Stepper and permanent-magnet synchronous motors increasingly serve control applications that require a high degree of efficiency and outstanding performance. Current technology for motor control ...

The TMC222 from Trinamic Microchips GmbH (Hamburg, Germany) also features an integrated IC-compliant interface and is designed for use in IT peripherals, industrial automation, medical devices, ...

For his entry into the 2019 Hackaday Prize, [Tobius Daichi] is working on adding some motion control capabilities to everyone’s favorite Linux SBC. His 3+Pi board attaches to the Raspberry Pi’s GPIO ...

It’s fair to say that building electronic gadgets is easier now than it ever has been in the past. With low-cost modular components, there’s often just a couple dozen lines of code and a few jumper ...

Different types of motors need different types of drivers. Requirements for a variety of applications. Selecting the right motor driver is crucial to achieving the required functionality and ...

ST Micro's Markus Ekler explains the technology and derives thermal loss equations that can be used to support design decisions for stepper motor driver circuits. One constant trend in the automotive ...

The A4979 flexible microstepping motor driver with built-in translator is designed to operate bipolar stepper motors in full, half, quarter, and sixteenth-step modes, at up to 50 V and 1.5 A. The ...

The integrated half-bridges enable direct drive of DC, BLDC and stepper motors, controlled through Hall sensors or BEMF (back EMF) signal evaluation. A 12-bit ADC resolution, 16-bit timers, PWM ...

TDK Micronas has introduced a new generation of embedded motor controllers, aimed at reducing system size and component costs ...

The MEDevice show bridges the best in traditional medical device manufacturing and adjacent advanced manufacturing markets, bringing engineers as well as business and technology leaders together in a ...

The NP2671E2 chip is a high-performance, low-voltage constant voltage driver for stepper motors with unipolar windings The NP2671E2 chip is a high-performance, low-voltage constant voltage driver for ...

The growing availability of customizable options for motors allows engineers to tailor motors to specific application needs, while modular designs simplify integration and reduce development time.