DRV8711: drv8711

Zachary Zira

Part Number: DRV8711

I have purchased DRV8711 and have a stepper motor as well. Is there a way to have labview communicate with the board so it will run the motor? I know there is a software that comes with the kit but prefer to use labview.

Thank you,

Zach

over 8 years ago

0 Rick Duncan over 8 years ago

TI__Guru** 114905 points

Hi Zach,

The GUIs were developed to highlight operation of the device. The EVMs were developed to respond to the GUI or allow control using another mcu.

There is a method to use labview, but it is not documented. The GUI sends USB transactions to the EVM which converts the USB to UART transactions.

The mcu code provided can be read to determine how the MSP430 reacts to the UART commands.

The USB commands can be captured and interpreted.

0 Zachary Zira over 8 years ago in reply to Rick Duncan

Prodigy 40 points

Hi Rick,

Where is the mcu code? I was not able to find it.

Hope you can help.

Thanks,

Zach

0 Rick Duncan over 8 years ago in reply to Zachary Zira

TI__Guru** 114905 points

Hi Zach,

There are two sets of code

DRV8711EVM
www.ti.com/.../drv8711evm -> Scroll down to hardware. There is a zip file DRV8711EVM_MSP430_source_code.zip

BOOST-DRV8711
www.ti.com/.../BOOST-DRV8711 -> Scroll down to BOOST-DRV8711 Hardware and Software Files (Rev. A) The files are located in there.

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