STMicroelectronics STEVAL-GMBL02V1 Reference Design Kit
STMicroelectronics STEVAL-GMBL02V1 Reference Design Kit is a complete triple motor Field-Oriented Control (FOC) demonstration and evaluation platform. The kit is as an integrated environment for three axis Gimbal controller applications in the 6.0V to 8.4V DC bus voltage range (2 LiPo batteries), which you can increase up to 11V with a maximum output current of 1.3A for each motor drive. The Reference Design Kit features the STM32F303RE microcontroller with an Arm® Cortex®-M4 32-bit core and the STSPIN233 low voltage three phase and three sense motor driver.
The STEVAL-GMBL02V1 STMicroelectronics STEVAL-GMBL02V1 Reference Design Kit is equipped with a USB interface for real-time data exchange. The STMicroelectronics STEVAL-GMBL02V1 Reference Design Kit also includes an STEVAL-UKI001V1 ST-LINK adapter for Serial Wire Debug (SWD) and a corresponding cable. If you mount the STEVAL-UKI001V1 on the ST-LINK/V2-1 debugging section of an STM32 Nucleo-64 Board, you can program and debug the STM32F303RE Microcontroller with a compatible toolset via USB.
Features
- Up to three-axis Gimbal controller
- Compact (50mm x 50mm) design, suitable for mounting on drones or handheld cameras
- Three STSPIN233 low voltage three phase and three sense motor drivers
- STM32F303RE microcontroller with Arm Cortex-M4 core able to simultaneously drive three PMSM motors
- MCU runs a high efficiency field oriented control (FOC) algorithm compatible with the most common position sensors on Gimbal motors (PWM or analogic inputs)
- Compatible with open loop sensorless algorithm
- Measurement units:
- On-board inertial measurement unit LSM6DSL (frame IMU)
- Compatible with external SPI/I2C inertial measurement units (camera IMU)
- Operating voltage from 6.0V to 8.4V (2 LiPo batteries)
- Maximum output current 1.3ARMS
- Protection mechanisms:
- Triple single shunt current sensing network
- Non-dissipative overcurrent protection
- Short-circuit protection
- Thermal shutdown
- Hardware overvoltage and polarity inversion protection
- Interfaces:
- STEVAL-UKI001V1 Serial Wire Debug (SWD) board with cable
- USB connector for real-time data communication
- Three connectors for Pitch, Roll and Tilt axis target angle inputs (PWM mode)
- One channel DAC output and one GPIO test point for debugging purpose
- 2kb serial I2C bus EEPROM for data storage
- WEEE and RoHS compliant
Applications
- Drone controllers
- Remote camera control
- Robotics
- Handheld applications
Resources
Software
- Gimbal Controller Firmware and GUI for Drones and Handheld Applications
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