Idea/DC Motor driver around IC DRV8432
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Repository
https://github.com/cubz/Base48Runner
What?
This is a starter page for hardware project for a DC motor driver (stuff that makes them spin). The final product should be an electronic printed circuit board (PCB) that is possible to make with hobbyist skills and resources.
Why?
- there are 3 pieces of integrated circuit DRV8432DKD and some lonely maxton motors available
- since everything is integrated and packed, should be piece of cake, right? ;)
How?
- read [manuals and datasheets]
- use KiCAD or Eagle for schematics and layout
Prerequisities to understand this
- understand what is transistor, RCL devices, PWM, H-bridge, DC motor
- why you can't simply drive your motor directly with a pin of your favourite uC :)
Prerequisities to be able to build this
- skilled in PCB etching for SMDs
- skilled in surface mount devices soldering
Prerequisities to be able to use this
- have a controller with enough Input/Output ports (e.g. Launchpads MSP430, AVR, Arduino)
Done
- 16th Feb 2013
- started a project in CADSoft's Eagle (5.7.0 Light version)
- created a library for integrated circuit "DRV8432DKD" according to its datesheet
- started a schematics according to reference schematic from datasheet
- placed on GitHub [1]
TODO
- find out how current flow direction can be controlled
- try to layout the current schematics
- replace RCL parts with SMD versions
- make the power stage part of PCB suitable for high currents
- fix many errors in schematics
- 12V gate driving power sources are annotated wrong
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Conclusions so far
Images
later