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User’s Guide
DRV8328xEVM User's Guide
ABSTRACT
This document is provided with the DRV8328 customer evaluation module (EVM) as a supplement to the
DRV8328x data sheet (DRV8328 4.5-V to 60-V Three-Phase Smart Gate Driver) . This User's Guide details the
implementation of the EVM and shows how to set up and power the board.
Note
The DRV8328AEVM comes automatically populated with and configured for the DRV8328A. It is also
compatible for the DRV8328B, DRV8328C, and DRV8328D variants (see
Section 3.4.1 and Section
3.4.2 ), but the user will need to modify the board to make it compatible for each variant (see Table 3-3
and Table 3-4 ).
Table of Contents
1 Introduction ............................................................................................................................................................................. 2
2 Quick Start Guide .................................................................................................................................................................... 3
3 Hardware and Software Overview ......................................................................................................................................... 4
3.1 Hardware Connections Overview – DRV83 LAUNCHXL-F280049C................................................................ 4
3.2 Connection Details............................................................................................................................................................. 4
3.3 LED Lights.......................................................................................................................................................................... 6
3.4 DRV8328AEVM Configurability and Switch Functions....................................................................................................... 7
3.5 Interfacing DRV8328AEVM and LAUNCHXL-F280049C LaunchPad.............................................................................. 11
4 Hardware Setup .................................................................................................................................................................... 14
5 Firmware and GUI Application ............................................................................................................................................. 15
5.1 Connecting to the DRV8328xEVM GUI............................................................................................................................ 15
5.2 DRV8328AEVM GUI Quick Start Guide........................................................................................................................... 17
5.3 Using the DRV8328AEVM-GUI........................................................................................................................................ 17
6 Schematics ............................................................................................................................................................................ 19
6.1 DRV8328A/B/C/D............................................................................................................................................................. 19
6.2 DRV8328C/D variant select............................................................................................................................................. 19
6.3 Status LEDs..................................................................................................................................................................... 20
6.4 LaunchPad Connectors and Connections........................................................................................................................ 20
6.5 External 3.3V LDO........................................................................................................................................................... 20
6.6 Power Stage and MOSFETs............................................................................................................................................ 21
6.7 Main Supply Input............................................................................................................................................................ 21
6.8 Hall Sensor and Hall Power Selection............................................................................................................................. 21
6.9 Connectors, Selectors, and Analog Control Interface...................................................................................................... 22
6.10 Voltage Sense and Protection........................................................................................................................................ 23
7 Revision History ................................................................................................................................................................... 23
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