Hardware Version V1.00 | Document Revision V1.10 • 2017-Mar-02
PD42-1270 is an easy to use PANdrive™smart stepper motor. The module is controlled via a CAN bus interface and comes with two firmware options – TMCL and CANopen. PD42-1270 features stealthChop™for
absolute silent motor control, spreadCycle™for high speed stepper motor commutation, a fully integrated
hardware motion controller with sixPoint™ motion ramps, as well as stallGuard2™ and coolStep™.
The PANdrive™PD42-1270 is a full mechatronic solution with state of the art feature set. It is highly
integrated and offers convenient handling via CAN interface. The PD42-1270 includes a stepper motor,
driver electronics, and a fully featured hardware motion controller. It can be used in many decentralized
applications and has been designed for 0.20...0.47 Nm maximum holding torque and 24V DC nominal
supply voltage. With stealthChop™, the PD42-1270 offers absolutely silent and smooth motor operation
for lower and medium velocities. With spreadCycle™, the PD42-1270 offers a high performance current
controlled chopper mode for highest velocities with perfect zero crossing performance. With stallGuard2™,
a sensorless load detection feature is provided for automatic end step detection and load monitoring.
stallGuard2 is also used for the automatic current scaling feature coolStep™. The PD42-1270 comes with a
CAN bus interface and four (4) digital IOs.
1.1General Features
Main Characteristics
• Supply Voltage +24V nom. (+6V to +28V DC)
• 1.0A RMS phase current (ca. 1.4A peak phase current)
• Highest micro step resolution, up to 256 micro steps per full step
• Available with enclosure and mounted to NEMA17 / 42mm flange size motor
stealthChop is an extremely quiet mode of operation for low and medium velocities. It is based on a voltage
mode PWM. During standstill and at low velocities, the motor is absolutely noiseless. Thus, stealthChop
operated stepper motor applications are very suitable for indoor or home use. The motor operates
absolutely free of vibration at low velocities. With stealthChop, the motor current is applied by driving
a certain effective voltage into the coil, using a voltage mode PWM. There are no more configurations
required except for the regulation of the PWM voltage to yield the motor target current.
Figure 1: Motor coil sine wave current using stealthChop (measured with current probe)
1.2.2spreadCycle™
The spreadCycle chopper is a high-precision, hysteresis-based, and simple to use chopper mode, which
automatically determines the optimum length for the fast-decay phase. Several parameters are available to
optimize the chopper to the application. spreadCycle offers optimal zero crossing performance compared
to other current controlled chopper algorithms and thereby allows for highest smoothness. The true target
current is powered into the motor coils.
Figure 2: spreadCycle principle
1.2.3stallGuard2
stallGuard2 is a high-precision sensorless load measurement using the back EMF of the motor coils. It
can be used for stall detection as well as other uses at loads below those which stall the motor. The
stallGuard2 measurement value changes linearly over a wide range of load, velocity, and current settings.
At maximum motor load, the value reaches zero or is near zero. This is the most energy-efficient point of
operation for the motor.
Figure 3: stallGuard2 Load Measurement as a Function of Load
1.2.4coolStep
coolStep is a load-adaptive automatic current scaling based on the load measurement via stallGuard2.
coolStep adapts the required current to the load. Energy consumption can be reduced by as much as 75%.
coolStep allows substantial energy savings, especially for motors which see varying loads or operate at a
high duty cycle. Because a stepper motor application needs to work with a torque reserve of 30% to 50%,
even a constant-load application allows significant energy savings because coolStep automatically enables
torque reserve when required. Reducing power consumption keeps the system cooler, increases motor
life, and allows for cost reduction.
Figure 4: Energy Efficiency Example with coolStep
1.2.5sixPoint Motion Controller
TRINAMIC’s sixPoint motion controller is a new type of ramp generator, which offers faster machine
operation compared to the classical linear acceleration ramps. The sixPoint ramp generator allows adapting
the acceleration ramps to the torque curves of a stepper motor and uses two different acceleration settings
each for the acceleration phase and for the deceleration phase
Figure 5: Typical motion profile with TRINAMIC’s sixPoint motion controller
The PD42-1270 includes the TMCM-1270 stepper motor controller/driver module (electronics + encapsulating enclosure) and a NEMA17 / 42mm flange size bipolar stepper motor. Currently, there is a choice
between three NEMA17 / 42mm flange size stepper motors with different lengths and different holding
torques. All three stepper motors are rated for 1A RMS coil current - perfectly fitting to the TMCM-1270
electronics.
The dimensions of the controller/driver unit are approx. 42mm x 42mm x 12mm (TMCM-1270 electronics +
encapsulating enclosure). There are two mounting holes for M3 screws for mounting on the back bell of a
NEMA17 / 42mm flange size stepper motor (screw/thread length depends on motor size).
Figure 6: PD42-1270 top view mechanical dimensions
3.2PD42-1270 Dimensions and Weight
When mounted to the stepper motor the overall size of the PANdrive is the housing height plus motor
body size.
The following diagrams show the torque vs. speed curves for the PD42-1-1270, the PD42-2-1270, and
the PD42-3-1270 at three different typical conditions. All measurements have been done in spreadCycle
chopper mode. The measurement conditions are:
The PD42-1270 offers two connectors - one 10-pin connector for power supply, communication (CAN) and
four Inputs and one four pin connector for connecting the motor.
Table 6: PD42-1270 Power supply and I/O connector pin assignment
NOTICE
5V output, 100mA maximum load, e.g. for end / home switch circuit or
external encoder supply
General purpose input 0, can be used as HOME switch input, also. Configurable as analog input AIN0 via software (+5V compatible, internal 10k pull-up
to +5V)
General purpose input 1, can be used as left reference / stop switch input
REFL / STOP_L, also. Configurable as incremental encoder input channel A via
software (+5V TTL compatible, internal 10k pull-up to +5V)
General purpose input 2, can be used as right reference / stop switch input
REFR / STOP_R, also. Configurable as incremental encoder input channel B
via software (+5V TTL compatible, internal 10k pull-up to +5V)
ENABLE NOT input (active low) for driver stage, 0 = enabled, 1 = disabled (+5V
TTL compatible, internal 10k pull-up to +5V)
Always keep the power supply voltage below the upper limit of 28V!
Otherwise the driver electronics will be seriously damaged. Especially, when the
selected operating voltage is near the upper limit a regulated power supply is
highly recommended.
NOTICE
Add external power supply capacitors!
It is recommended to connect an electrolytic capacitor of significant size (e.g. 470µF/35V) to the power supply lines next
to the PD42-1270!
Rule of thumb for size of electrolytic capacitor: C =
1000µF
A
× I
SU P P LY
In addition to power stabilization (buffer) and filtering this added capacitor will
also reduce any voltage spikes which might otherwise occur from a combination
of high inductance power supply wires and the ceramic capacitors. In addition
it will limit slew-rate of power supply voltage at the module. The low ESR of
ceramic-only filter capacitors may cause stability problems with some switching
power supplies.
NOTICE
Tie ENN to GND in order to enable driver stage!
Please note that pin 10 of the
Power supply and I/O connector is a hardware driver stage enable input (active
low) with an internal pull-up resistor. In order to enable motor driver stage and
be able to move the motor using appropriate software commands it is necessary
to tie this input to GND.
4.2CAN Connection
For remote control and communication with a host system the PD42-1270 provides a CAN bus interface.
For proper operation the following items should be taken into account when setting up a CAN network:
The network topology should follow a bus structure as closely as possible. That is, the
connection between each node and the bus itself should be as short as possible. Basically, it should be
short compared to the length of the bus.
Figure 12: CAN bus strcuture
Bus Termination
Especially for longer busses and/or multiple nodes connected to the bus and/or high
communication speeds, the bus should be properly terminated at both ends. The PD42-1270 does not
integrate any termination resistor. Therefore, 120 Ohm termination resistors at both ends of the bus have
to be added externally.
Number of Nodes
The bus transceiver used on the PD42-1270 (TJA1051) supports at least 100 nodes
under optimum conditions. Practically achievable number of nodes per CAN bus highly depend on bus
length (longer bus → less nodes) and communication speed (higher speed → less nodes).
CAN Bus Adapters
To quickly connect to the PD42-1270 a PC based intergated development environment TMCL-IDE is available. Latest release can be downloaded for free from our web site: www.trinamic.com
A number of common CAN interface adapters from different manufactures is supported from within this
software. Please make sure to check our web site from time to time for the latest version of the software!
Do not connect or disconnect motor during operation!
Motor cable and motor inductivity might lead to voltage spikes when the motor is connected / disconnected while energized. These voltage spikes might exceed voltage limits of the
driver MOSFETs and might permanently damage them. Therefore, always switch
off or disconnect power supply before connecting or disconnecting the motor.
4.4LEDs
The PD42-1270 includes two LEDs: one green status LED and one red error LED. See figure 13 for LED
location.
Figure 13: PD42-1270 LED colors and loacation
Depending on the firmware option (TMCL or CANopen), these LEDs have different functionality. Main
states for TMCL:
State green LEDState red LEDDescription TMCL Firmware
Stresses above those listed under "‘Absolute Maximum Ratings"’ may cause permanent damage to the device. This is a stress rating only and functional operation
of the device at those or any other conditions above those indicated in the operation listings of this specification is not implied. Exposure to maximum rating
conditions for extended periods may affect device reliability.
6.2Electrical Characteristics (Ambient Temperature 25° C)
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