12V To 24V, 27A Brushed DC Motor Reference Design: TI Designs

Lit Number: TIDA-00620
Date: 8/26/2015
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12V to 24V, 27A Brushed DC Motor Reference Design
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TI Designs provide the foundation that you need  343 Watt RMS Power Stage With
including methodology, testing and design files MSP430G2553 Control Scheme
to quickly evaluate and customize the system. TI  Tested to Operate with 18 Volt External
Designs help you accelerate your time to Battery
market.  Delivers up to 27.47 ARMS Continuous
Motor Current With No External Heat
Sinking or Air Flow Aids
 Dual Layer, Small PCB Form Factor of
Design Resources 76.3 mm by 38.1 mm
TIDA-00620 Design Folder  Utilizes TI’s 60 V N-Channel NexFETs
With an RDS of 1.8 mΩ Packaged In a
DRV8701 Product Folder SON 5-mm × 6-mm footprint
MSP430G2553 Product Folder  User Configurable Gate Drive Current
Allows for Ease in Adapting to Custom
CSD18540Q5B Product Folder MOSFET Selection
LMT86DCKT Product Folder
Understanding IDRIVE and TDRIVE Tools Folder Featured Applications
 Industrial Brushed-DC Motors

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Block Diagram
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VREF
3.3 Volt LDO Source
LMT86DCKT
ENABLE
Temperature ADC
PHASE
Sensor
SLEEPn
MSP430G2553 DRV8701 CSD1854Q5B
Switch MCU BDC
SO Gate Driver MOSFETs
FAULTn
Speed ADC SNSOUT
ADC
BATTERY MONITOR
1 kΩ 14.4 kΩ
Battery
TIDA-00620 - 8/26/2015 12V to 24V, 27A Brushed DC Motor Reference Design 1
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1 Key System Specifications
PARAMETER SPECIFICAION DETAILS

Max PCB
Temperature
Maximum PCB temperature measured during motor load testing 127.7° C See Section 8.7
Maximum PCB Maximum amount of current run through PCB during motor load
Current testing
27.47 A See Section 8.7
3.3V LDO Typical sustained 3.3 V supply measured on DVDD pin of DRV8701 3.3 V See Section 8.1
4.8 V LDO Typical sustained 4.8 V supply measured on AVDD pin of DRV8701 4.8 V See Section 8.1
Current Limiting Limiting current supplied to motor using VREF voltage measurement See Section 8.5
Forcibly injected settling time between when opposite signals on the
Dead Time
same side of the H-Bridge change state
380 ns See Section 8.3
Direction Switch Direction toggle switch routed through MSP430G2553 to debounce the state
Debounce change prior to being routed to the DRV8701
See Section 8.4
Sense Amplifier Amplifies the voltage drop across the sense resistor at the base of the H-Bridge
Voltage and is measured on SO pin of DRV8701
See Section 8.6
Thermal No motor load current of 2.85 Amps and maximum
Information load current of 27.47 Amps
36.6° C 127.7° C See Section 8.7
No load at 2.85 Amps and maximum load at 27.47
RMS Motor Power
Amps
28.25 W 343.4 W See Section 8.8
68 kΩ to AVDD Pin setting Source Current and Sink
IDRIVE
Current
150 mA 300 mA See Section 2.4
Texas Instruments MSP430G2553 programmed in circuit using a four wire SPI
Microcontroller
interface
See Section 4.7
MOSFETs Four Texas Instruments N-Channel 60 V NexFETs See Section 4.10
Driver Texas Instruments DRV8701 Brushed DC Motor Driver See Section 4.6
Figure 1. Key System Specifications

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2 System Description
Brushed motors are a relatively popular option for motor designs because of their low price and
simple control scheme. A brushed motor has a wire-wound rotor and permanent magnet stator.
The commutation of the motor is achieved using conductive rings that are connected to the rotor
using brushes that scrape against the commutator rings. This allows the direction of current
through the motor to change based on the orientation of the brushes and different commutation
rings. Utilizing an H-Bridge allows for easy direction and speed control changes to be applied
quickly and efficiently to the brushed DC motor.
An electronic drive is required to control the motor currents in a brushed DC motor. The
electronic drive circuit consists of:
 A power stage with two-phase inverter meeting the required power capability
 Microcontroller to implement the motor speed commands and fault handling
 Current sensing for motor startup / stall protection
 Gate driver for controlling the two-phase inverter
 Power supply for microcontroller and other low voltage devices
2.1 PWM and Phase Control

In a BDC motor, a simple Pulse Width Modulation (PWM) signal can be used to control the
speed of the rotor. As the duty cycle of the PWM signal changes the average voltage delivered
to the motor is varied allowing for different rotor speeds without burning up power through a
resistive potentiometer. The direction of the motor is then controlled using a two-phase inverter
that allows the direction of current supplied to the motor to be changed quickly using four
independently controlled MOSFETs as shown in Figure 2 below.
Figure 2. Two-Phase Inverter Current Directions

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The PWM signals used to control the motor are generated using the MSP430G2553. By
sampling the wiper voltage of the Speed potentiometer and comparing that sample to Timer_A
of the MSP430 a PWM signal with varying duty cycle and a constant switching frequency is
created as shown in Figure 3 below.
Pulse Width
Modulation
DVDD
V SPEED ADC
+
Switching
- Frequency
Timer A – Up Mode
TA1CCR0
Output
Low
V SPEED_SAMPLE
Output
High
Switching
Frequency
Figure 3. MSP430G2553 PWM Timer_A Scheme

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2.2 Current Chopping Using VREF

To control the current through the motor a sense resistor is placed at the base of the H-Bridge
between the source of both low side MOSFETs and ground. An internal operational amplifier in
the DRV8701 is then connected across the sense resistor and ground enabling the driver to
measure the voltage drop and amplify it by a scaling factor AV to generate a larger amplitude
value. This voltage is referred to as VSO and is compared to the voltage set on the VREF pin; if
VSO is greater than or equal to VREF the bridge stops generating gate signals until the voltage
has dropped below VREF, if VSO is less than VREF the bridge will continue to generate gate
signals. VSO relates to the current running through the motor using Equation 1:
VSO=AV * (IDRIVE * RSENSE) (1)
In the event that VSO is greater than or equal to VREF the output of the SNSOUT Pin is pulled low
to indicate a driver fault and the DRV8701 is current chopping the gate signals. While VSO is
less than VREF the output of the SNSOUT pin can be pulled logic high using an external pull up
resistor indicating that the device is operating in a typical drive current state. An example of a
driving current scheme with current chopping is shown in Figure 4 below.
Figure 4. IDRIVE Current Chopping
In Figure 4 above the motor is being initially driven and the current draw from the supply
increases. Once the voltage measured across the sense resistor (VSO) is equal to or greater
than VREF the SNSOUT Pin is pulled low and the output gate signals are cut off for the
remainder of that PWM switching interval. On the next PWM switching interval the induction of
the motor still retains some of the current run through the motor on the last drive cycle resulting

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in the driver spending a smaller amount of time driving the motor before VSO is equal to VREF and
the gate signals to the bridge are cut off.
2.3 IDRIVE
Using the DRV8701 to provide gate signals to the MOSFETs in the two-phase inverter allows
for the selection of ISINK and ISOURCE currents using the IDRIVE settings. The goal in controlling
ISOURCE and ISINK is to tune the amount of current supplied to the gates of the four MOSFETs in
the H-Bridge and achieve the desired slew rate between active and saturated regions without
supplying excess current to the device. If the slew rate of the MOSFETs is too low the device
will spend too much time in the Miller Region shown in Figure 5 below.
Figure 5. Miller Region of Typical MOSFET
While the device is operating in the Miller region the RDS value of the MOSFET is changing from
RDS_OFF to RDS_ON while the current is kept constant. Having a higher resistance as a large
amount of current runs through the device results in the generation of heat for the period of time
the device is operated in the Miller region. Properly matching the ISINK and ISOURCE currents to
the gate capacitances of the selected MOSFETs generates a faster slew rate which results in
less time spent in the Miller region and less heat dissipated through the device.

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3 Block Diagram
VREF
3.3 Volt LDO Source
LMT86DCKT
ENABLE
Temperature ADC
PHASE
Sensor
SLEEPn
MSP430G2553 DRV8701 CSD1854Q5B
Switch MCU BDC
SO Gate Driver MOSFETs
FAULTn
Speed ADC SNSOUT
ADC
BATTERY MONITOR
1 kΩ 14.4 kΩ
Battery
Figure 6. System Block Diagram
3.1 Highlighted Products
3.1.1 DRV8701ERGER
The DRV8701 is a single H-bridge gate driver that uses four external N-channel MOSFETs
oriented in a two-phase inverter to drive one bidirectional brushed DC motor. The Phase /
Enable (DRV8701E) control scheme allows simple interfacing to microcontroller circuits. An
internal sense amplifier allows for adjustable current control using an external sense resistor.
The gate driver includes the ability to control the winding current using fixed off-time PWM
current chopping. The DRV8701 drives both high- and low-side FETs with 9.5-V VGS gate drive
sourced from an integrated charge pump. The gate drive current for all external FETs can be
configured with a single external resistor on the IDRIVE pin.
3.1.2 MSP430G2553IPW20
The MSP430G2553 is an ultra-low-power microcontroller that consists of many different device
features. Some of these features include five different low-power modes, a 16-bit RISC CPU,
16-bit registers, and constant generators. Using the Digitally Controlled Oscillator (DCO) the
MSP430G2553 can wake up from low-power modes in less than 1 µs.

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3.1.3 CSD18540Q5B
The CSD18540Q5B is a 60 V N-Channel MOSFET with an RDS rating of 1.8 mΩ. The device is
desired for power conversion applications because of its design for minimized losses and small
SON 5-mm × 6-mm footprint.
3.1.4 LMT86DCKT
The LMT86DCKT is a precision CMOS temperature sensor that utilizes an analog output
voltage that is linearly and inversely proportional to temperature. This device can operate down
to a 2.2 V supply with 5.4 µA making it an ideal device to use with battery operated applications.

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4 System Design Theory
4.1 Board Layout

The PCB created for this application has two stages; the power stage and the control stage.
The control stage consists of the MSP430G2553 and the DRV8701 along with the VSPEED and
VREF potentiometers and direction microswitch. To flash the MSP430 with firmware changes a
JTAG header is included to allow for SPI-by-wire in-circuit flashing. The power stage on this
board includes four NexFETs, two 470µF bulk capacitors, RSENSE, and a 30 A / 60 V fuse. This
board was printed with 2 oz. copper and approximately 93% of the board was poured with
copper.
Figure 7. Board Stage Layout
The power stage takes up a large footprint on this board beause the copper planes on the PCB
are used to descipate the heat generated by the sense resistor and four power MOSFETs
instead of using an external finned heat sink. Each of these planes has a large number of vias
linking the top plane with the bottom plane to help with curernt flow and move heat to the bottom
plane to help with dissipation. The four NexFET MOSFETs have a RDS_ON of 1.8 mΩ and the
maximum amount of sustained current drawen in testing this PCB design was 27.47 Amps.
Using equation 2 and 3 below each active MOSFET was dissipating approximately 1.358 Watts
of power while the sense resistor was dissipating approximately 3.773 Watts.
PMOSFET_DISSIPATED = (27.47 𝐴)2 × 1.8 mΩ = 1.358 Watts (2)
PRSENSE_DISSIPATED = (27.47 𝐴)2 × 5 mΩ = 3.773 Watts (3)

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4.2 Battery Monitoring Layout

Battery Monitoring in this application is achieved using a voltage divider to scale the voltage
present on the Vbat monitor trace to a value safe for the ADC of the MSP430G2553 to sample
and continuously monitor. The two diodes provide external paths for conditions where the
voltage is too large or reversed in polarity. In the case of an overvoltage condition the diode
connected between the Vbat monitor trace and DVDD will start conducting. The 13.3 kΩ
resistor will be in series with the current path and limit the amount of current allowed to flood in
to the DVDD rail. This condition would be superseded by the MSP430G2553 flagging the
voltage and pulling down the SLEEPn pin, thus causing the DRV8701 to shut off and stop the
LDO producing 3.3 V on DVDD. If the polarity of the battery were to be flipped the diode
connected between Vbat monitor and ground would conduct and stop the reverse current
condition from causing harm throughout the VM current path.
Figure 8. Battery Monitoring

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4.3 SLEEPn Pin Startup

Once the device has been successfully powered on the RC circuit below will begin charging up
from the VM supply while the zener diode holds the voltage to 3.3V for the duration of the charge
time of the RC circuit formed by C16 and R25. The charge time before the RC circuit voltage
drops below the zener voltage is calculated using Equation 4 below.
tSTARTUP = - (ln (VZENER / VM)) * R25 * C16 = -(ln(3.3 V /18 V)) * 1 kΩ * .47 µF = 797.33 µs (4)
During this time the DVDD LDO is turned on in the DRV8701 driver allowing for the
MSP430G2553 to be powered on. As soon as the MSP430G2553 is powered on the GPIO pin
connected to SLEEPn is pulled high for the duration of the devices operation.
Figure 9. SLEEPn Pullup Pin
4.4 Temperature Sensor

The temperature sensor is placed between the two legs of the H-Bridge to allow for the most
direct measurements of temperature between the four bridge MOSFETs. Placing the
temperature sensor here allows for real time temperature interrupts that the driver would not be
able to detect. This device outputs an analog voltage that is then measured using the
MSP430G2553’s ADC and if an internal interrupt is flagged as an over temperature condition
the PWM output of the microcontroller is stopped until the temperature has dropped.
Figure 10. Temperature Sensor Schematic

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4.5 H-Bridge
The N-Channel NexFET MOSFETs are used in each of the four switching positions in the H-
Bridge as shown in Figure 11 below. 0 Ω resistors are placed between the gate of each
MOSFET and gate drive pins of the DRV8701 to allow for each MOSFET to be disconnected
from the driver by quickly removing the resistor. Connections to the sense amplifier pins of the
DRV8701 are tied to the drain and source of each corresponding MOSFET within the bridge to
aid the driver in measuring VDS of each of the four MOSFETs. RSENSE also has a dedicated
sense amplifier that allows the DRV8701 to monitor the voltage drop across RSENSE and use this
value to monitor the motor current. By measuring VDS of each MOSFET the DRV8701 can
protect against over current events and will flag a fault condition when VDS is above 800 mV.
Figure 11. H-Bridge Schematic

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4.6 DRV8701
The DRV8701 schematic below in Figure 12 illustrates the placement of stabilization capacitors
connected to the outputs of each LDO regulator and the DRV8701 supply voltage VM. Both the
3.3 V and 4.8 V internal regulators are Low-Dropout (LDO) regulators which result in switching
transients that need to be properly stabilized in order for the output voltage rail to be usable by
other devices. The supply voltage VM is tied to both a large bulk capacitor C5 and a smaller
capacitor C4. This rail requires a large bulk capacitance close to the DRV8701 because it is
shared with the switching components of the H-Bridge, meaning it is susceptible to possible
voltage drooping that could damage the driver.
Figure 12. DRV8701 Schematic

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4.7 MSP430G2553
Shown below in Figure 13 is the schematic for the MSP430G2553 placement. Two capacitors
are placed on the power pin DVCC_MSP to allow for adequate transiant filtering prior to the
input pin of the device. This allows for any sudden and momentary drop in supply voltage to be
filtered out of the rail prior to being supplied to the MSP430G2553. This configuration of the
device does not need to utilize any external crystal oscillators or other peripheral timing
connections. The supply voltage for the MSP430G2553 is sourced from the 3.3 V LDO of the
DRV8701 and the devices are connected together using a 0 Ω resistor allowing for quick
disconnection of the power rail in the event that the user wants to externally power the
MSP430G2553.
Figure 13. MSP430G2553 Schematic
4.8 RSENSE Placement

Placing RSENSE in an isolated position at the center of the board allows for the device to dissipate
heat without harming other discrete devices in close proximity to it. The value of RSENSE in this
design is 5 mΩ and it is rated for 6 W. The maximum current pulled through the board during
testing was 27.47 Amps, meaning this resistor dissipated 3.77 Watts during that time. RSENSE
ties the two low side FETs of the H-Bridge to ground so the device has to be able to sink
continuous current while the motor is spinning in either direction. This continuous flow of
current through the resistor results in the need for a large ground pour directly adjacent to the
device to allow for an unimpeded path for current flow and adequate heat dissipation.
4.9 Bulk Capacitors

A result of using a Pulse Width Modulated scheme for motor control is sudden current draw
from the supply voltage VM. In order to compensate for this sudden change in current the bulk
capacitors are placed very close to the high side voltage supply rails to help stabalize any
resulting voltage sag in VM. Stray inductance present in the supply lines will result in a slowed
response in changing current which will momentarily pull down the voltage on VM. Having the
Bulk Capacitors properly placed will cushion this short period of voltage sagging.

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4.10 MOSFET Selection

For this reference design the 60 Volt N-Channel NexFETs were selected because they have a
relatively low RDS_ON for this applications design constraints with power throughput. If the user
were interested in running the board at lower power / very low current specifications and would
like to achieve a much smaller footprint, the Texas Instruments 30 V N-Channel FemtoFET
MOSFET could be selected. This device has an RDS_ON of approximately 90 mΩ but resides in
an ultra-small 0402 case footprint, which would result in a significant board reduction for a lower
power solution. For a higher power solution with a larger footprint, the Texas Instruments 100 V
N-Channel NexFET could be selected. This device has an RDS_ON of 6.4 mΩ but can handle up
to 110 Amps of continuous current at 25°C.

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5 Getting Started Hardware
5.1 Control Overview

A labeled diagram of the different inputs and outputs on the TIDA-00620 board are shown
below. The blue terminal blocks are used to screw down wires connecting the external power
supply and motor wire leads to the contacts on the PCB board. To flash the firmware on the
MSP430G2553 the SPI-Bi-Wire header can be connected to a TI Launch Pad using a 4 wire
header soldered to the Launch Pad board.
Figure 14. Labeled Board Interface
5.2 Initial Power On

This design can be operated anywhere between 12 and 24 Volts without causing any problems
with the internal components. When connecting the power source to the board make sure the
battery terminals are connected correctly to the VBAT (+ Battery Terminal) and GND (- Battery
Terminal) correctly. Once power is applied if the MSP430G2553 has powered on and is
generating control signals correctly the green status LED will turn on and stay on.
Figure 15. Status LED

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5.3 Motor Connection

To connect the motor to the PCB the blue terminal block located on the right side of the board
can be used to connect the motor. For this connection the wires in the terminals dictate the
direction the motor will spin and the datasheet for each motor can be referenced to determine
which motor terminal will result in a specific driving direction. The motor wires can be placed in
each terminal using a flat head screw driver to tighten down the terminal block onto the bare
wire as shown in Figure 16 below.
Figure 16. Motor Terminal Connections

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6 Getting Started Firmware
6.1 Watch Dog Timer Control and DCO Initialization

The first thing the firmware will do upon startup is initialize global variables and function calls.
The firmware will then disable the Watch Dog Timer and calibrate the Digitally Controlled
Oscillator (DCO) to run at 8 MHz. This clock speed allows the MSP430G2553 to have the
desired resolution / operating speed for all of the DCO sourced timers and ADC samples.
#include <msp430g2553.h>
int Speed;
int Temp;
int Battery_Voltage;
void Speed_Pole();
void Temp_Monitor();
void Battery_Monitor();
void main(void)
{
WDTCTL = WDTPW + WDTHOLD; // Stop Watch Dog Timer
DCOCTL = CALDCO_8MHZ; // Calibrate DCO to 8 MHz as opposed to default 1 MHz

BCSCTL1 = CALBC1_8MHZ;
6.2 SLEEPn Pin Pull Up

Next pin 2.4 of the MSP430G2553 is immediately initialized and pulled high. This pin is in
charge of keeping the DRV8701 awake and on. When VM is initially applied the Zener circuit
shown in Section 4.3 above will wake up the driver for a short period of time which enables the
LDO to power up the MSP430. Eventually the RC time constant of the Zener circuit will drop
below the required logic high voltage and the DRV8701 will go back to sleep, meaning the
MSP430 must take control of this pin upon initial power up and hold it high to keep the 3.3 V
LDO operating.
P2DIR |= BIT4; // Set Direction of P2.4 as output
P2SEL &= (~BIT4); // Set P2.4 as GPIO
P2OUT |= BIT4; // Set state of P2.4 to high

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6.3 Low Power Mode Wakeup Timer

Once the sleep pin has been pulled high the firmware then enables and initializes Timer A0
which is used to wake the device up from low power mode and poll the user inputs every 1 ms.
The timer is configured in Up Mode, meaning it will continuously count up to the value set in
TA0CCR0. From the previously initiated DCO clock speed of 8 MHz, register TA0CCR0 is set
to 8000 because it will take the microcontroller approximately 1 ms to count to that value using
this clock speed. The 1 ms interrupt time is chosen for this application because this allows the
microcontroller to significantly reduce its power consumption while still operating at a
reasonable speed for human perception of the changes in input states.
TA0CCTL0 = CCIE; // CCR0 interrupt enabled

TA0CTL = TASSEL_2 + MC_1; // SMCLK, upmode
TA0CCR0 = 8000; // Trigger interrupt once every 1 ms (8000 / 8MHz = 1ms)
P1OUT &= 0x00; // Clear Registers
P1DIR &= 0x00;
6.4 Pin Initializations

With the system crucial pins and timers set the device now enters into initializing the desired
GPIO pins for setting the states of the various inputs and outputs. These include the speed
potentiometer, direction switch, FAULTn pin, Phase pin, Enable pin, Temperature sensor, and
Battery Monitor.
P1DIR &= (~BIT3); // Set Direction of P1.3

P1SEL &= (~BIT3); // Set P1.3 as a GPIO Pin
P2DIR|=(BIT1+BIT5); // Set Pin 2.1 and 2.5 as outputs
P2DIR &= ~BIT3 + ~BIT7; // Set Pin 2.3 and 2.7 as an input
P2SEL|=BIT1; // Route TA1.1 to output pin
P2SEL &= (~BIT7)+(~BIT5)+(~BIT3); // Set Pin 2.7, 2.5, 2.3 as GPIO
P2REN |= BIT3 + BIT7; // Assign Pull Up Resistor to P2.3 and P2.7
6.5 PWM Timer Control

In order to control the speed the motor is spinning at a PWM signal must be generated. To do
this the MSP430G2553 utilizes Timer_A initialized to run in Up Mode where the timer will
continuously count from 0 to the value set in register TA1CCR0 and then reset to 0. The value
set in the TA1CCR0 register is 255, which results in a switching frequency of 31.372 kHz with
the 8 MHz clock speed previously selected. Ideally the switching frequency selected should be
greater than 20 kHz so that the PWM will not make an audible sound in the motor.
TA1CCR0 = 255; // PWM Period, maximum value for Timer A1(8 MHz/255 = 31.372 kHz)
TA1CCTL1 = OUTMOD_7; // CCR1 reset/set
TA1CTL = TASSEL_2 + MC_1; // Chooses SMCLK and Up Mode

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6.6 Analog to Digital Converter Initialization

Once the PWM timer has been initialized the firmware then initiates the analog to digital
converter connected to pin 1.4, or the VSPEED connection from the Speed potentiometer. The
ADC is configured to sample this voltage and convert the sample based on the 3.3 V supply
voltage to the device. The result from this conversion is then stored in memory and written to
the Speed variable.
ADC10CTL0 = ADC10SHT_3 | ADC10ON;
ADC10CTL1 = INCH_4;
ADC10AE0 = BIT4;
ADC10CTL0 |= ENC + ADC10SC;
while (ADC10CTL1 & ADC10BUSY);
Speed = ADC10MEM;
6.7 Status Light and Low Power Mode

Once all of the required timers and pins are properly configured the last thing the firmware will
do in the main function is set the green LED status light to turn on. After this is completed the
device then shuts off all other timers except the SMCLK which is sourced from the initial 8 MHz
DCO and any general interrupts. This means that after this line in the firmware the device will
simply sit and count up to TA1CCR0 for the PWM signal and TA0CCR0 where the interrupt
service routine shown in Section 6.11 begins.
P1DIR |= BIT0;
P1SEL &= (~BIT0);
P1OUT |= BIT0; // Set state of P1.0 to high (Status Light)
_BIS_SR(CPUOFF + GIE); // Enter LPM0 with interrupts

}
6.8 Speed_Pole Function

After initializing all of the static states of timers and pins in the MSP430G2553 the firmware then
defines the Speed_Pole function. This function momentarily stops the ADC, changes the input
pin to pin 1.4, takes a sample and writes that sample to the global Speed variable.
void Speed_Pole(void)
{
ADC10CTL0 &= ~ENC;

ADC10CTL1 = INCH_4;
ADC10AE0 = BIT4;
Speed = ADC10MEM;

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6.9 Battery_Monitor Function

The Battery_Monitor function is the next function to be initialized by the firmware. This function
stops the ADC, changes the input pin to pin 1.7, samples the voltages and writes that value to
the Battery_Voltage variable. This variable is then compared to two different values, 217 and
620. These values correspond to the voltage range available for use with this reference design
and are calculated using the Battery Monitoring circuit in Section 4.2 above. The battery
voltages allowable using this function are shown in Equation 5 and Equation 6 below.
VBATT_MONITOR_LOWER = (217 / (210 – 1)) * 3.3 * 14.4 = 10.08 Volts (5)

VBATT_MONITOR_UPPER = (620 / (210 – 1)) * 3.3 * 14.4 = 28.8 Volts (6)
If the battery voltage for this design is dipped below 10.08 V or above 28.8 V the MSP430 will
pull the SLEEPn pin of the DRV8701 low, thus disabling the 3.3 V LDO and shutting down the
entire control / driver system. The board can be restarted by reapplying the correct voltage
based on the above calculations.
void Battery_Monitor(void)
{
ADC10CTL0 &= ~ENC;

ADC10CTL1 = INCH_7;
ADC10AE0 = BIT7;
Battery_Voltage = ADC10MEM;
if (Battery_Voltage < 217 || Battery_Voltage > 620){

P2OUT &= ~BIT4; // Set state of P2.4 to low, putting DRV8701 to sleep
}
else{
}
}

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6.10 Temp_Monitor Function

The last function that is initialized in the firmware is the Temp_Monitor function. This function
stops the ADC and reconfigures it to sample from pin 1.6. The value converted from pin 1.6 is
then written to the Temp variable and compared to a static amount of 202. The 202 value
corresponds to a voltage amount of 651.16 mV, which using the temperature tables found in the
LMT86DCKT datasheet is approximately 130° C measured at the temperature sensor. If the
voltage drops below this value that means the sensor is greater than 130° C so the firmware
then writes a zero to the speed variable which will cause the PWM signal sent to the driver to
stop until the temperature sensor has dropped below this temperature.
void Temp_Monitor(void)
{
ADC10CTL0 &= ~ENC;
ADC10CTL1 = INCH_6;
ADC10AE0 = BIT6;
Temp = ADC10MEM;
if (Temp < 202) {

Speed=0;
}
else{
}
}
6.11 Timer A Interrupt Service Routine

Once Timer A has reached the value stored in TA0CCR0 an interrupt service routine is entered
and the MSP430G2553 will awake from low power mode. In this interrupt service routine the
Direction pin (P1.3) is poled and if it is high the MSP430 sets the state of the Phase pin (P2.5)
to be high and if P1.3 is low, P2.5 is set low. In this service routine the three functions defined
above are called and the value stored in the Speed variable is normalized to fit in the 8 Bit
TA1CCR1 register. Once these processes are completed the interrupt service routine is
complete and the MSP430G2553 goes back into low power mode.
#pragma vector=TIMER0_A0_VECTOR
__interrupt void Timer_A (void)
{
if((P1IN & BIT3) == BIT3){ // If P1.3 is pulled high then pull Pin 2.5 high
P2OUT |= BIT5; // Set State of Pin 2.5 as high
}
else{ // If P1.3 is initially pulled low then pull Pin 2.5 low
P2OUT &= (~BIT5); // Set state of Pin 2.5 as low
}
Battery_Monitor();
Speed_Pole();
Temp_Monitor();
TA1CCR1 = (Speed/4); // Normalize 10BitADC Speed Value to 8Bit Timer A Register and
// write to TA1CCR1 Register
}

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7 Test Setup
7.1 Block Diagram of Load Testing

The load test determines the thermal characteristics and current carrying capabilities of
this designs power stage. Figure 17 shows the load testing setup used for this
reference design.
HC785LP-012
DC Brake Torque Sensor BDC
DRV8701
Variable DC
Digital Multi-Meter MSP430G2553
Power Supply
NexFET H Bridge
18 Volt DC Power
Supply
Figure 17. Load Test Diagram
The motor shaft is connected to a DC brake through a torque sensor. The brushed DC
Motor is rated to deliver a shaft torque of 148.10 mNm at 19.99 Amps and 18310 RPM.
The motor is loaded by means of a DC brake controlled by a variable DC supply. The
speed of the motor is kept constant and the voltage supplied to the variable DC brake
was incrementally increased to adjust the load needed to be produced by the DC motor.
The motor supply current was incremented in 1 Amp intervals and the resulting torque
reading from the torque sensor as well as maximum PCB temperature measured using a
thermal camera were recorded. The RMS power delivered to the motor was also
recorded by measuring the RMS current supplied to the motor and multiplying that by
the RMS voltage measured across the motor terminals. The supply voltage (VM) for the
driver was kept at a constant 18 Volts. No exhaust fans or heat sinks were used for the
maximum PCB temperature measurements.

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7.2 Load Test Fixture

For the load testing of the TIDA-00620 board an aluminum test fixture was used to hold the DC
Motor, Torque Sensor, and DC Brake. The fixture had a center channel bored through the
center of the aluminum block which allowed for mounting L brackets holding the motor and
brake aligned with each other. The Torque sensor was mounted at an offset from this center
channel to accommodate the spindle of this device to be in line with the motor and brake.
Flexible couplings were then used to attach the spindle of the motor to the left torque sensor
spindle and the right spindle of the torque sensor to the brake spindle. These flexible couplings
allow for any slight offset in alignment to be accounted for without overly stressing the mounting
brackets of each device. Each of the devices shown in Figure 18 below were connected to a
respective control device as shown in Figure 17 in Section 7.1.
Figure 18. DC Motor / Torque Sensor / DC Brake Test Fixture

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8 Test Data
8.1 DRV8701 Integrated 3.3 V and 4.8 V Low Drop-Out Regulators

Figure 19 below shows the 3.3 V generated by the onboard LDO in the DRV8701 connected to
DVDD pin. Figure 20 shows the 4.8 V genereated by the second onboard LDO in the DRV8701
connected to AVDD pin.
Figure 19. LDO Output Voltage of 3.3 V
Figure 20. LDO Output Voltage of 4.8 V

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8.2 PWM Speed Control Using VSPEED Reference

To Control the speed of the motor a PWM signal is generated by the MSP430G2553
based on the voltage level set by the SPEED potentiometer (VSPEED) connected between
DVDD and Ground. The wiper pin of the potentiometer is sampled and compared to
TIMER_A of the MSP430. While the sampled VSPEED is greater than the timer value the
PWM output is high and while it is less than the timer the PWM output is low. The result
is a varying duty cycle of the PWM signal based on the voltage measured at the speed
potentiometer. The duty cycle of the PWM signal can be calculated using Equation 7
below:
%_Duty_Cycle = (VSPEED/DVDD)*100 (7)
Figure 21. Resulting PWM Output with VSPEED = 822 mV
Figure 22. Resulting PWM Output with VSPEED = 1.647 V

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Figure 23. Resulting PWM Output with VSPEED = 2.471 V

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8.3 Inserted Dead Time

Figure 24 shows the low side and high side gate signals from the same leg of the
external H-Bridge . When the high side MOSFET is not active the low side MOSFET
turns on to recirculate current through the motor and the other low side MOSFET which
is also held on. In order to prevent shoot through on the same side of the bridge 380 ns
of dead time is forcibly inserted by the DRV8701 as shown in Figure 25.
Figure 24. Complimentary High Side and Low Side Gate Signals
Figure 25. DRV8701 Inserted 380 ns Dead Time

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8.4 Direction Pin De-bounce

One of the added benefits of using the MSP430G2553 as a control interface is the ability
to debounce the phase switch input by periodically polling the state of the switch as
opposed to constantly sampling. Instead of a short period of voltage chopping the state
of the phase pin can be changed smoothly and quickly, as illustrated in Figure 26 below.
Figure 26. Phase State Change of MSP430G2553

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8.5 Current Chopping Using VREF Reference

The DRV8701 uses VREF to set the value at which current chopping will occur by
monitoring the voltage drop across RSENSE and amplifying the voltage by a scaling factor
AV. The value of current at which chopping will begin can be calculated using Equation
8 below:
ICHOP = (VREF – VOFFSET) / (RSENSE * AV) (8)
An example of a typical startup current spike is shown in Figure 9. An example of
current chopping based on a VREF value of 1.07 V and the same startup condition is
shown in Figure 28.
Figure 27. Startup Motor Current Spike
Figure 28. Startup Motor Current With Current Chopping

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8.6 Sense Amplifier Output as Motor Current Increases

The output of the sense amplifier measuring the voltage across RSENSE can be viewed on the SO
pin of the DRV8701. VSO increases based as on the amount of time the motor is being driven
for as shown in Figure 29 below. When the output of the sense amplifier is measured to be
equal to VREF the DRV8701 will begin to limit the current running through the bridge until VSO
has dropped below VREF. An example of VSO increasing as the current through RSENSE increases
is shown in Figure 30 below.
Figure 29. VSO Increasing With PWM High Time
Figure 30. VSO Increasing With ISENSE Until VREF Is Reached

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8.7 Load Testing Thermal Data

Figures 31 through Figure 37 illustrate the maximum thermal point on the PCB as the
current delivered to the motor was increased. The thermal images were captured in 5
Amp intervals, with the initial current delivered to the motor at 2.85 Amps and the final
current delivered to the motor at 27.47 Amps. For each current interval the driver was
operated for 10 seconds then shut off and allowed to cool down to room temperature
(Approximately 20° C) before the next current level was tested.
Figure 31. 2.85 Amps Continuous Current, 5.18 m-Nm Load

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8.8 Temperature vs. Power Data

The RMS power delivered to the motor versus the maximum PCB temperature in degrees
Celsius is shown in Figure 38 below. The current supplied to the motor was measured using a
current probe clamped to one of the cables connecting the motor to the terminal blocks of the
PCB. An oscilloscope probe was then placed across the terminals of the motor and the voltage
supplied to the motor was measured. Both current and voltage were measured and the RMS
values were calculated for the 10 second testing interval for each torque load. To calculate the
RMS power for each testing interval the equation below was used:
PRMS = IRMS * VRMS (9)
The calculated RMS power in Watts versus the maximum PCB temperature in degrees Celsius
for each 10 second test interval is graphed in Figure 38 below.
RMS Power Delivered to Motor vs.

Max PCB Temperature (deg Celsius)
Max PCB Temperature

140
120
100
80
60
40
20
0
96.2
28.2
39.7
59.9
72.1
84.0
0
107.4
119.7
131.3
141.3
155.0
170.8
183.8
194.5
207.4
221.2
236.1
250.8
256.0
274.2
287.1
296.1
306.7
326.0
343.4
RMS Power Delivered to Motor (Watts)
Figure 38. RMS Powered Delivered to Motor vs. Max PCB Temp
The device testing stopped at 127.6° C after the last 10 second interval because the
recommended maximum temperature for operation is 125.0° C so the device was raised above
this threshold for a very short period of time at the end of the last load test. If the device were to
be operated at a higher power range it could safely deliver a larger power output if it the amount
of time it was operated for were significantly decreased.

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8.9 All Collected Load Test Data

All of the collected test data is shown in Table 2 below. All of the data below was collected by
connecting the reference design PCB to a Brushed DC Motor that spun a DC Brake and torque
sensor in line with the motor shaft. The motor speed was kept constant while the torque
resisting the motor turning was increased to draw more current from the power supply and
through the board. For each test interval the PCB was allowed to cool down to room
temperature before the load test began. This allowed for all of the thermal data to be exemplary
of how the board would perform delivering the rated power amount to the motor from a startup
state.
RMS Motor RMS Motor DC INPUT MAX PCB MOTOR SHAFT

Voltage (Volts) Current (Amps) POWER (Watts) TEMP (°C) TORQUE (Nm)
0.00 0.00 0 0 0.000

9.90 2.85 28.25 36.6 0.005
9.89 4.01 39.66 39.2 0.020
11.66 5.14 59.93 41.3 0.023
11.71 6.16 72.13 41.5 0.031
11.67 7.20 83.98 44.1 0.038
11.80 8.15 96.21 41.3 0.046
11.79 9.11 107.43 42.1 0.054
11.77 10.17 119.70 43.6 0.063
11.83 11.10 131.31 42 0.070
11.72 12.06 141.34 42.3 0.075
11.94 12.98 154.98 43.1 0.080
12.00 14.23 170.76 47.7 0.090
11.89 15.46 183.82 53.1 0.098
11.94 16.29 194.50 59.7 0.105
11.86 17.49 207.43 61.8 0.112
11.95 18.51 221.19 65.1 0.117
12.06 19.58 236.13 67.6 0.126
12.24 20.49 250.80 73.2 0.131
11.94 21.44 255.99 80.7 0.138
11.98 22.89 274.22 86.8 0.147
12.17 23.59 287.09 98.7 0.151
12.11 24.45 296.09 95.5 0.161
12.04 25.47 306.66 98.4 0.163
12.33 26.44 326.01 102.6 0.169
12.50 27.47 343.38 127.7 0.181
Table 2. Collected Load Test Data Between 2.85 – 27.47 A
The voltage and current delivered to the motor are represented as RMS values because the H-
Bridge is supplying PWM signals to the motor, meaning a peak value for either voltage or
current would only should how the supply is operating during a driving period of each PWM
frame. A more realistic figure for power delivered to the motor is the RMS value which is
reported showing the average power delivered over the 10 second test interval.

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9 Design Files
9.1 Schematics
9.1.1 MSP430G2553

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9.1.2 DRV8701

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9.1.3 H-Bridge

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9.1.4 Protection

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9.1.5 Speed + Direction
9.1.6 Sleep RC Time
9.1.7 Fault + Status LEDs

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9.1.8 SPI Header
9.1.9 MSP430 – DRV8701 Connections
9.1.10 Terminal Block Connections

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9.1.11 IDrive
9.1.12 VREF Pot
9.1.13 Test Points

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9.2 Bill of Materials
Bill of Materials
TIDA-00620
Manufacturer PCB
Item Qty Reference Value Part Description Manufacturer
Part Number Footprint
1 1 !PCB Printed Circuit Board Any TIDA-00620
CAP, CERM, 0.1uF, 10V, +/-
2 1 C1 0.1uF
10%, X7R, 0603
Kemet C0603C104K8RACTU 0603
CAP, CERM, 4.7uF, 10V, +/-

3 1 C2 4.7uF
20%, X7R, 0805
TDK C2012X7R1A475M 0805
CAP, CERM, 1000pF, 16V,

4 1 C3 1000pF
+/-10%, X7R, 0603
MuRata GRM188R71C102KA01D 0603
CAP, CERM, 0.1 µF, 50 V, +/-

5 3 C4, C10, C12 0.1uF
10%, X7R, 1206
MuRata GRM319R71H104KA01D 1206
CAP, CERM, 10 µF, 50 V, +/-

6 1 C5 10uF
10%, X7R, 1210
MuRata GRM32ER71H106KA12L 1210
CAP, CERM, 1 µF, 6.3 V, +/-

7 2 C6, C7 1uF
10%, X5R, 0603
MuRata GRM188R60J105KA01D 0603
CAP, CERM, 1 µF, 16 V, +/-

8 1 C8 1uF
10%, X7R, 1206
MuRata GRM319R71C105KAA3D 1206
CAP, CERM, 0.1 µF, 16 V, +/-

9 1 C9 0.1uF
10%, X7R, 0402
CAP, AL, 470 µF, 35 V, +/- RCAP,

10 2 C11, C13 470uF
20%, 0.03 ohm, TH
Panasonic EEU-FR1V471LB
8x20mm

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CAP, CERM, 1000pF, 16V,

11 1 C14 1000pF
+/-10%, X7R, 0402
CAP, CERM, 0.01 µF, 6.3 V,

12 1 C15 0.01uF
+/- 10%, X7R, 0603
MuRata GRM188R70J103KA01D 0603
CAP, CERM, 0.47 µF, 10 V,

13 1 C16 0.47uF
+/- 10%, X5R, 0402
MuRata GRM155R61A474KE15D 0402
CAP, CERM, 0.1 µF, 16 V, +/-

14 1 C17 0.1uF
10%, X7R, 0402
MuRata GCM155R71C104KA55D 0402
15 1 D1 Red LED, Red, SMD Lite-On LTST-C170KRKT LED_0805

16 1 D2 Green LED, Green, SMD Lite-On LTST-C171GKT LED_0805
Diode, Zener, 3.3 V, 300 mW,
17 1 D3 3.3V
SOD-523
Diodes Inc. BZT52C3V3T-7 SOD-523
Diode, Switching, 100 V, 0.2

18 1 D4 100V
A, SOT-23
ON Semiconductor MMBD7000LT1G SOT-23
19 1 F1 Fuse, 30 A, 72 V, SMD Littelfuse 0456030.ER 10.1x3.12mm

FID1, FID2, Fiducial mark. There is
20 3
FID3 nothing to buy or mount.
N/A N/A Fiducial
SOCKET .050" GRID SIP 4 R/A 4x1

21 1 J1
POS R/A, TH
Mill-Max 851-43-004-20-001000
receptacle
Terminal
Terminal Block, 5 mm, 2x1,
22 2 J2, J3
Tin, TH
Wurth Elektronik 691 101 710 002 Block, 5 mm,
2x1, TH
Q1, Q2, Q3, MOSFET, N-CH, 60 V, 28 A,
23 4
Q4
60V
SON 5x6mm
Texas Instruments CSD18540Q5B SON 5x6mm
R1, R2, R3,

R4, R5, R6,
24 11
R7, R12, R13,
0 RES, 0, 5%, 0.063 W, 0402 Vishay-Dale CRCW04020000Z0ED 0402
R14, R15
RES, 47k ohm, 5%, 0.1W,
25 1 R8 47k
0603
Vishay-Dale CRCW060347K0JNEA 0603
26 1 R9 0 RES, 0 ohm, 5%, 0.1W, 0603 Vishay-Dale CRCW06030000Z0EA 0603

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27 2 R10, R11 10.0k RES, 10.0 k, 1%, 0.1 W, 0402 Panasonic ERJ-2RKF1002X 0402
RES, 0.005, 1%, 6 W,
28 1 R16 0.005
4320_WIDE
Susumu Co Ltd KRL11050-C-R005-F-T1 4320_WIDE
29 2 R17, R18 330 RES, 330, 1%, 0.1 W, 0603 Yageo America RC0603FR-07330RL 0603
Thumbwheel
30 2 R21, R22 200k Trimmer, 200 K, 0.5 W, TH Bourns 3352P-1-204LF
Trimmer
RES, 13.3 k, 1%, 0.063 W,
31 1 R23 13.3k
0402
Vishay-Dale CRCW040213K3FKED 0402
RES, 1.0 k, 5%, 0.063 W,
32 1 R24 1.0k
0402
Vishay-Dale CRCW04021K00JNED 0402
RES, 1.00 k, 1%, 0.063 W,
33 1 R25 1.00k
0402
Vishay-Dale CRCW04021K00FKED 0402
Switch, SPDT, On-On, 2 Pos, Switch,
34 1 S1
TH
E-Switch 200USP1T1A1M2RE
7x4.5mm
16 MHz Mixed Signal
Microcontroller with 16 KB
Flash, 512 B SRAM and 24
35 1 U1
GPIOs, -40 to 85 degC, 20-
Texas Instruments MSP430G2553IPW20 PW0020A
pin SOP (PW), Green (RoHS
& no Sb/Br)
H-Bridge Gate Driver,
36 1 U2
RGE0024F
Texas Instruments DRV8701ERGER RGE0024F
Analog Temperature Sensors

37 1 U3 with Class-AB Output, Texas Instruments LMT86DCKT DCK0005A
DCK0005A
RES, 68 k, 5%, 0.063 W,
38 0 R19 68k
0402
Vishay-Dale CRCW040268K0JNED 0402
39 0 R20 0 RES, 0, 5%, 0.063 W, 0402 Vishay-Dale CRCW04020000Z0ED 0402

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9.3 PCB Layout Recommendations
9.3.1 Layout Prints

To download the Layout Prints for each board, see the design files at
http://www.ti.com/tool/DESIGNNUMBER
TOP SILKSCREEN
Figure 39. Top Silkscreen
TOP SOLDER MASK
Figure 40. Top Solder Mask

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TOP LAYER
Figure 41. Top Layer
BOTTOM LAYER
Figure 42. Bottom Layer

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BOTTOM SOLDER MASK
Figure 43. Bottom Solder Mask
BOTTOM SILKSCREEN
Figure 44. Bottom Silkscreen

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MECHANICAL DIMENSIONS
Figure 45. Mechanical Dimensions

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9.4 Altium Project

To download the Altium project files for each board, see the design files at
http://www.ti.com/tool/DESIGNNUMBER
Figure 46. All Layers

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9.5 Layout Guidelines
Figure 47. Top Design Guide
Figure 48. Bottom Design Guide

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12V to 24V, 27A Brushed DC Motor Reference Design

TI Designs Design Features

Understanding IDRIVE and TDRIVE Tools Folder Featured Applications

 Industrial Brushed-DC Motors

3.3 Volt LDO Source

Speed ADC SNSOUT

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1 Key System Specifications

PARAMETER SPECIFICAION DETAILS

MOSFETs Four Texas Instruments N-Channel 60 V NexFETs See Section 4.10

Figure 1. Key System Specifications

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2.1 PWM and Phase Control

Figure 2. Two-Phase Inverter Current Directions

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Figure 3. MSP430G2553 PWM Timer_A Scheme

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2.2 Current Chopping Using VREF

VSO=AV * (IDRIVE * RSENSE) (1)

Figure 4. IDRIVE Current Chopping

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Figure 5. Miller Region of Typical MOSFET

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3.3 Volt LDO Source

Speed ADC SNSOUT

Figure 6. System Block Diagram

3.1 Highlighted Products

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4 System Design Theory

4.1 Board Layout

Figure 7. Board Stage Layout

PMOSFET_DISSIPATED = (27.47 𝐴)2 × 1.8 mΩ = 1.358 Watts (2)

PRSENSE_DISSIPATED = (27.47 𝐴)2 × 5 mΩ = 3.773 Watts (3)

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4.2 Battery Monitoring Layout

Figure 8. Battery Monitoring

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4.3 SLEEPn Pin Startup

Figure 9. SLEEPn Pullup Pin

4.4 Temperature Sensor

Figure 10. Temperature Sensor Schematic

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Figure 11. H-Bridge Schematic

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Figure 12. DRV8701 Schematic

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