STMicroelectronics X-NUCLEO-IHM08M1 User manual

Version 1.1.0 (May 16, 2016)
Quick Start Guide
Low-Voltage BLDC motor driver expansion board based on
STL220N6F7 for STM32 Nucleo
(X-NUCLEO-IHM08M1)

Quick Start Guide Contents 2
X-NUCLEO-IHM08M1: Low-Voltage BLDC motor driver expansion board
Hardware and Software overview
Setup & Demo Examples
Documents & Related Resources
STM32 Open Development Environment: Overview

L6398
Low-Voltage BLDC motor driver expansion board
Hardware Overview 3
X-NUCLEO-IHM08M1 Hardware Description
The X-NUCLEO-IHM08M1 is a three-phase brushless DC motor driver
expansion board based on the STL220N6F7 (STripFET™F7 Power
MOSFET) for STM32 Nucleo. The combination of STL220N6F7 and
L6398 (IC driver) forms the high current power platform for the BLDC
motor and the digital section based on the STM32 Nucleo board offers 6-
step or FOC algorithm control solutions. It is compatible with the ST
morpho connector and supports the addition of other boards which can be
connected with a single STM32 Nucleo board. The user can also mount
the Arduino™ UNO R3 connector.
Main features
•3-phase driver board for BLDC/PMSM motors.
•Nominal operating voltage range: 8 V - 48 V DC.
•Maximum output peak current: 30 A.
•Nominal RMS output current: 15A
•Thermal monitoring and overheating protection.
•3-Shunt and 1-Shunt configurable jumpers for motor current sensing.
•Hall / Encoder motor sensor connector and circuit.
•Potentiometer available for speed regulation.
•User LED
•RoHS compliant.
TSV994IPT STL220N6F7
Key Products on board
STL220N6F7: STripFET™ F7 Power MOSFET 260A, 60V
L6398:High voltage high and low-side driver
TSV994IPT: Rail to rail input/output high merit factor op-amps Latest info available at www.st.com
X-NUCLEO-IHM08M1

Low-Voltage BLDC motor driver expansion board
Software Overview 4
X-CUBE-SPN8 Software Description
The X-CUBE-SPN8is an expansion software package for
STM32Cube. The software runs on the STM32 and includes
drivers that recognize, initialize and send application commands
to the L6398 device.
It is compatible with the NUCLEO-F302R8 or the NUCLEO-
F401RE when connected to one or more X-NUCLEO-IHM08M1
expansion boards.
Key features
•Complete firmware package to build motor control applications
based on L6398 gate drivers and STL220N6F7 Power
MOSFETs (X-NUCLEO-IHM08M1).
•API function available to send any application command to
motor driver
•Example implementation to control one low voltage three
phase BLDC/PMSM motor, available on board X-NUCLEO-
IHM08M1 expansion board when plugged to NUCLEO-
F302R8 or NUCLEO-F01RE
•Easy portability across different MCU families, thanks to
STM32Cube
•Free, user-friendly license terms
Overall Software Architecture
Hardware Abstraction Layer API Boards Support Packages
Drivers
Board Demonstrations
X-NUCLEO-IHM08M1 Expansion BoardSTM32 Nucleo Board
MC 6-Step library
Middleware
CMSIS
Utilities
HW Components
STM32 L6398
Applications
3-Ph High current
LV Motor Control
Application
User interface
STL220N6F7
Latest info available at www.st.com
X-CUBE-SPN8

Quick Start Guide Contents 5
X-NUCLEO-IHM08M1: Low-Voltage BLDC motor driver expansion board
Hardware and Software overview
Setup & Demo Examples
Documents & Related Resources
STM32 Open Development Environment: Overview

Setup & Demo Examples
HW prerequisites 6
•1x Low-Voltage BLDC motor driver expansion board
(X-NUCLEO-IHM08M1)
•1x STM32 Nucleo development board
(NUCLEO-F302R8 or NUCLEO-F401RE)
•1x Low voltage 3-phase BLDC motor
•1x Laptop/PC equipped with Windows 7 or 8
•1x USB type A to Mini-B USB cable
•1x external power supply (according with
the motor characteristics)
NUCLEO-F302R8 /
NUCLEO-F401RE
X-NUCLEO-IHM08M1
Low-Voltage 3-phase BLDC
motor
STM32 Nucleo + X-NUCLEO-IHM08M1 + LV motor

Setup & Demo Examples
SW prerequisites 7
•STSW-LINK008: ST-LINK/V2-1 USB driver
•STSW-LINK007: ST-LINK/V2-1 firmware upgrade
•X-CUBE-SPN8
•copy the .zip file content into a folder on your PC. The package will contain source code example
(Keil, IAR, System Workbench) based on NUCLEO-F302R8 or NUCLEO-F401RE.

X-CUBE-SPN8 in 8 steps
Use of X-CUBE-SPN8 with pre-compiled .BIN FW file 8
Download & unpack
www.st.com/x-nucleo
www.st.com
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4
X-CUBE-SPN8
X-NUCLEO-IHM08M1
Select
Docs
Motor Control drivers
Motor Control lib, Serial UI
F3/F4 src code
X-CUBE-SPN8 package main structure
Download & install STM32
Nucleo ST-LINK/V2-1 USB driver
STSW-LINK008
5
Download / Install / Run
ST-Link FW Upgrade Utility
STSW-LINK007

9
drag and drop
X-CUBE-SPN8_F302.bin for F3 or
X-CUBE-SPN8_F401.bin for F4 or
on Nucleo drive
8
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\STM32CubeExpansion_SPN8_V1.0.0\Projects\Multi\Examples\MotorControl\Binary\STM32F302R8-Nucleo
\STM32CubeExpansion_SPN8_V1.0.0\Projects\Multi\Examples\MotorControl\Binary\STM32F401RE-Nucleo
X-CUBE-SPN8 for NUCLEO-F302R8 or NUCLEO-F401RE
X-CUBE-SPN8_Fxxx.bin
STM32 Nucleo + X-NUCLEO-
IHM08M1 + LV motor
Button
X-CUBE-SPN8 in 8 steps
Use of X-CUBE-SPN8 with pre-compiled .BIN FW file
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Connect the STM32 NUCLEO board
with the X-NUCLEO-IHM08M1 board
and LV BLDC motor
Push the blue
button
and motor RUN

X-CUBE-SPN8 for code developers
Compile the FW using one of supported IDE 10
4
\STM32CubeExpansion_SPN8_V1.0.0\Projects\Multi\Examples\MotorControl\EWARM\STM32FXXXRX-Nucleo
Flash and Run the project
Download & unpack
www.st.com/x-nucleo
www.st.com
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2
3
X-CUBE-SPN8
X-NUCLEO-IHM08M1
Select
Docs
Motor Control drivers
Motor Control lib, Serial UI
F3/F4 src code
X-CUBE-SPN8 package main structure
Open the IDE workspace for
Nucleo board selected
IAR IDE vers. 7.40
X-CUBE-SPN8 for NUCLEO-F302R8 or NUCLEO-F401RE

Documents & Related Resources
X-NUCLEO-IHM08M1:
•Gerber files, BOM, Schematic
•DB2778:Low-Voltage BLDC motor driver expansion board based on STL220N6F7 for STM32 Nucleo –data brief
•UM1996: Getting started with X-NUCLEO-IHM08M1 low-voltage BLDC motor driver expansion board based on
STL220N6F7 for STM32 Nucleo –user manual
X-CUBE-SPN8 :
•DB2771:Low-Voltage BLDC motor driver software expansion for STM32Cube –data brief
•UM1992: Getting started with X-CUBE-SPN8, low-voltage BLDC 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

Quick Start Guide Contents 12
X-NUCLEO-IHM08M1: Low-Voltage BLDC motor driver expansion board
Hardware and Software overview
Setup & Demo Examples
Documents & Related Resources
STM32 Open Development Environment: Overview

STM32 Open Development Environment
Fast, affordable Prototyping and Development 13
•The STM32 Open Development Environment (ODE) consists of a set of stackable boards
and a modular open SW environment designed around the STM32 microcontroller family.
www.st.com/stm32ode
Function Packs
(FP)
STM32Cube
development software
STM32 Nucleo
expansion boards
(X-NUCLEO)
STM32 Nucleo
development boards
STM32Cube
expansion software
(X-CUBE)

Power supply
through USB or
external source
Integrated debugging
and programming
ST-LINK probe
STM32 microcontroller
Complete product range
from ultra-low power to high-performance
ST morpho extension header
STM32 Nucleo
Development Boards (NUCLEO)
•A comprehensive range of affordable development boards for all the STM32
microcontroller series, with unlimited unified expansion capabilities and integrated
debugger/programmer functionality.
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www.st.com/stm32nucleo
Arduino™ UNO R3 extension headers

Move/ActuatePower InteractConnect
Sense
STM32 Nucleo
Expansion Boards (X-NUCLEO)
•Boards with additional functionality that can be plugged directly on top of the STM32
Nucleo development board directly or stacked on another expansion board.
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DIL24 support for
new devices
Motion MEMS sensors
Environmental sensors
www.st.com/x-nucleo
Example of STM32 expansion board (X-NUCLEO-IKS01A1)

STM32 Open Development Environment
Software components
•STM32Cube software (CUBE) -A set
of free tools and embedded software bricks
to enable fast and easy development on
the STM32, including a Hardware
Abstraction Layer and middleware bricks.
•STM32Cube expansion software
(X-CUBE) -Expansion software provided
free for use with the STM32 Nucleo
expansion board and fully compatible with
the STM32Cube software framework. It
provides abstracted access to expansion
board functionality through high-level APIs
and sample applications.
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www.st.com/x-cube
•Compatibility with multiple Development Environments - The STM32 Open Development
Environment is compatible with a number of IDEs including IAR EWARM, Keil MDK, and GCC-based
environments. Users can choose from three IDEs from leading vendors, which are free of charge and
deployed in close cooperation with ST. These include Eclipse-based IDEs such as Ac6 System
Workbench for STM32 and the MDK-ARM environment.
Tools&IDEs
Applicationexamples
(e.g.basedon ST OpenSoftwareX)
Hardware
SampleapplicationsApplications
IAREWARM,KeilMDK-ARM,GCC-basedIDEs
(e.g.Ac6SystemWorkbenchforSTM32)
STM32CubeHardwareAbstractionLayer(HAL)
STM32Cube
middleware
Upperlevel middleware
(e.g.ST OpenSoftwareX)
Middleware
Hardware
Abstraction
STM32Cubeexpansionmiddleware
STM32 Nucleo expansion boards (X-NUCLEO)
STM32 Nucleo developer boards
OPEN LICENSE MODELS: STM32Cube software and sample applications are covered by a
mix of fully open source BSD license and ST licenses with very permissive terms. www.st.com/stm32cube

STM32 Open Development Environment
Building block approach 17
The building blocks Your need Our answer
Move /
Actuate
Connect
Power
Sense
Process
Inertial modules, magnetometer
Proximity, microphone
Pressure, temperature, humidity
Bluetooth LE, Sub-GHz radio
NFC, Wi-Fi, GNSS
Energy management & battery
General-purpose microcontrollers
Stepper motor driver
DC & BLDC motor driver
Audio amplifier
COLLECT
TRANSMIT
ACCESS
CREATE
POWER
PROCESS
Software
Secure microcontrollers
Touch controller
Operation Amplifier
Accelerometer, gyroscope
Translate
Industrial input / output
www.st.com/stm32ode