AEK-MOT-SM81M1

Data brief

Stepper motor driver evaluation board based on the L99SM81V for automotive
applications

Features
• Board functionality based on L99SM81V programmable stepper motor driver for
automotive applications:
– with micro-stepping and hold functions
– BEMF monitoring for stall detection
– programmable configuration via SPI
– 5 V internal linear voltage regulator (output available on board connector)
• Board reverse battery protection with STD95N4F3 MOSFET, which can be
substituted with two optionally mounted diodes and a jumper
• Input operating voltage range from 6 V to 28 V
• Output current up to 1.35 A
• Board size: 65 mm length x 81 mm width x 11 mm maximum component height
• WEEE and RoHS compliant
• All ST components are qualified Automotive grade
• Part of the AutoDevKit™ initiative
• Applications: automotive bipolar stepper motor

Description
The AEK-MOT-SM81M1 evaluation board is designed to drive a bipolar stepper
motor in micro-stepping mode, with coil voltage monitoring for stall detection.
This application board features the automotive-grade L99SM81V stepper motor
Product summary driver with embedded power MOSFETs and a comprehensive set of I/Os for MCU
AutoDevKit stepper
control and feedback signaling using SPI communication through a 12-pin male
motor driver board connector or two 5-pin connectors on the board.
AEK-MOT-SM81M1
for automotive The board is developed as part of the AutoDevKit initiative, and evaluation firmware
applications
is available for suitable microcontrollers such as the automotive-grade SPC5 series
programmable MCU on the AEK-MCU-C4MLIT1 control board.
stepper motor driver
L99SM81V
for automotive
applications
SPC5-Studio addon
Development for Eclipse (with
environment AutoDevKit plugin
extension)
Suggested
SPC5 family MCUs
microcontroller
Automotive bipolar
stepper motor; e.g.:
- adaptive vehicle
Applications front lighting
systems
- vehicle HUD
projectors

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For further information contact your local STMicroelectronics sales office.
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Overview

1 Overview

The AEK-MOT-SM81M1 board targets automotive applications such as adaptive front lighting systems and HUD
projectors, with stepping resolution ranging from 4 full steps to 64 micro steps for the finest possible positional
control.
The L99SM81V driver logically manages timers, counters, reference tables and mode or status registers that are
read or set by the external microcontroller to drive the two coil phases of a bipolar stepper motor, with separate
RUN and HOLD profiles for moving the rotor or keeping it stationary.
Apart from supply voltage and driver current diagnostics, the driver also monitors the output voltages across the
phase terminals in order to detect and flag critical motor stall events that can compromise motor operation and
control.

Figure 1. Car stepper motor application diagram

RELATED LINKS
Visit the Automotive Bipolar Stepper Motor page on the ST website for further relevant application and design information
AutoDevKit: Adaptive Front Lighting demonstration kit video on YouTube

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 2 Schematic diagrams
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Figure 2. AEK-MOT-SM81M1 schematic diagram

JP1 D1 GF1B
DEVICE DIO_TP

Header 8
R8 47K Vbat
N.M. N.M.
GND
R9 47K

1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
D2 N.M.
1 GND
D4 CP_TP D S

DOUT1
DOUT2
R10 Vbat
CP+ STD95N4F3

1
C16 GND T1

EN
1K6 1 D3

DOUT1

DOUT2
SDO_F

CSN_F
35 100nF 100V
4.7uF

CLK_F
SDI_F

G
TLMY1000-GS08 T2 STPS0540Z
R1
GND GND VSPI CP- 2 BC847 3

C1
1 100K
VSPI GND C2
VREG R2

1
P1 100nF

36

32

31

30

29

28

27

34
R11 PGND
1 EN U1 100K
1
2 JP2
2 GND 1K0

CPOUT
CP+

CSN
CP-

SDO

DOUT1

DOUT2
SDI

CLK
3 EN C17 C3 22uF
3 N.M.
4
4 JP3
5 MOSI CTRL1 20 3 C4100nF
5 CTRL1 VSA PGND
6 MISO C5 VS_TP
6
7 SCLK GND CTRL2 21 17 4.7uF C6 22uF
7 CTRL2 VREG GND 1
8 CSN
8
9 CTRL3 22 16 C7100nF
9 CTRL3 VSB PGND
10 AOUT AOUT JP4
10
11 26 10
11 EN PGNDB PGND R3
12 VS_SENSE 1
12 AOUT_TP C10 C8 82K
100pF C0 2 9
254112WV054
V5V
PGND AOUT L99SM81V PGNDA
N.M.
N.M.
220nF C9 19 12 B2 1
V5V OUTB2 R4
CONB VS_SENSE
VSPI
100nF C11 23 14 B1 2 PHASE B
VDD OUTB1 1K0 C15
R12 R13 R5 100nF
MISO SDO_F SCLK CLK_F 220nF C12 24 7 A2 2
V3V OUTA2 10K
CONA
1K0 C18 1K0 C19 25 5 A1 1 PHASE A
N.M. N.M. GND OUTA1
GND
C14
C13

TAB
GND N.M.

NC

NC

NC

NC

NC

NC

NC

NC

NC
N.M.
GND GND
GND
R14 R15

13

15

18

33

37
1

11
MOSI CSN CSN_F
1

1
1K0 C20 1K0 C21 GND V3V_TP PGND
N.M. N.M. PSSO36/QFN40L/SOCKET
PGND
Connection to GND plane for heat sinking B1
PGND 1 PGND OUTA1 1 OUTB1 1
GND GND
R16
A2 B2
OUTA2 1 OUTB2 1
0R

PS CON Operating Range 5V5 CON Operating Range GND 1 GND

IDC(max)=50mA GND PGND
IDC(max)=3A
VDC=6V-28V (40V transients) VDC=5V
R6
GND
CON PS
1 N.M. SPI_TP
Vbat LED2

AEK-MOT-SM81M1
N.M. CSN 1
1
2 SCLK 2
1 2
Tr_d1 V5V MOSI 3
Power Supply 3
SMAJ40CA CON V5V MISO 4
R7 2 4
GND 5
5

Schematic diagrams
0R 5V Power Supply Output
254105WV054
1

GND PGND PGND V5V_TP GND

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Revision history

Table 1. Document revision history

Date Version Changes

08-Jul-2019 1 Initial release.

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