ST X-NUCLEO-IHM17M1 User manual

Quick Start Guide
Low voltage three-phase brushless DC motor driver expansion board
based on STSPIN233 for STM32 Nucleo
(X-NUCLEO-IHM17M1)
Version 1.0 (Feb 28, 2018)

Quick Start Guide Contents 2
X-NUCLEO-IHM17M1: 3 phase brushless DC motor driver expansion
board
Hardware and Software overview
Setup & Demo Examples
Documents & Related Resources
STM32 Open Development Environment: Overview

Arduino UNO R3 connector*
Low voltage 3-ph brushless motor driver expansion board
Hardware overview 3
X-NUCLEO-IHM17M1 hardware description
•The X-NUCLEO-IHM17M1 is a low voltage 3 phase brushless
motor driver expansion board based on STSPIN233. This
driver is designed to operate in battery powered scenarios.
With its low current consumption standby and its complete set
of protection features, it offer high levels of performance and
robustness.
•The X-NUCLEO-IHM17M1 is compatible with the ST morpho
connector and supports the addition of other expansions
boards.
STSPIN233 ST morpho connector*
Key products on board
STSPIN233: Low voltage three phase and three sense
motor driver
Supply and motor connector
Latest info available at www.st.com
X-NUCLEO-IHM17M1
(*) Not mounted
Key Features
•Low voltage range from 1.8 V to 10 V
•Current up to 1.3 Arms
•Full overcurrent protection and short-circuit protection
•Thermal shutdown
•Compatible with STM32 Nucleo boards
•Equipped with ST morpho connectors
•Hall/Encoder motor sensor connector and circuit
•Potentiometer available for speed regulation
•RoHS compliant

Low voltage 3-ph brushless motor driver expansion board
Software overview 4
X-CUBE-SPN17 software description
•This X-CUBE-SPN17 is a software expansion for
STM32Cube used to develop applications based
on STSPIN233. The package includes an
application example to drive a low voltage three
phase brushless motor, managing a X-NUCLEO-
IHM17M1 board plugged on top of a NUCLEO-
F401RE board
Key features
•Sample application to drive a low voltage three
phase brushless motor,
•Timer to generate step clock and voltage reference
•Management of parameters like minimum and
maximum speed, direction etc.
•GPIO, PWM and IRQ configuration
•API function available to send any application
command to the motor driver
•User interface utility based on PC terminal to
control the motor
•Speed control through potentiometer
•Motor control by user button
•Easy portability across different MCU families, X-CUBE-SPN17
Latest info available at www.st.com
Overall system architecture
MotorControl
Application
MC_6Step_Lib UART_serial_com
Middleware
STM32Cube Hardware Abstraction Layer (HAL)
Hardware
Abstraction
Hardware
STM32 Nucleo development board
STM32 Nucleo expansion boards
X-NUCLEO-IHM17M1 (Move-Actuate)

Quick Start Guide Contents 5
X-NUCLEO-IHM17M1: 3 phase brushless DC motor driver expansion
board
Hardware and Software overview
Setup & Demo Examples
Documents & Related Resources
STM32 Open Development Environment: Overview

Setup & demo examples
Hardware prerequisites
•1x Low voltage 3 phase brushless DC motor driver expansion board expansion board
(X-NUCLEO-IHM17M1)
•1x STM32 Nucleo development board
(NUCLEO-F401RE)
•1x 3 phase low voltage brushless motor
•1x external DC power supply with two electric cables (*)
•1x USB type A to mini-B USB cable
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(*) Power stage supply voltage from 1.8 V to 10 V
NUCLEO-F401RE
3 phase low voltage brushless motor X-NUCLEO-IHM17M1

Setup & demo examples
Software prerequisites
•STSW-LINK009: ST-LINK/V2-1 USB driver
•STSW-LINK007: ST-LINK/V2-1 firmware upgrade
•A Windows PC with one of the supported development toolchains:
•KEIL: MDK-ARM
•IAR: EWARM
•GCC-based IDE: System Workbench for STM32
•X-CUBE-SPN17: software expansion for STM32Cube
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Low voltage 3-ph brushless motor driver expansion board
Start coding in just a few minutes with X-CUBE-SPN17 8
1On the X-NUCLEO-IHM17M1
•Tune R12 potentiometer.
•JP6 and P5 open
•JP3 and JP4 closed on “1Sh” position
Driving one 3 phase brushless motor with
X-NUCLEO-IHM17M1 and X-CUBE-SPN17
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Stack the X-NUCLEO-IHM17M1 on the STM32 Nucleo
board using the ST morpho connector and connect the
3 phase brushless motor (U,V,W) to the J3 connector.
4Connect the STM32
Nucleo board to the PC
through the USB cable.
On the NUCLEO-F401RE
JP1 off
JP5 (PWR) on UV5 side
JP6 (IDD) on
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Low voltage 3-ph brushless motor driver expansion board
Start coding in just a few minutes with X-CUBE-SPN17 9
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open the software project from Projects\Multi\Applications\MotionControl
\YourToolChainName\STM32F401RE-Nucleo for Nucleo based on STM32F401
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Open the file Projects\Multi\Applications\MotorControl\Inc\MC_SixStep_param.h
and modify the parameters according to your target configuration.
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Build the project and download .bin file into the STM32 memory.
Run the example and push the blue button to start and the black button to stop the motor
Open your preferred toolchain (MDK-ARM from Keil, EWARM from IAR, or
SW4STM32 from www.openstm32.org)
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You can also use a User interface utility based on PC terminal to run the motor (for details
please refer to the User Manual)
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9Connect the power supply (VIN\GND) and power-up the board
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Documents & related resources
X-NUCLEO-IHM17M1:
•Gerber files, BOM, and schematics
•DB3516:Low voltage three-phase brushless DC motor driver expansion board based on
STSPIN233 for STM32 Nucleo –Data brief
•UM2360: Getting started with the X-NUCLEO-IHM17M1 low voltage 3-phase brushless DC motor
driver expansion board based on STSPIN233 –User manual
X-CUBE-SPN17:
•DB3517:Low voltage three-phase brushless DC motor driver software expansion for STM32Cube
–Data brief
•UM2362: Getting started with the X-CUBE-SPN17 low voltage three-phase brushless DC motor
driver software expansion for STM32Cube –User manual
•Software setup file
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All documents are available in the DESIGN tab of the related products webpage
Consult www.st.com for the complete list