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High-Power BLDC/PMSM Gate Driver

trinamic_lisa — Wed, 06 Oct 2021 21:55:22 GMT

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The TMC6200 is the new high-voltage gate-driver with in-line motor current sensing for BLDC motors and PMSM servo motors of up to 100A using external MOSFETs.

Hamburg, 01 April 2019: TRINAMIC Motion Control GmbH & Co. KG introduces a new high-power gate driver for PMSM servo or BLDC motors. The chip allows for powerful and flexible designs with a high current profile perfectly matching your motors.

“Engineers deal with several limitations during the design process, time being the most important one. The TMC6200 complements the TMC4671 hardware-based servo controller building blocks and offers programmable safety features like short detection and overtemperature thresholds, enabling robust and reliable designs using an off-the-shelve building block,” informs Michael Randt, Founder and CEO of Trinamic.

Three in-line sense resistors allow for current measurement that is robust against PWM noise. This makes the TMC6200 gate driver ideal for delta-sigma current measurement, which is implemented in the TMC4671. This type of measurement is more effective than bottom shunt measurement, which needs to be blanked out around the switching events and can only be used with SAR ADCs.

Using six external MOSFETs and two or three sense resistors, the gate driver integrates the full high-voltage part of a PMSM drive system for 12V, 24V, or 48V. Including in-line current sense amplifiers with programmable amplification. As such, it can drive a wide range of motors from Watt to Kilowatt, making it perfect for applications like industrial drives, factory or lab automation, robotics, CNC machines, textile machines, pumps, or other applications using PMSM FOC drives and BLDC motors.

Offering stand-alone operation and SPI controlled operation including diagnostics, the driver IC enables flexible applications that can quickly adapt to new use cases and requirements. The TMC6200 is available from April 2019 via Trinamic’s distribution channels and comes as a 9x9mm2 TQFP48 package.

Features and benefits

3-phase motors up to 100A coil current (external MOSFETs)
8 … 60V DC voltage range
Programmable gate drive (0.5A / 1A / 1.5A)
Full protection and diagnostics via SPI interface
SPI & Stand-Alone operation
Charge Pump for 100% Duty Cycle operation
Optional BBM break-before-make logic for single line control
Programmable Short and Overload current threshold and retry
Programmable Control Interface with 3 line or 6 line drive
Compact 9x9mm2 TQFP48 package
Double Pin Distance for safe operation at high voltage

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Tags: high-voltage, trinamic, gate driver, bldc motors, servo motors

Introducing the new TMC5160 SilentStepStick

trinamic_lisa — Wed, 06 Oct 2021 21:55:21 GMT

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The SilentStepSticks revolutionized the 3D printing industry, making 3D printers silent. With the more powerful TMC5160 SilentStepStick, makers can easily scale up their printers or transform their CNC routers or engraving machines.

Hamburg, 25 March 2019 - TRINAMIC Motion Control GmbH & Co. KG launches the TMC5160 SilentStepStick. Outpowering all other StepSticks on the markets, this tiny breakout board with the TMC5160 can drive motors up to 3A phase current at 35V.

“The SilentStepSticks revolutionized the 3D printing industry, making 3D printers silent,” explains Jonas P. Proeger, Marketing Director at Trinamic. “With the more powerful TMC5160 SilentStepStick, makers can easily scale up their printers or transform their CNC routers or engraving machines.”

The TMC5160 SilentStepStick not only extends the product family by a more powerful solution, it’s also more advanced than the previous StepSticks and contains the latest version of both StallGuard and StealthChop thanks to Trinamic’s TMC5160 controller/driver IC. These features improve the user experience while enabling cleaner machines with fewer parts as well, since limit switches are no longer needed.

Besides StallGuard and StealthChop, the TMC5160 SilentStepStick allows for up to 256 microsteps per full step. With such smooth and precise motion, makers can turn their ideas into tangible products better than ever before.

As with the previous SilentStepSticks, these are designed by Watterott in collaboration with Trinamic and open-source.

Featuers and benefits

Step/Dir and SPI interface
Configuration via SPI or CFG pins
Up to 256x microstepping
3 – 5V logic supply voltage
For 10…35V motors with up to 3.0A RMS
Standby current reduction
Packed with Trinamic’s latest Technologies

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Tags: stepper motor driver, trinamic, 3d printers, silentstepstick

Incremental Encoders for BLDC Motors and Stepper Motors

trinamic_lisa — Wed, 06 Oct 2021 21:55:20 GMT

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Monitoring drives not only increases the application’s efficiency, it also tells you the state they’re in. With the 4th Industrial Revolution well on its way, predictive maintenance will gain importance, fueled by smart ICs and encoders.

Hamburg, Germany, 11 March 2019: BLDC motors are famous for their durability, efficiency, and controllability. But while durability and efficiency are inherent to brushless DC motors themselves, the ability to control them depends on the feedback mechanism used. Which is why TRINAMIC Motion Control GmbH & Co. KG introduces their latest ABN encoder optimized for BLDC motors: the TMCS-28-x-1024.

“Incremental encoders are key enablers when working with BLDC motors,” according to Michael Randt. “They not only increase the application’s performance, they also relieve engineers from the increasing pressure of miniaturization and efficiency by allowing for smaller drives.”

Enabling to drive the motor with the exact torque and rpm required for an application, optical incremental encoders for brushless DC motors as well as stepper motors make it possible to use smaller drives in applications, opening up new markets to them. What’s more, encoders like the TMCS-28-x-1024 ABN encoder also allow for predictive maintenance when used correctly.

More and more indicators show that in the near future, applications will be able to predict when parts need to be calibrated, checked for wear and tear, or even need replacing. Keeping track of runtime is one way of doing so but tracking the exact number of handlings – and type of handling – using encoders is more accurate.

Using encoders for BLDC motors, or other means of feedback systems such as closed-loop ICs for stepper motors, predictive maintenance can be built in to any application. This way, incremental encoders not only increase the efficiency by driving motors the best way possible, it further increases efficiency by reducing down-time to a minimum.

Besides offering single encoders, Trinamic now also offers both stepper motors mounted with encoders and BLDC motors with encoders mounted to them.

Features and benefits of the encoder for BLDC motors:

Low-cost optical incremental encoder for BLDC motors 1024 lines / 4096 increments
For up to 6000 rpm and 1500 kHz
ABN interface
Small dimension
Easy to mount

New Range of Closed-Loop, Smart BLDC Motors

trinamic_lisa — Wed, 06 Oct 2021 21:55:20 GMT

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The PANdrive™ PD42-x-1670 product family features Trinamic’s first smart motor solution with brushless DC motors. The 42mm flange size BLDC motors have an integrated hall sensor for closed-loop FOC-based operation.

Hamburg, 11 Feb. 2019 - TRINAMIC Motion Control GmbH & Co. KG announces their first family of smart BLDC motors, designed for 4000rpm nominal velocity and 6.25 ...18.5 Ncm rated holding torque. Together with the state-of-the-art feature set and CAN bus interface, the PD42-x-1670 is highly integrated and offers the best handling.

“Trinamic pioneered the market of smart motors more than 15 years ago with launching the first PANdrive. A stepper motor with integrated driver and bus interface. With the PD-1670 we launch our first BLDC Servo PANdrive with field oriented control,” explains Michael Randt. “The compact drive enables machine builders to implement rapid, precise and efficient positioning in no time.”

Suitable for lab automation, factory automation, manufacturing, robotics, and CNC applications, the BLDC PANdrive comes with two firmware options – TMCL™ and CANopen. Parameters can be permanently stored on the board itself and the PANdrive takes care of all time-critical operations such as ramp calculations itself, ensuring low communication traffic.

The full mechatronic solution includes state of the art field oriented motor control and powerful and efficient drivers. A Hall based rotary feedback system makes it reliable and durable. Equipped with industry standard protocols, it is easily integrated in PLC environments or in standalone applications. The drive is designed to work with a 24V power supply.

Available from March through Trinamic’s distribution channels, the PD42-x-1670 comes in three different lengths, each having 42mm flange size brushless motors.

Features and benefits:

PANdrive™ smart BLDC motor
Supply Voltage +10 to +28V DC
5.2A RMS
4000rpm
CAN bus interface
TMCL or CANopen protocol
Integrated encoder (Hall sensor)
FOC based + SVPWM

New StepRocker™︎ family members

trinamic_lisa — Wed, 06 Oct 2021 21:47:51 GMT

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Turning ideas into tangible products within the quickest possible time is imperative in today’s market. With the new TMCM-1211 StepRocker™ and TMCM-1316 StepRocker™ Servo boards in credit card format, you can set up and develop your application in no-time.

Following the successful TMCM-1110 StepRocker™ and TMCM-1111 StepRocker™ Servo, TRINAMIC Motion Control GmbH & Co. KG announce their new StepRocker™ boards with StealthChop™. Just like the first members of the StepRocker™ family, the TMCM-1211 and TMCM-1316 are open-source single-axis motor controller/driver modules for 2-phase bipolar stepper motors. Their RS485 and USB interfaces make them not only ideal for robotics, manufacturing, lab or factory automation and other applications, but also perfect for evaluating technology and for those experimenting with a stepper motor for the first time.

Michael Randt, Founder and CEO of Trinamic explains the addition of these two boards to the company’s portfolio: “We understand that development times are getting increasingly shorter. To make sure this doesn’t affect the quality of the system, engineers need to have building blocks that are easy to set up. You don’t want to spend days writing complicated software of tuning electronic components. With these latest additions to our StepRocker™ product family, we offer engineers exactly that: Reliable building blocks that are easy to use and offer all the Trinamic technologies needed to stay at the forefront of their industry, including StealthChop™.”

Besides StealthChop2™, both boards have all the functions one can expect from Trinamic’s products. The TMCM-1211 contains the motion controller and motor driver TMC5160 in combination with an ARM Coretex-M4™ processor, while the TMCM-1316 has the additional TMC4361 high-end chip. As such, the TMCM-1316 offers S-shaped and linear ramping profiles and closed-loop operation when using an external encoder.

Available from December through Trinamic’s distribution channels, both fully functional development platforms allow for advanced stepper motor control with StealthChop2™, StallGuard2™, CoolStep™, and SpreadCycle™. It’s easy to set up using the RS485 or USB interface in combination with Trinamic’s TMCL™ for remote or standalone operation, with a memory for up to 1024 TMCL™ commands.

Features and benefits:

Single axis controller/driver for 2-phase bipolar stepper motor
+10. . . +30V DC supply voltage
Up to 5.7A RMS motor current
RS485 & USB interface
Multi-purpose inputs and outputs
Open-source TMCL-Lite library C for development of own application code
SixPoint™ ramps (TMCM-1211)
S-shaped, linear and SixPoint™ ramps (TMCM-1316)
Closed-loop operation with external encoder (TMCM-1316)

Tags: stepper motor control, open source

TMC5161 - Highly compact, powerful cDriver™︎ solution

trinamic_lisa — Wed, 06 Oct 2021 21:47:51 GMT

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With the TMC5161, Trinamic extends their fully integrated cDriver™ ICs with an integrated motor controller and driver for 2-phase stepper motors up to 3.5A RMS and 8…40V.

Hamburg, Germany, 03 Dec. 2018: After the successful launch of the TMC5160 early 2018, TRINAMIC Motion Control now announces the TMC5161. This cDriver™ solution is an easy to use building block with a powerful integrated MOSFET driver stage and complete motion control features, including innovative current regulation.

“The TMC5161 combines our technological innovations successfully into a single device. Moreover, it achieves a new maximum for motor voltage and current specs in a monolithic motion controller with integrated MOSFETs,” explains Michael Randt, Founder and CEO of Trinamic. "As always, ease of use was an important guideline for our designers, as well as cost efficiency. The result is an integrated IC that enables superior stepper motor control that offloads designers of the need for specialized motor control know-how."

Designed with ease of use in mind, the powerful chip can be set up and evaluated easily using Trinamic’s free, easy to use TMCL-IDE software and the modular evaluation kit. This not only minimizes development time, it also allows engineers to quickly try out different parameters for the optimal result, including Trinamic technologies that are in high demand such as SixPoint™ ramping, StealthChop2™, StallGuard2™, and more.

The cDriver™ covers a wide spectrum of applications from battery powered, high efficiency systems up to embedded applications, ideal for robotics and industrial drives, textile, lab and office automation, medical drives, and next-generation desktop manufacturing applications. The complete solution reduces the learning curve to a minimum while giving the best performance in class.

Available from end of December at Trinamic’s distributors, the TMC5161 comes in a compact 10x10mm² aQFN package. The cDriver™ will also be offered as an evaluation kit and breakout board for quick evaluation and parameterization.

Features and benefits:

2-phase stepper motors up to 3.5A RMS coil current
8 … 40V DC (55V peak)
Integrated 45mΩ MOSFETs - low RDSon for high efficiency
SPI & single wire UART
Step/Dir interface with 3D optimized interpolation MicroPlyer™
Motion controller with SixPoint™ ramp as intelligent peripheral
Encoder interface and 2x Ref.-Switch Input
256 microsteps per full step
StealthChop2™, SpreadCycle™, DcStep™, StallGuard2™, and CoolStep™
Compact aQFN package sized 10x10mm²

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Tags: cdriver™, trinamic, stepper motor control, stealthchop

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migration.user — Fri, 01 Oct 2021 18:10:18 GMT

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