Product overview
Description
The STEVAL-PTOOL2V1 BLDC driver reference design is tailored for battery-operated power tools using 8S to 15S battery packs. It is based on the STSPIN32F0252 motor controller with embedded 3-phase, 250 V gate driver and low-power STM32 MCU. The power stage is based on the STL130N8F7 power MOSFETs or any similarly rated device in a PowerFlat 5x6 package.
The board implements single shunt sensing topology with both field-oriented control
(FOC) and sensored or sensorless 6-step control supported for driving permanent magnet synchronous motors (PMSM) and brushless DC (BLDC) motors.
The companion 6-step STSW-PTOOL2V1 firmware is ready to use with position feedback from phase Hall-effect sensors.
This reference design can deliver up to 19 A continuous current with very good thermal dissipation performance thanks to the mounted heatsink. It is compatible with a wide input voltage range from 20 to 72 VDC, and includes an auxiliary power stage with the VIPER013 in buck configuration to generate +12V and +3.3V supply voltage required by the application.
The STEVAL-PTOOL2V1 features a potentiometer for speed variation and protection features include thermal shutdown, undervoltage lockout, and overcurrent protection.
This compact 80 mm x 58 mm design is ideal for power tools and any similar battery-operated applications in terms of architecture, rating and performance.
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All features
- Input voltage from 20 VDC to 72 VDC
- Recommended for power tools supplied from 8S to 15S
- Output current up to 19 Arms
- Overcurrent threshold set to 36 A peak
- STSPIN32F0252 featuring
- 250 V, 1 A, 3-phase gate driver
- SmartShutDown OCP
- Cortex-M0 STM32
- STL130N8F7 MOSFETs power stage featuring:
- VDS = 80 V
- RDS(on) max.= 3.6 mΩ
- PowerFlat 5x6 package
- Compact footprint (80 mm x 58 mm)
- Heatsink for best power dissipation performance
- Single shunt current sensing, suitable for:
- Sensored or sensorless 6 step algorithm
- Single-shunt vector (FOC) algorithm
- Digital Hall sensors and encoder input
- Plug-and-play thanks to available six-steps firmware with Hall-effect sensors feedback
- Speed regulation through trimmer
- Fully protected:
- Thermal shutdown
- Undervoltage lockout
- Overcurrent protection
- Bus voltage sensing
- 12 V VCC and 3.3 V VDD supplies
- Serial wire debug (SWD) port for debugging/programming
- UART TX RX interface available
- Easy user interface with buttons and trimmer