ 1 0 mm M A IN CH A R AC T ER IS T IC S INFO The TMC428A evaluation board allows you to explore all functions of the TMC428 and to develop your TMC428 applications. • motor coil current 1A RMS (TMC246) and 1A / 2A RMS (TMC249) It is equipped with the TMC246A and TMC249A motor drivers • power supply 12V to 30V DC for high performance motor control. You will learn everything ELECTRICAL DATA INTERFACE • user CPU board and / or user driver board can be attached via SPI about the usage and features of the chipset and get the possibility to explore your motion control application and to optimize its parameters. The evaluation board comes with a PC • RS232 interface to PC FEATURES • PC control or stand alone operation software which gives you access to every bit of the TMC428. • all parameters can be displayed on the PC and modified interactively The TMC428A-Eval is a complete „plug and play“ solution, ad- • test specific motion profiles ditionally only a PC, a motor and a power supply are required! • microstep curve can be optimized to match your motor parameters • allows to use integrated or external reference switches • driver ICs: Trinamic TMC246 and TMC249 • allows to evaluate stallGuard™ • allows to evaluate all driver specific settings OTHER TMC428 Eval REFSwitches RS-232 Driver REF 1,2,3 6 µC ATmega8 CLK 8MHz TMC246 high power Driver 5V Power Supply Step Motor Motion Controller TMC428 Function keys 10..28V DC • RoHS compliant 3,3 / 5V DC TMC249 MOSFET Driver Stage Step Motor OR DE R C O DE D ES CRI PT ION TMC428A-EVAL Evaluation board for TMC428, TMC246A and TMC249A with stallGuard™ TMCM-MOTOR Testmotor with 42 mm flange and about 1A maximum coil current www.trinamic.com – for detailed information and datasheets 20