JAJSM95A May 2023 – December 2023 DRV8845
PRODUCTION DATA
Control of the DC motors is accomplished by tying the I0x and I1x pins together, creating an equivalent ENABLE function with maximum current defined by the voltage on the corresponding VREF pin. The DC motors can be driven via a PWM signal on this enable signal, or on the corresponding PHASE pin. Motor control includes forward, reverse, and coast. The turth table is shown in Table 7-5 -
ENABLEx (I0x = I1x) | PHASEx | OUTxA | OUTxB | Description |
H | X | Hi-z | Hi-z | Coast |
L | L | L | H | Reverse |
L | H | H | L | Forward |
When H-bridge 3 and 4 are paralleled, PHASE3, I03 and I13 are used to control the combined H-bridge. VREF3 alone controls the current of the combined H-bridge, and the voltage on VREF4 pin is ignored.
As mentioned in Section 7.3.1, H-bridge 3 and H-bridge 4 can be paralleled together to drive a single DC motor with higher current. To enable this, ensure following steps -
PHASE4 must be left OPEN at start-up or when the device exits from sleep mode.
Leave I04 and I14 OPEN as well. The combined H-bridge is controlled by PHASE3, I03 and I13.
Ensure OUT3A is shorted to OUT4A and OUT3B is shorted to OUT4B.
Short SENSE3 to SENSE4 pin.
VREF3 voltage alone controls the ITRIP of the combined H-bridge. Leave VREF4 OPEN.
ITRIPMax = 2 × VREF3 / (3 × RSENSE), where RSENSE is the sense resistor connected from the shorted SENSE pin to ground.
Each H-bridge can deliver up to 1.5 A current. When paralleled, the combined H-bridge 3 and 4 can deliver up to 3 A current.