AMIS-30523 Datasheet, PDF (18/35 Pages) ON Semiconductor – CAN Micro-Stepping Motor Driver

AMIS−30523
Automatic Duty Cycle Adaptation
In case the supply voltage is lower than 2 * Bemf, then the
duty cycle of the PWM is adapted automatically to >50% to
maintain the requested average current in the coils. This
process is completely automatic and requires no additional
parameters for operation. The over−all current−ripple is
divided by two if PWM frequency is doubled (see Table 15
SPI Control Parameter Overview PWMF)
Icoil
Duty Cycle
< 50%
Duty Cycle >50%
Duty Cycle < 50%
Actual value
Set value
t
T_PWM
Figure 15. Automatic Duty Cycle Adaption
Step Translator and Step Mode
The step translator provides the control of the motor by
means of SPI register Stepmode: SM[2:0], SPI register
DIRCNTRL and input pins DIR and NXT. It is translating
consecutive steps in corresponding currents in both motor
coils for a given step mode.
One out of seven possible stepping modes can be selected
through SPI−bits SM[2:0] (see Table 15 SPI Control
Parameter Overview ) After power−on or hard reset, the
coil−current translator is set to the default 1/32
micro−stepping at position ‘0’. Upon changing the step
mode, the translator jumps to position 0* of the
corresponding stepping mode. When remaining in the same
step mode, subsequent translator positions are all in the same
column and increased or decreased with 1. Table 12 lists the
output current vs. the translator position.
As shown in Figure 16 the output current−pairs can be
projected approximately on a circle in the (I_x,I_y) plane.
There are, however, two exceptions: uncompensated half
step and full step. In these step modes the currents are not
regulated to a fraction of I_max but are in all intermediate steps
regulated at 100%. In the (I_x,I_y) plane the current−pairs are
projected on a square. Table 11 lists the output current vs. the
translator position for these cases.
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