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The L6491 is a high voltage device manufactured with the BCD6 "OFF-LINE" technology. It is a single-chip half-bridge gate driver for N-channel power MOSFETs or IGBTs, with a 4 A sink and source current capability. The high-side (floating) section is designed to stand a voltage rail up to 600 V. The logic inputs are CMOS/TTL compatible down to 3.3 V for easy interfacing a microcontroller or DSP. An integrated comparator is available for fast overcurrent protection, and is also suited for other functions such overtemperature, etc. The EVAL6491HB board allows evaluating all of the L6491 features while driving a power switch with voltage rating up to 600 V in TO-220 or TO-247 packages. The board allows easily selecting and modifying the values of relevant external components in order to ease driver's performance evaluation under different applicative conditions and fine pre-tuning of final application's components.

The L6494L is a high voltage device manufactured with the BCD6 "OFF-LINE" technology. It is a single-chip half-bridge gate driver for N-channel power MOSFETs or IGBTs. Both device outputs can sink 2.5 A and source 2 A, making the L6494L particularly suited for medium and high capacity power MOSFETs\IGBTs. The integrated bootstrap diode as well as all of the integrated features of this driver make the application's PCB design simpler and more compact, and help reducing the overall bill of material. The EVAL6494L board allows evaluating all of the L6494L features while driving a power switch in the TO-220 or TO-247 package. The board allows easily to select and modify the values of relevant external components in order to ease driver performance evaluation under different applicative conditions and fine pre-tuning of final application components.

The EVALKIT-ROBOT-1 is an evaluation kit offering a ready-to-use servo brushless solution. Thanks to the high integration level of the STSPIN32F0A, the control board provides a powerful power stage, the analog circuitry implementing current sensing and overcurrent protection and a Cortex-M0 microcontroller performing a Field-Oriented Control with closed-loop positioning. All packed into a 40 mm x 40 mm footprint. The maxon EC-i 40 motor, thanks to the optimized magnetic circuit, offers a very high torque density and very low cogging torque. In combination with the maxon ENX 16 EASY 1024 pulses incremental encoder, it is an excellent choice for reliable, robust and high-precision position and speed control.

Based on the ST8500 power line communication System on Chip, the EVALKITST8500-1 evaluation kit embeds all the functions required for a turnkey power line communication network. Depending on the PLC protocol targeted, different firmware releases should be loaded on the host Flash memory. Please check software release availability with your local STMicroelectronics sales office. Intuitive graphical user interface (GUI) for the Windows®environment allows the user to upgrade the firmware release, configure and control the evaluation kit.

The EVALMASTERGAN4 board is an easy to use and quick to adapt tool to evaluate the characteristics of MASTERGAN4 and to quickly create new topologies without the need of complete PCB design. The EVALMASTERGAN4 provides an on-board programmable inputs deadtime generator with a single VCC supply (typ. 6 V). An embedded Linear voltage regulator offers 3.3 V rail to supply low voltage logic circuit like microcontrollers or FPGA. Some spare footprint is also included to customize the board to operate with final application. These customizations include: use of separate input signal or single PWM signal, use of external bootstrap diode, separate supply for VCC, PVCC or Vbo and also the use of low-side shunt resistor for peak current mode topologies. All pins of the MASTERGAN4 are accessible. The EVALMASTERGAN4 is 56 x 70 mm wide, FR-4 PCB resulting in an Rth(J-A) of 35°C/W, without forced airflow.

The EVALSP820-XS is a compact and easy to use evaluation board for the STSPIN820, the world's smallest 45 V microstepping motor driver rated at 2.5 A. It provides a very compact solution to evaluate the performance of the STSPIN820 stepper motor driver with a minimum set of additional equipment and without the need of additional devices. The hardware is fully compatible to be used together with RAMPS or other similar FFF 3D printing platforms, representing a very fast drop-in replacement of similar solutions. Contrary to most other competitors solutions, the EVALSP820-XS helps customers to really exploit the benefits of working at high microstepping resolution. The microstepping resolution can be easily set to one of eight available values through M1, M2 and M3 inputs: full-step, 1/2, 1/4, 1/8, 1/16, 1/32, 1/128 and 1/256 of step. It is simply controlled through step and direction ports and embeds the PWM current control algorithm with selectable decay mode (fast + slow or slow) and the adjustable reference voltage level through an embedded potentiometer. The STSPIN820 features a full set of protections making it a bullet proof device for a wide range of industrial applications.

The EVALSTDRIVE101 is a demonstration board based on the STDRIVE101, a three-phase gate driver, and the STL110N10F7 power MOSFETs. The EVALSTDRIVE101 is designed to drive three-phase brushless DC motors and it can be interfaced with different STM32 microcontrollers through the motor control connector. The board can be configured in single shunt and three-shunt and can support FOC and six-step algorithms in both configurations. The Hall sensors connector and the phase sensing network present on-board allow to implement both sensor and sensorless algorithms for motion control. The EVALSTDRIVE101 allows a full evaluation of the STDRIVE101 and its features, including the embedded comparator for overcurrent protection and the drain-source voltage sensing of each power MOSFET.

The EVALSTGAP1BS is a galvanically isolated single gate driver for N-channel MOSFETs and IGBTs with advanced protection, configuration and diagnostic features. The architecture of the STGAP1B1S isolates the channel from the control and the low voltage interface circuitry through true galvanic isolation. The EVALSTGAP1B1S board allows evaluating all of the STGAP1B1S features while driving a power switch with a voltage rating up to 1500 V. Power switches in both TO-220 or TO-247 packages can be evaluated, and the board allows the connection of a heatsink in order to exploit the ability of the STGAP1B1S to handle very high power applications. In combination with the STEVAL-PCC009V2 communication board and the STGAP1B1S evaluation software, the board allows to easily enable, configure or disable all of the driver’s protection and control features through the SPI interface. Advanced diagnostic is also available thanks to the driver’s status registers that can be accessed through the SPI. Multiple boards can be connected together and share the same logic supply voltage and control signals in order to evaluate half-bridge, interleaved or even more complex topologies. The board allows implementing the SPI daisy chain when more than one device is used.

The EVALSTGAP2HDM is an half bridge evaluation board designed to evaluate the STGAP2HD isolated dual gate driver The gate driver is characterized by 4 A current capability and rail-to-rail outputs, making the device suitable also for high power applications such as motor drivers in industrial applications equipped with MOSFET, IGBT power switches. The device integrates protection functions: dedicated SD and BRAKE pins are available, UVLO and thermal shutdown are included to easily design high reliability systems, and the interlocking function prevents outputs from being high at the same time. The device allows implementing negative gate driving, and the on-board isolated DC-DC converters allow working with optimized driving voltage for MOSFET, IGBT. The EVALSTGAP2HDM board allows evaluating all the STGAP2HDM features while driving a half-bridge power stage with voltage rating up to 1200 V in TO-220 or TO-247 package. The board allows easily selecting and modifying the values of relevant external components in order to ease driver performance evaluation under different applicative conditions and fine pre-tuning of final application components.