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Frequent questions

  • [FAQ] DRV8000-Q1: [FAQ] DRV Motor Drives GUI Scripting Feature

    Part Number: DRV8000-Q1 Tool/software: FAQ: How to use the Scripting Window in an EVM GUI Recent EVM GUI’s include a new feature called the Scripting Window. You can access this by clicking Tools, Scripting Window from any page in the GUI after…

  • [FAQ] MOTORSTUDIO: SmartTune FAQ

    Part Number: MOTORSTUDIO Other Parts Discussed in Thread: MCF8315C , MCF8329A Tool/software: What is SmartTune? SmartTune is an intelligent auto-configuration tool built into TI’s MotorStudio GUI. It simplifies and automates tuning for BLDC motors…

  • [FAQ] MCF8315C: motor related parameters about Ke

    Tool/software: I am manually testing the motor related parameters and found that the test result of ke differs greatly from the result of MEPT. Why is that? Repeated testing still shows the same result. The test method is as follows. Use hand to manually…

  • [FAQ] DRV8161: [FAQ]: Traditional Half-Bridge Driver VS BLDC Smart Half-Bridge Driver

    Part Number: DRV8161 Tool/software: What are the advantages or using a BLDC Smart Half-Bridge Driver over a Traditional Half-Bridge Driver? A smart half-bridge driver offers significant design and cost (space and BOM) savings as opposed to a traditional…

  • [FAQ] MOTORSTUDIO: How to handle error while installing MOTORSTUDIO: "Error while installing vcp driver"

    Part Number: MOTORSTUDIO Tool/software: Steps to resolve the above error: " Error while installing vcp driver ": If MOTORSTUDIO is already installed in the computer and the above error message is displayed, uninstall MOTORSTUDIO from the computer…

  • [FAQ]: Motor Driver Layout Best Practices

    Part Number: DRV8353 Tool/software: What are the critical considerations to keep in mind when designing a motor driver layout? The layout for a motor driver system is critical, and can be the difference between a system that works properly and a…

  • [FAQ] DRV8845: How can I use DRV8845 as a drop-in replacement for A3988, A5988, or MS3988?

    Part Number: DRV8845 Other Parts Discussed in Thread: DRV8849 Tool/software: The DRV8845 is fully pin-to-pin compatible and software compatible with the Allegro A3988, A5988, A5989, and Relmon MS3988 and MS3989. This means that you can directly replace…

  • [FAQ] MCF8316C-Q1: Spinning BLDC motors with Motor Studio - default JSON files for different specifications

    Part Number: MCF8316C-Q1 Other Parts Discussed in Thread: MCF8329A , MCF8315C , MCT8316A Tool/software: Motor Studio is the primary GUI to evaluate the MCx family of devices (MCF8315C, MCF8316C, MCF8329A, etc). Its a powerful GUI for both basic and…

  • [FAQ] Considerations when powering MCU from AVDD (DRV8328/DRV8329/DRV8329-Q1)

    Part Number: DRV8329 Other Parts Discussed in Thread: , DRV8328 Tool/software: Many of TI’s BLDC motor drivers feature a logic LDO output called AVDD. The aim with this LDO addition is to provide the opportunity for customers to get logic level voltage…

  • [FAQ] DRV8714-Q1: DRV8705/06/14/18-Q1 False VDS over current flag debug

    Part Number: DRV8714-Q1 Other Parts Discussed in Thread: DRV8718-Q1 Tool/software: Gate driver (e.g DRV8714-Q1) has VDS over current protection. One of common debug work of gate driver is false VDS over current fault. Even if motor current is not high…

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