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Real-time Motor and Motion Control with a Raspberry Pi without a real-time OS
Single-board computer (SBC) gained more and more popularity during the last years due its opensource software and the simple hardware. With these SBC it is possible to develop quickly and easily prototype systems or even full products. The standard Linux distributions have no real-time capabilities. For many projects like a digital weather station, this is […]
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Driving Stepper Motors with the new TMC5160 by using TRINAMIC’s API on a Raspberry Pi
This start-up guide explains how to connect your Raspberry Pi 3 to the TMC5160-BOB – the breakout board of the brand new TMC5160. We’ll be using the internal Motion Controller and +3V3 logic supply for the TMC5160. The wiring will be limited to the basic functionality to communicate via SPI. The usage of the TRINAMIC’s API […]
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Joining the RISC-V foundation
RISC-V is a new instruction set architecture (ISA) designed to be scalable for a wide variety of applications. Open-sources and easy to implement, it has been named the ISA for and by the people, free of those pesky licensing fees that can weigh heavy upon BOMs. Every embedded motor control solution contains hardware and software. […]
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How to drive a stepper motor via UART with your Arduino Mega using a TMC5072-EVAL
Today we show how to connect TRINAMIC’s TMC5072-EVAL via Single Wire UART to an Arduino Mega for basic operation. The wiring is limited to the basic functionality to communicate via Single Wire UART. Preperation To use the 5V version of the Arduino MEGA you have to resolder Resistor from position R3 to R8. This enables […]
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TRINAMIC introduces new intuitive TMCL developement environment
TMCL IDE 3.0 upgrade adds comprehensive controls for parameterization, evaluation & test Trinamic has upgraded its popular TMCL Integrated Development Environment to version 3.0. This latest version of the Trinamic IDE features new, intuitive tools to aid programming and parameterization for Trinamic Board level products, plus advanced tools for device status logging and evaluation (the […]
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Compact Assembly Pre-Programmed for Rapid Design-in
TRINAMIC Offers Easy-to-Use Embedded Driver for NEMA 17 Stepper Motors TRINAMIC announced a smart, energy and cost efficient embedded driver stage custom designed for direct mounting on NEMA 17 stepper motors. Pre-programmed and pre-configured with all operating parameters to support standard 1.1A (rms) motors, the new TMCM-1043 is intended for rapid design-in and off-the-shelf use […]