Datasheet
Bipolar Stepper Motor Driver
MikroElektronika
Bipolar Stepper Motor Driver
The Bipolar Stepper Motor Driver additional board is designed to operate bipolar stepper motors in full-, half-, quarter- and eight-step
modes. It is available as a stand-alone device or connected to the microcontroller. For connecting the Bipolar Stepper Motor Driver to
the microcontroller on the development system, it is necessary to use a at cable with regular IDC female connector that should be
connected to some development system’s I/O port.
Figure 1: Bipolar Stepper Motor Driver
Figure 2: Bipolar Stepper Motor Driver connected to a development system
The operation of the Bipolar Steper Motor Driver is based on the A3967SLB circuit. It is an integrated circuit specialized for driving
step motors with output driver capability of up to 30V and current up to 750mA. The circuit features thermal shutdown protection,
crossover-current protection and under-voltage lockout. Its operation mode depends on the logic state of 7 input pins. Their funtions
are illustrated in Table 1.
Input Active state Function
ENABLE# 0 This active-low input enables all of the outputs.
STEP 0-1
A low-to-high transition on this input advances the motor one increment. The size of the increment is
determined by the state of inputs MS1 and MS2.
RESET# 0
This active-low input turns off all of the outputs. STEP inputs are ignored until the RESET input goes
high.
SLEEP# 0 This active-low control input is used to minimize power consumption when not in use.
MS1 0/1 Select the microstepping format as per Table 2.
MS2 0/1 Select the microstepping format as per Table 2.
DIR 0/1 The state of this input determines the direction of rotation of the motor.
Table 1: Bipolar Stepper Motor Driver input pins’ functional description
Figure 3: Bipolar Stepper Motor Driver connection schematic
Bipolar stepper motors’ stator
features two independent coils
(A and B). Their ending terminals
should be connected to the CN3
and CN4 connectors (OUT1A,
OUT1B, OUT2A and OUT2B
pins). A voltage used for driving
these coils is supplied on the
CN2 connector and amounts to
up to 30V.