The TMC260 is the first energy efficient high precision microstepping driver IC for bipolar stepper motors with integrated power MOSFETs. The unique high resolution sensorless load detection stallGuard2™ is used to for the world’s first integrated load dependent current control feature called coolStep™. The ability to read out the load and detect an overload makes the TMC260 an optimum choice for drives where a high reliability is desired at a low cost. The new patented spreadCycle PWM mixed decay chopper scheme ensures best zero crossing performance as well as high speed operation. The TMC260 can be driven with Step & Direction signals as well as by serial SPI™ interface. Using the microPlyer allows to operate the motor with highest 256 μStep smoothness reducing the input frequency to 16 μSteps. A full set of protection and diagnostic features makes this device very rugged. It directly drives stepper motors with up to 1.7A. This way it reaches highest energy efficiency and allows driving of a high motor current without cooling measures even at high environment temperatures.
Specifications
Main characteristics
2-phase bipolar stepper motor driver
stallGuard2™ sensorless load detection
coolStep™ load dependent current control
save up to 80% energy
spreadCycle hysteresis PWM chopper
best current zero crossing performance
best sine wave form
256 μSteps/fullstep (51200 pos/rev.) with a standard 200 step motor
microPlyer 16-to-256 μStep multiplyer
full protection and diagnostics
lowest power dissipation
programmable slope control for low EME
standby and shutdown mode stall / load detection output
Low power consumption via low RDS-ON power stage
Interface
Step & Direction
easy-to-use SPI™ (20bit)
Electrical Data
up to 1.7A coil current (peak)
9V to 40V motor supply
3.3V or 5V operation for digital part
Package
TQFP44 10x10 mm² package
RoHS compliant
The TMC260 is the first energy efficient high precision microstepping driver IC for bipolar stepper motors with integrated power MOSFETs. The unique high resolution sensorless load detection stallGuard2™ is used to for the world’s first integrated load dependent current control feature called coolStep™. The ability to read out the load and detect an overload makes the TMC260 an optimum choice for drives where a high reliability is desired at a low cost. The new patented spreadCycle PWM mixed decay chopper scheme ensures best zero crossing performance as well as high speed operation. The TMC260 can be driven with Step & Direction signals as well as by serial SPI™ interface. Using the microPlyer allows to operate the motor with highest 256 μStep smoothness reducing the input frequency to 16 μSteps. A full set of protection and diagnostic features makes this device very rugged. It directly drives stepper motors with up to 1.7A. This way it reaches highest energy efficiency and allows driving of a high motor current without cooling measures even at high environment temperatures.
Specifications
Main characteristics
- 2-phase bipolar stepper motor driver
- stallGuard2™ sensorless load detection
- coolStep™ load dependent current control
- save up to 80% energy
- spreadCycle hysteresis PWM chopper
- best current zero crossing performance
- best sine wave form
- 256 μSteps/fullstep (51200 pos/rev.) with a standard 200 step motor
- microPlyer 16-to-256 μStep multiplyer
- full protection and diagnostics
- lowest power dissipation
- programmable slope control for low EME
- standby and shutdown mode stall / load detection output
- Low power consumption via low RDS-ON power stage
Interface
- Step & Direction
- easy-to-use SPI™ (20bit)
Electrical Data
- up to 1.7A coil current (peak)
- 9V to 40V motor supply
- 3.3V or 5V operation for digital part
Package
- TQFP44 10x10 mm² package
- RoHS compliant
