Poll: Would You Be Interested in Roadtesting a Stepper Motor Eval Board for Battery Applications

The TMC2300-IOT-REF allows evaluation of the TMC2300-LA stepper motor driver for usage in battery-powered IoT applications.

A few facts...

2-phase stepper motor up to 1.0A
coil current
3.5V - 6V battery powered operation range
Li-Ion cell charger via USB-C
ESP32-PICO-D4 processor with integrated WiFi and BLE capabilites
UART and USB-C for serial communication and programming
StealthChop2 silent motor operation
Stall detection StallGuard4 in StealthChop mode
CoolStep smart current control

Here's some sources to learn more:

https://www.trinamic.com/fileadmin/assets/Products/ICs_Documents/TMC2300-IOT-REF_hardware_manual_Rev1.00.pdf

https://www.trinamic.com/support/eval-kits/details/tmc2300-iot-ref/

IIf you are interested in roadtesting it, please answer my poll. (More interested members would equate into more boards for the roadtest.)

Top Comments

gustavovelascoh over 1 year ago

I might... But at the moment don't have stepper motors or previous experience with them. It would be a good opportunity to learn, though.
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dougw over 1 year ago

An ESP32 with a motor controller in a small module - that is a lot of functionality.
I tend to shy away from stepper motors, but this is a great solution if you have a need for one.
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ralphjy over 1 year ago

Never tried using a battery powered stepper motor so trying this eval board would be interesting. Unfortunately, too busy for the rest of this year.
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kmikemoo over 1 year ago

I voted "maybe". This is because I'm not versed in stepper motor driver boards - yet. As Shrek say, "It's on my To Do List!" I would definitely follow any RoadTest reviews.
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raspberrypitechguy over 1 year ago in reply to raspberrypitechguy

It seems like a new development board...

Not too much docs.
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raspberrypitechguy over 1 year ago

Maybe... not too sure.

It's for IoT, and I"m not the most experienced in that field...
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genebren over 1 year ago

This is a very interesting product. I am currently working on a retrofit/recycle project that is battery powered with multiple stepper motors. This would be a great opportunity for me to test out this device.
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