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3.1.2 X-NUCLEO-IHM12A1 low voltage dual brush DC motor driver expansion board
The X-NUCLEO-IHM12A1 is a low voltage dual brush DC motor driver expansion board based on the STSPIN240
for STM32 Nucleo .
It provides an affordable and easy-to-use solution for the implementation of portable motor driving applications
such as thermal printers, robotics and toys.
Thanks to its programmable current limiter and complete set of protection features, it offers high levels of
performance and robustness.
The
X-NUCLEO-IHM12A1 is compatible with the Arduino UNO R3 connector and most STM32 Nucleo
development boards.
Figure 4. X-NUCLEO-IHM12A1 expansion board
3.2 Hardware requirements
To complete the hardware setup, you need:
•
one or two low voltage dual brush DC motor
• an external DC power supply with two electric cables (up to 10 V)
• a USB type A to mini-B USB cable to connect the STM32 Nucleo to a PC/laptop
• a Windows™ (v. 7 and above) – laptop or PC
3.3 Software requirements
The following software components are needed for a suitable development environment for applications based on
the motor driver expansion board:
•
ST-LINK/V2-1 USB driver
• ST-LINK/V2-1 firmware upgrade
• X-CUBE-SPN12 expansion for STM32Cube dedicated to STSPIN240 low voltage dual brush motor driver
application development. The X-CUBE-SPN12 firmware and related documentation are available on
www.st.com .
• One of the following development tool-chain and compilers:
–
Keil RealView Microcontroller Development Kit (MDK-ARM) toolchain V5.12
– IAR Embedded Workbench for ARM (EWARM) toolchain V7.20
– Integrated Development Environment for STM32 ( STM32CubeIDE )
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