Stepper motor drivers
Reduce audible noise and achieve precise, reliable control with our stepper motor drivers
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Get smooth, effortless motion with our broad portfolio of highly-integrated stepper motor drivers that feature automatic tuning, accurate current sensing and advanced diagnostics. Scaling across a wide voltage and current range, our portfolio is suited for a variety of industrial and automotive applications. Select the device best suited for your systems requirements based on key features, including smooth motion, small solution size and advanced diagnostics.
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Featured stepper motor drivers
Benefits of our highly-integrated stepper motor drivers
Smooth, silent & precise
Step with ease, precision and reduced audible noise with automatic smart tune, high current accuracy and 1/256 microstepping.
Small solution size
Reduce system complexity and board space by 40% with innovative small packaging and integrated current sensing.
Protection & diagnostics
Intelligently diagnose and robustly protect motor systems with standard protection features, such as overcurrent and thermal shutdown, and advanced features, such as open-load and stall detection.
Technical resources
Application note
Current Recirculation and Decay Modes (Rev. A)
Learn about current recirculation techniques in a motor driver, why it is important and how they are implemented with our integrated motor driver decay-mode circuitry.
Application note
How to Reduce Audible Noise in Stepper Motors (Rev. A)
Understand how specific motor driver features can reduce the audible noise for a wide variety of stepper motor systems and applications.
Application note
Sensorless Stall Detection for Stepper Motors (Rev. A)
Learn about the advantages of the stall detection algorithm of the DRV8889-Q1 and provide examples of how the DRV8889-Q1 can detect stall reliably in a wide variety of end applications.