APPLICATION NOTE

L6219 Evaluation Board

By Thomas Hopkins
Power Systems Application Lab

The L6219 µSPDS boards are designed to be used in conjunction with the µSPDS-6219 software
to drive a bipolar stepper motor or two DC motors. The PSAL03-05 board supports the L6219 in
the DIP package and the PSAL 03-09 board supports the L6219DS and L6219R in the SO
package. The schematic of the boards is shown in Figure 3.

When used with the µSPDS-6219 the board can drive a bipolar stepper in Full Step or Half Step
operation.

The peak motor current in each of the two bridges is selected by a combination of the logic inputs
I0 and I1, the sense resistors selected by jumpers on the board, and the VREF voltage set by R1.
The logic inputs select one of three current levels, high, medium or low. These levels correspond
to a voltage applied to the current sense comparator input of 0.5V, 0.33V and 0.167V when VREF
is 5.0V. VREF can be set between 0 and 5V by adjusting R1. Jumpers JP1-JP4 are used to select
the sense resistors connected in the circuit. The equivalent resistance of the sense resistor and
the peak current for each current setting with various combinations of jumpers is shown in Table
1.

Figure 1: L6219 DIP Evaluation board

Figure 2: L6219 SO Evaluation board

Equivalent Current Setting [1]

JP1 JP2 Sense High Medium Low
JP4 JP3 Resistance VC=0.5 VC=0.333 VC=0.167
X X 0.667 0.750 0.500 0.250
X 1.000 0.500 0.333 0.167
X 2.000 0.250 0.167 0.083
Not Allowed, RSENSE is open
X = Jumper connected
[1] VC = Comparator Threshold with VREF = 5.0 V,
R1 turned to maximum
Table 1: Peak Output current
Power Supply
The TEA3717, TEA3718 µSPDS board requires 2 power supplies, one supply for the logic and
one for the motor. The range of allowable range of operating voltage for the two supplies,
summarized in Table 2, is the same as the device specifications. The Vs (5V) supply also
provides 5V for the ST7 interface board.
Supply Min Max
Vss Logic supply J3 4.75 5.25
Vs Motor supply J4 L6219 10 46
L6219R 4.5 10
Table 2: Power Supply Voltage

Interface Board Settings

Jumper WJ1 must be installed on the ST7 interface board. The settings for jumpers JP1, JP2 and
potentiometer R18 on the ST7 have no effect with the L6219 µSPDS board.

References

BIPOLAR STEPPER MOTOR CONTROL, AN266, Pierre PAYET BURIN, Jan. 1989,
STMicroelectronics

STEPPER MOTOR DRIVES, COMMON PROBLEMS AND SOLUTIONS, AN460, T. Hopkins,

March 1992, STMicroelectronics
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VCC 3 1 C1
.1 uF
R1
VCC VS
J1
VCC 1K
1
2

15

11

13

24
3 U1 J2
4 1 OUT1A

Vs load
5 Out1A 1

Vref1

Vref2

Vss logic
20
6 I01 2
7 17 21 OUT1B 3
8 I11 Out1B 4
9 16 CON4
10 Phase1 2 OUT2A
11 10 Out2A
12 Phase2 5 OUT2B
13 I01 9 Out2B
14 I12
15 8 L6219 23 SENSE1
16 I02 Sense1
17 SO24
18 22 INP1
19 I11 14 Comp in1
20 RC1
R2 1K
21 PH1 3 SENSE2 C2
22 Sense2
23 820 pF
24 R3
25 4 INP1
26 Comp in2

Gnd

Gnd

Gnd

Gnd
12
27 I02 RC2
1K
28 C3
29

18

19
6 820 pF
7
30
31 I12
32
33 R6 R7 R8 R9
34 2 1 2 1
CON34 R4 C4 R5 C5
56K 820 pF 56K 820 pF

1
JP1 JP2 JP4 JP3

VS VCC

2
+5V
J3
+5V
GND 1
2

GND 1
Vs 2
C6 C7 C8 C9
J4 100 uF .1 uF 100 uF .1 uF
C11

.1 uF
Size Document Number Rev
A L6219 - appl. board 1
Date: Tuesday, June 03, 2003 Sheet 1 of 1

Figure 3: L6219 µSPDS Demo Board Schematic