Hardware description and setup
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Hardware description and setup
This section provides a description of the main components of this evaluation kit, giving
instruction for a quick setup of the motor control system.
1.1 Components
description
The evaluation kit consists of two main components:
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Mother board based on STM8A microcontroller, interfacing host PC with H-Bridge
controller. The communication with the PC is established through isolated USB.
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Daughter Board assembling VNH5050A and the reverse battery protection. The DC
motor has to be connected to this module.
The daughter board and the mother board are provided already properly plugged .
Figure 2. STEVAL-VNH5050A block diagram
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Board connections and setup
Below figure shows the placement of the connectors to be used for supplying the evaluation
board, plugging the electric DC motor and connecting with a host PC through USB cable.
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