The TMC6200-EVAL is designed for evaluating all features of the TMC6200. The evaluation board
is part of TRINAMICs user-friendly plug-in system for chip evaluation. Just connect the TMC6200EVAL with Landungsbruecke, the associated base board. Therefore, use the dedicated connector
board, called Eselsbruecke. Eselsbruecke offers test points for every connector pin.
Features
• 3-phase BLDC/PMSM motor with up
to 10A coil current
• Gate Drive Programmable 0.5A/1A/1.5A
• Supply Voltage 8. . . 48V (55V max)
• SPI Interface for diagnostics and con-
figuration
• Optional BBM break-before-make logic
for single line control
• Programmable Short and Overload
current threshold and retry
• Programmable Control Interface with
3 line or 6 line drive
1. Make sure that the latest version of the TMCL-IDE is installed. The TMCL-IDE can be downloaded
from www.trinamic.com/support/software/tmcl-ide/.
2. Open the TMCL-IDE and connect the Landungsbruecke or Startrampe via USB to the computer. For
Windows 8 and higher is no driver needed, on Windows 7 machines the TMCL-IDE is installing the
driver automatically.
3. Verify that the Landungsbruecke or Startrampe is using the latest firmware version. The firmware
version is shown in the connected device tree.
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Figure 2: Firmware Version
4. The TMCL-IDE 3.0 needs room to show all important information and to provide a good overview.
Therefore, arrange the main window related to your needs. We recommend using full screen. For
evaluation boards it is essential to have access to the registers. Therefore open up the Register
Browser (left side). For a better view click top right on the normal icon to get a maximized register
browser window.
6. There are 2 solder options available on the TMC6200-EVAL as highlighted in the image below.
The resistor in the small upper box allows changing VCCIO of TMC6200. If not assembled, VCCIO =
3,3V. If this 0 Ω resistor is assmebled, VCCIO = 5V.
In the larger box with label VOFS the offset voltage of the internal current shunt amplifieres can be
selected. By default it is 5V/2. When moving the existing 1k Ω resistor to the left side solder pad
VFOS is 3,3V/2.
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Figure 4: Solder jumper on TMC6200-EVAL
2Hardware Information
All design files for our evaluation boards are available for free. We offer the original ECAD files (Eagle,
Altium, or PADS), Gerber data, the BOM, and PDF copies.
The files can be downloaded from the evaluation boards’ website directly at