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1300 Henley Court Pullman, WA 99163 509.334.6306 www.digilentinc.com PmodDHB1 Reference Manual Revised May 24, 2016 This manual applies to the PmodDHB1 rev. B Overview The Digilent PmodDHB1 is a dual H-Bridge motor driver that is capable of driving two DC motors, a bipolar stepper motor, and other devices with inductive loads. Features include: Dual H-Bridge capable of 1.5A RMS Two quadrature encoder channels for motor feedback Two JST 6-pin ports for connection to Digilent motor/gearbox Over-current protection Recommended 10.8 V max motor voltage Logic input voltage range of 2.5 V to 5 V Small PCB size for flexible designs 1.3 1.8 (3.3 cm 4.6 cm) Follows Digilent Pmod Interface Specification Type 5 The PmodDHB1. 1 Functional Description The PmodDHB1 utilizes TI s DRV8833 to drive a variety of systems. With the two built in H-Bridges and pull down resistors on the inputs, users may run two DC motors or a single bipolar stepper motor in fast decay mode. The DRV8833 chip provides over-current protection on the motor drive circuits. Each internal drive FET is independently monitored for an over-current condition and will be shut down internally to protect the chip. When an over-current condition is sensed the chip will shut down the FET with the fault and then set the NFAULT pin low signaling a fault condition on the chip. The remaining FETs will continue to operate as normal. When the fault condition is over, the chip will self-reset and return the NFAULT logic level to logic high. 2 Interfacing with the Pmod The PmodDHB1 communicates with the host board via the GPIO protocol. By driving the enable (EN) pins with a PWM signal and a logic level low or high voltage signal on the direction (DIR) pins, users are able to run DC motors at various speeds. Copyright Digilent, Inc. All rights reserved. DOC : 502-259 Page 1 of 3 Other product and company names mentioned may be trademarks of their respective owners. PmodDHB1 Reference Manual A truth table listing out the various possible combinations and results of the EN and DIR pins is provided below: DIR1 EN1 Result DIR2 EN2 Result 0 0 Stop 0 0 Stop 0 1/PWM Forward 0 1/PWM Forward 1 0 Stop 1 0 Stop 1 1/PWM Reverse 1 1/PWM Reverse Table 1. Truth table list. Note that like all H-Bridges, it is recommended that the EN pin is driven to a low voltage state before changing the voltage state on the DIR pin to ensure that the FETs are not short-circuited. Two sensor feedback pins for both motors are provided so users can capture the signals coming from any Hall Effect Sensors in quadrature. 2.1 Pinout Description Tables Header J1 Pin Signal Description Pin Signal Description 1 EN1 Motor 1 Enable 7 EN2 Motor 2 Enable 2 DIR1 Motor 1 Direction 8 DIR2 Motor 2 Direction 3 S1A Motor 1 Sensor A Feedback 9 S2A Motor 2 Sensor A Feedback 4 S1B Motor 1 Sensor B Feedback 10 S2B Motor 2 Sensor B Feedback 5 GND Power Supply Ground 11 GND Power Supply Ground 6 VCC Power Supply (3.3V/5V) 12 VCC Power Supply (3.3V/5V) Header J4 - Motor Voltage Header J2- M1 JST 6-Pin Motor Connector Pin Signal Description Header J3- M2 JST 6-Pin Motor Connector 1 VM Motor Power Header J8- M2 Feedback 2 GND Power Supply Ground Pin Signal Description Header J5 - M1 Power 1 SA2-IN Sensor A From Motor 2 Pin Signal Description 2 SB2-IN Sensor B From Motor 2 1 M1+ Motor 1 Positive Supply 3 GND Power Supply Ground 2 M1- Motor 1 Negative Supply 4 VCC Power Supply (3.3V) Header J6- M2 Power Header J9- Fault Pin Signal Description Pin Signal Description 1 M2+ Motor 2 Positive Supply 1 NFAULT Overcurrent Condition 2 M2- Motor 2 Negative Supply 2 GND Power Supply Ground Header J7- M1 Feedback Header J10- Sleep Pin Signal Description Pin Signal Description 1 SA1-IN Sensor A From Motor 1 1 NSLEEP Puts device into sleep state 2 SB1-IN Sensor B From Motor 1 2 GND Power Supply Ground 3 GND Power Supply Ground 4 VCC Power Supply (3.3V) Copyright Digilent, Inc. All rights reserved. Page 2 of 3 Other product and company names mentioned may be trademarks of their respective owners.