Stepper Motor Demo Application
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Stepper Motor Demo Application
4.1
Introduction
As mentioned earlier, the BOOSTXL-DRV8301 Motor Drive BoosterPack has been optimized to work
together with the MSP430G2 Launchpad, MSP-EXP430G2, and MSP430G2553 to provide a complete
stepper motor evaluation platform. With the demo application provided, you can have your stepper motor
up and spinning in minutes.
Get started with TI's pre-written stepper control application by following
the steps outlined in
through
4.2
Setting up the BOOST-DRV8711 Firmware
1. Download the latest version of Code Composer Studio to load the BOOST-DRV8711 stepper motor
control application onto the MSP430G2553. The application was developed in CCS v5.5.0.
http://processors.wiki.ti.com/index.php/Download_CCS
2. To obtain the BOOST-DRV8711 firmware and GUI, download the BOOST-DRV8711 Hardware and
Software Files from the tool folder,
http://www.ti.com/tool/boost-drv8711
. This zip folder contains the
complete hardware design files, including the Altium source files, Gerbers, BOM, schematic, as well as
the Stepper Motor Demo firmware and GUI.
3. Flash the MSP430G2553 on the MSP430G2 LaunchPad with the firmware provided. This will require
the MSP430G2 LaunchPad, a MSP430G2553, Mini USB cable, and can be done in one of two ways
which are outlined in
and
4. Method 1: Loading the binary .out file
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Open Code Composer Studio.
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Select
View
→
Target Configuration
(
, left side of image)
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Right click on the
User Defined
folder and select
New Target Configuration
, right side
of image)
Figure 5. Target Configuration
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Give the Target Configuration a name and select
Finish
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illustrates how the Target Configuration should be set up. Save the Target Configuration
file.
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BOOST-DRV8711
SLVU967 – May 2014
Copyright © 2014, Texas Instruments Incorporated
