MDL-STEPPER

The MDL-STEPPER is a Stellaris stepper motor control module, which is a rapid time to market module solution that offers OEMs the capability of quickly adding stepper motion control capability to any application. Combining the strength and flexibility of luminary Micro's Stellaris microcontrollers with Fairchild Semiconductor's gate drivers and MOSFETs creates an advanced stepper motor control solution that has been carefully engineered for performance, cost, and flexibility. The MDL-STEPPER contains the feature rich Stellaris LM3S617 microcontroller designed for motion control applications and a Fairchild Semiconductor power stage consisting of Fairchild's FAN73832 HVIC Driver and FDMS3672 MOSFET. The MDL-STEPPER takes advantage of the integrated features of the Stellaris microcontroller and the processing power of the ARM Cortex-M3 core to implement chopper control without the need for an external step controller or comparator circuits.