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Evaluation Board for Stepper
TMC2208-EVAL Evaluation Board
Document Revision V1.0 • 2019-MAY-08
The TMC2208-EVAL allows evaluation of the TMC2208 in combination with the Trinamic evaluation
board system, or as stand-alone-board. It uses the standard schematic and offers several options
in order to test different modes of operation.
Applications
• Compatible Design Upgrade
• 3D Printers
• Printers, POS
Simpli ed Block Diagram
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Terms of delivery and rights to technical change reserved.
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• O ce and home automation
• Textile, Sewing Machines
• CCTV, Security
EVALUATION BOARD
Features
• 2-phase stepper motor up to 1.35A
coil current (2A peak)
• Supply Voltage 4.75. . . 36V DC
• UART
• 1...256 microsteps
• Step/Dir interface
• StealthChop™ silent PWM mode
• SpreadCycle™ smart mixed decay
• ATM, Cash recycler
• HVAC

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  • Page 1 TMC2208-EVAL Evaluation Board Document Revision V1.0 • 2019-MAY-08 The TMC2208-EVAL allows evaluation of the TMC2208 in combination with the Trinamic evaluation board system, or as stand-alone-board. It uses the standard schematic and offers several options in order to test different modes of operation.
  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    TMC2208-EVAL Evaluation Board • Document Revision V1.0 • 2019-MAY-08 2 / 9 Contents 1 Getting Started 1.1 First Start-Up ..........
  • Page 3: Getting Started

    TMC2208-EVAL Evaluation Board • Document Revision V1.0 • 2019-MAY-08 3 / 9 1 Getting Started You need Precautions • TMC2208-EVAL • Do not mix up connections or short-circuit pins. • Landungsbruecke Startrampe with latest • Avoid bundling I/O wires with motor wires.
  • Page 4: First Start-Up

    TMC2208-EVAL Evaluation Board • Document Revision V1.0 • 2019-MAY-08 4 / 9 1.1 First Start-Up 1. Make sure that the latest version of the TMCL-IDE 3.0 is installed. The TMCL-IDE can be downloaded from www.trinamic.com/support/software/tmcl-ide/. 2. Open the TMCL-IDE and connect the Landungsbruecke or Startrampe via USB to the computer. For Windows 8 and higher is no driver needed, on Windows 7 machines the TMCL-IDE is installing the driver automatically.
  • Page 5: Hardware Information

    TMC2208-EVAL Evaluation Board • Document Revision V1.0 • 2019-MAY-08 5 / 9 2 Hardware Information All design les for our evaluation boards are available for free. We offer the original ECAD les (Eagle, Altium, or PADS), Gerber data, the BOM, and PDF copies. Please check schematics for Jumper settings and input/output connector description.
  • Page 6: Onboard Jumpers And Otp

    Table 5: Jumper ENABLE 2.2 Onboard Jumpers and OTP The TMC2208-Eval board has two jumpers to select between Step/Direction source between MCU and external pin header (lower right corner). The silk screen also displays the three OTP bytes in the IC. The user can mark programmed bits manually to remember which bits have been set in the IC.
  • Page 7: Evaluation Features In The Tmcl-Ide

    In order to get a more accurate graphical velocity view, close the register browser window when using the velocity graph. Figure 4: Driving the motor in velocity mode (TMCL-IDE provides similar view for TMC2208-EVAL) ©2019 TRINAMIC Motion Control GmbH & Co. KG, Hamburg, Germany Terms of delivery and rights to technical change reserved.
  • Page 8: Position Mode

    In order to get a more accurate graphical position view, close the register browser window when using the position graph. Figure 5: Driving the motor in position mode (TMCL-IDE provides similar view for TMC2208-EVAL) ©2019 TRINAMIC Motion Control GmbH & Co. KG, Hamburg, Germany Terms of delivery and rights to technical change reserved.
  • Page 9: Revision History

    TMC2208-EVAL Evaluation Board • Document Revision V1.0 • 2019-MAY-08 9 / 9 4 Revision History 4.1 Document Revision Version Date Author Description 2017-OCT-19 Initial release. 2019-MAY-08 Bridge board jumper description added. Table 6: Document Revision ©2019 TRINAMIC Motion Control GmbH & Co. KG, Hamburg, Germany Terms of delivery and rights to technical change reserved.

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