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Texas Instruments (TI) Motor drivers support forum is an extensive online knowledge base where millions of technical questions and solutions are available 24/7. You can search motor drivers IC content or ask technical support questions on everything from brushless DC (BLDC) and brushed DC (BDC) motor drivers to stepper motor and other drivers for precise motor control. Find the right solution for your circuit design challenges by using our TI E2E™ support forums that are supported by thousands of contributing TI experts.
Frequent questions
  • [FAQ] MCF8315C: motor related parameters about Ke

    Lucas Jiang
    Lucas Jiang
    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…
    • 7 days ago
    • Motor drivers
    • Motor drivers forum
  • [FAQ] DRV8161: [FAQ]: Traditional Half-Bridge Driver VS BLDC Smart Half-Bridge Driver

    Akshay Rajeev Menon
    Akshay Rajeev Menon
    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…
    • Answered
    • 28 days ago
    • Motor drivers
    • Motor drivers forum
  • [FAQ] MOTORSTUDIO: How to handle error while installing MOTORSTUDIO: "Error while installing vcp driver"

    Sachin S
    Sachin S
    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…
    • Answered
    • 1 month ago
    • Motor drivers
    • Motor drivers forum
  • [FAQ]: Motor Driver Layout Best Practices

    Anthony Lodi
    Anthony Lodi
    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…
    • Answered
    • 2 months ago
    • Motor drivers
    • Motor drivers forum
  • [FAQ] DRV8845: How can I use DRV8845 as a drop-in replacement for A3988, A5988, or MS3988?

    Jacob Thompson
    Jacob Thompson
    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…
    • Answered
    • 7 months ago
    • Motor drivers
    • Motor drivers forum
  • [FAQ] MCF8316C-Q1: Spinning BLDC motors with Motor Studio - default JSON files for different specifications

    Sachin S
    Sachin S
    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…
    • 8 months ago
    • Motor drivers
    • Motor drivers forum
  • [FAQ] Considerations when powering MCU from AVDD (DRV8328/DRV8329/DRV8329-Q1)

    Akshay Rajeev Menon
    Akshay Rajeev Menon
    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…
    • 9 months ago
    • Motor drivers
    • Motor drivers forum
  • [FAQ] DRV8714-Q1: DRV8705/06/14/18-Q1 False VDS over current flag debug

    Shinya Morita
    Shinya Morita
    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…
    • 11 months ago
    • Motor drivers
    • Motor drivers forum
  • [FAQ] DRV8718-Q1: Gate driver high side configuration use case, negative spike concern without external (shotteky) diode.

    Shinya Morita
    Shinya Morita
    Part Number: DRV8718-Q1 Other Parts Discussed in Thread: DRV8706-Q1 , , DRV8702-Q1 , DRV8106-Q1 , DRV8705-Q1 , DRV8714-Q1 , DRV8703-Q1 Tool/software: DRV8702-Q1, DRV8703-Q1, DRV8106-Q1, DRV8705-Q1, DRV8706-Q1, DRV8714-Q1, DRV8718-Q1 Gate driver can…
    • Answered
    • 11 months ago
    • Motor drivers
    • Motor drivers forum
  • [FAQ] Ultrasonic Lens Cleaning FAQ

    Sydney Northcutt
    Sydney Northcutt
    Other Parts Discussed in Thread: DRV2911-Q1 , ULC1001 , ULC1001-DRV2911EVM , ULC1001-DRV290XEVM , ULC-HPB-DEMO , DRV2901 Design Resources Where can I find the reference design for ULC1001 and DRV2911-Q1 The ULC1001-DRV2911EVM / ULC1001…
    • over 1 year ago
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    • Motor drivers forum
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