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Frequent questions

  • [FAQ] BLDC Integrated MOSFET Thermal Calculator

    Texas Instruments’ DRV831x and MCx831x portfolios of Brushless-DC motor drivers integrates three ½ bridge MOSFETs and a variety of system components, such as a configurable buck regulator, 3.3V LDO, active demagnetization, integrated 3x current sense…

  • [FAQ] Production device information

    Other Parts Discussed in Thread: MCT8316A , MCF8316A MCF8316A and MCT8316A are production quality silicon and the errata listed below will have minor impact to the system performance. So, customers can go to production using MCF8316A and MCT8316A. Also…

  • [FAQ] How to detect motor stall using current sensing

    Other Parts Discussed in Thread: DRV8251A , DRV8251AEVM In some applications, it is important to know when a motor stalls due to an obstruction or reaching the end of travel (for example a door lock reaching the final locked position). This FAQ will discuss…

  • [FAQ] DRV2625: Using DRV260x or DRV262x with single I2C Master

    Part Number: DRV2625 Other Parts Discussed in Thread: TCA9548A , TCA9554 The DRV262x and DRV260x devices has a TI haptic broadcast mode where it will make the device respond to the slave address 0x58 (7-bit) or 1011000 in binary. This mode is useful in…

  • [FAQ] DRV2625: DRV26xx Reference Design

    Part Number: DRV2625 Below you can find the basic application reference design for parts from the DRV260x and DRV262x Families The only difference in reference design being that supply rails for the DRV262x series of parts has a range of 2.7V…

  • [FAQ] How to troubleshoot common Stepper Stall Detect Issues

    Other Parts Discussed in Thread: DRV8889-Q1 , DRV8434S , DRV8434A Stepper motor drivers such as the DRV8434S, DRV8434A, and DRV8889-Q1 include a stall detection feature to detect an overload or stall condition while the motor is stepping. When the motor…

  • [FAQ] DRV10987: Procedure to minimize startup time in DRV10x

    Part Number: DRV10987 TI’s DRV10x family of motor drivers includes integrated MOSFET, and integrated control functionality to spin a 3-Phase BLDC motor without an external microcontroller. DRV10x devices minimize noise and vibration with true and accurate…

  • [FAQ] How to Choose the Best BLDC Architecture

    Choosing the right system architecture for a Brushless DC (BLDC) motor system can be overwhelming. This FAQ will help you pick what type of system architecture is best suited for your application. TI offers several devices within each architecture across…

  • [FAQ] DRV8343S-Q1EVM: How to flash firmware onto the DRV8343x-Q1EVM

    Part Number: DRV8343S-Q1EVM Other Parts Discussed in Thread: MSP430F5529 , DRV8343-Q1 , MSP-EXP430FR5969 , MSP-EXP430FR5739 , MSP430FR5969 , MSP430FR5739 The DRV8343S-Q1EVM and DRV8343H-Q1EVM both include an onboard MSP430F5529 MCU that is used to evaluate…

  • [FAQ] How to *not* damage your motor drive system from overvoltage

    One of the most easy ways to damage a motor driver component or system is through unintentionally-induced overvoltage. Overvoltage can cause damage to system components due to violating the absolute maximum ratings of those devices. This FAQ will discuss…

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