TIDM-TM4C123IOTSTEPPERMOTOR

Microstepping Stepper Motor Control With MCU and Wi-Fi for IoT Reference Design

TIDM-TM4C123IOTSTEPPERMOTOR

Design files

Overview

A system example to show how to control a stepper motor via Wi-Fi connectivity. The TM4C123x MCU is integrated with the DRV8833 stepper motor driver to drive the stepper motor in full step, half step and microstep (up to 256) modes. The SimpleLink™ Wi-Fi CC3100 network processor is also integrated into the system to demonstrate the capability of remotely controlling MCU/stepper motor operation via the Internet.

Features
  • The TM4C123 microcontroller uses four PWM pins to control the output of the H bridge drivers in DRV8833 to run the stepper motor in full step, half step and microstep (up to 256) modes.
  • The TM4C123 MCU is also integrated with the SimpleLink CC3100 network processor as a Wi-Fi HTTP server to control the MCU/stepper motor operation remotely via the Internet.
  • Software is designed to work with an EK-TM4C123GXL Launchpad™ kit, SimpleLink CC3100 BoosterPack™ plug-in module and DRV8833 EVM.
  • In addition to stepper motor control, HTML code also enables the user to remotely control the operation of EK-TM4C123GXL LaunchPad including LED toggling, internal temperature reading, and button press recording via a web browser.
  • A UART interface is also created to control the stepper motor.
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Design files & products

Design files

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Reference design overview and verified performance test data

TIDRJ59.ZIP (217 K)

Detailed schematic diagram for design layout and components

TIDRJ60.PDF (138 K)

Complete listing of design components, reference designators, and manufacturers/part numbers

TIDRJ61.ZIP (174 K)

Detailed overview of design layout for component placement

TIDRJ63.ZIP (445 K)

Files used for 3D models or 2D drawings of IC components

TIDCBI7.ZIP (781 K)

Design file that contains information on physical board layer of design PCB

TIDRJ62.PDF (191 K)

PCB layer plot file used for generating PCB design layout

Products

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Arm Cortex-M4 MCUs

TM4C1230H6PM32-bit Arm Cortex-M4F based MCU with 80-MHz, 256-kb Flash, 32-kb RAM, CAN, 64-pin LQFP

Data sheet: PDF
Arm Cortex-M4 MCUs

TM4C123FH6PM32-bit Arm Cortex-M4F based MCU with 80-MHz, 256-kb Flash, 32-kb RAM, 2x CAN, USB, 64-pin LQFP

Data sheet: PDF
Arm Cortex-M4 MCUs

TM4C123GH6PGE32-bit Arm Cortex-M4F based MCU with 80-MHz, 256-kb Flash, 32-kb RAM, 2x CAN, RTC, USB, 144-pin LQFP

Data sheet: PDF
Arm Cortex-M4 MCUs

TM4C123GH6PM32-bit Arm Cortex-M4F based MCU with 80 -MHz, 256 -KB Flash, 32 -KB RAM, 2 CAN, RTC, USB, 64-Pin

Data sheet: PDF
Arm Cortex-M4 MCUs

TM4C123GH6PZ32-bit Arm Cortex-M4F based MCU with 80-MHz, 256-kb Flash, 32-kb RAM, 2x CAN, RTC, USB, 100-pin LQFP

Data sheet: PDF
Arm Cortex-M4 MCUs

TM4C123GH6ZRB32-bit Arm Cortex-M4F based MCU with 80-MHz, 256-kb Flash, 32-kb RAM, 2x CAN, RTC, USB, 157-pin BGA

Data sheet: PDF
Arm Cortex-M4 MCUs

TM4C123GH6ZXR32-bit Arm Cortex-M4F based MCU with 80-MHz, 256-kb Flash, 32-kb RAM, 2x CAN, RTC, USB, 168-pin BGA

Data sheet: PDF
Linear & low-dropout (LDO) regulators

TPS736400mA high-accuracy ultra-low-dropout voltage regulator with reverse current protection and enable

Data sheet: PDF | HTML
Linear & low-dropout (LDO) regulators

TPS7961-A, low-dropout voltage regulator with enable

Data sheet: PDF | HTML
Wi-Fi products

CC3100SimpleLink™ 32-bit Arm Cortex-M3 Wi-Fi® wireless network processor

Data sheet: PDF | HTML

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Hardware

Evaluation board

EK-TM4C123GXL — ARM® Cortex®-M4F Based MCU TM4C123G LaunchPad™ Evaluation Kit

The TM4C123G LaunchPad evaluation kit is a low-cost evaluation platform for Arm Cortex-M4F based microcontrollers (MCUs). Featuring an 80-MHz Arm Cortex-M4F central processing unit, 256kB of flash and 32 kB of static random access memory, the TM4C123GH6PM MCU provides integrated USB 2.0 support for (...)

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Evaluation board

DRV8833EVM — DRV8833 Evaluation Module

The DRV8833 evaluation module (EVM) demonstrates the capabilities and performance of the DRV8833 integrated circuit from Texas Instruments. The DRV8833 is a low voltage, 2A stepper or single / dual brushed DC motor driver. It can also be used to drive solenoids or relays.

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Evaluation board

CC3100BOOST — SimpleLink™ Wi-Fi® CC3100 wireless network processor BoosterPack™ plug-in module

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To update the firmware on your CC3100 device, use radio performance tools, perform network processing logs for advanced debugging, or use the TI SimpleLink™ Studio for CC3100 MCU emulator (PC-based), you will also need the Advanced Emulation BoosterPack (CC31XXEMUBOOST).  It is (...)

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Software

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TIDCBI8 Microstepping Stepper Motor Control with MCU and Wi-Fi Software

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