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CACKLE-Driver-DRV8311 Motor Driver

techy-robot·CACKLE-Driver-DRV8311_Motor_Driver

CACKLE-Driver-DRV8311 Motor Driver PCB layout, top view — open source board by techy-robot

About the CACKLE-Driver-DRV8311 Motor Driver PCB

CACKLE-Driver-DRV8311 Motor Driver is an open source PCB design by techy-robot, published on GitHub under the CC-BY-NC-4.0 license. It is a 4-layer board measuring 15 × 15 mm, with 25 components from 12 distinct parts.

Other key parts include the DRV8311HRRWR. By type, the board carries 11 connectors, 10 capacitors, 3 resistors and 1 IC.

It belongs with the robotics & motion and test & measurement designs in this gallery.

From the project

This is a single brushless motor driver based on the DRV8311 Texas Instruments chip. It is capable of 5 amps current in a voltage range of 3 to 24 volts. It has integrated current sense amplifiers and protection logic. It supports up to 200khz PWM frequency.

This is a single brushless motor driver based on the DRV8311 Texas Instruments chip. It is capable of 5 amps current in a voltage range of 3 to 24 volts. It has integrated current sense amplifiers and protection logic. It supports up to 200khz PWM frequency.

The chip has 3 current sense outputs, tied to all three ADC pins. The motor output is through a Molex Picoblade (1.25mm pitch) 3-pin connector.

Main components on the CACKLE-Driver-DRV8311 Motor Driver

DRV8311HRRWR

CACKLE-Driver-DRV8311 Motor Driver bill of materials (BOM)

25 components, 12 distinct parts — part numbers from the project's BOM.

QtyPartRefs
1
DRV8311HRRWR
U1
2
1.27mm pin header
J1, J2
4
Keystone 3579
J3, J7, J9, J11
1
Molex Picoblade
J4
4
Keystone 3569
J5, J6, J8, J10
1
4.7uF, 10v
C1
2
100nF, 16v
C2, C6
2
100nF, 16v
C3, C7
5
10uF, 16v
C4, C5, C8, C9, C10
1
300K
300k
R1
1
100K
100k
R2
1
47K
47k
R3

CACKLE-Driver-DRV8311 Motor Driver design files

The KiCad project lives in the techy-robot/CACKLE-Driver-DRV8311_Motor_Driver repository on GitHub; these links point at the commit this page was built from.

CACKLE-Driver-DRV8311 Motor Driver: common questions

How big is the CACKLE-Driver-DRV8311 Motor Driver PCB?

The CACKLE-Driver-DRV8311 Motor Driver measures 15 × 15 mm, has 4 copper layers and is 1.6 mm thick.

How many components are on the CACKLE-Driver-DRV8311 Motor Driver?

25 components, from 12 distinct parts, with part numbers taken from the project's own BOM. The full bill of materials is listed on this page.

Where can I download the CACKLE-Driver-DRV8311 Motor Driver design files?

From the techy-robot/CACKLE-Driver-DRV8311_Motor_Driver repository on GitHub, which has the KiCad layout, the schematic and the BOM; the links under Design files point to each one.

Can I use the CACKLE-Driver-DRV8311 Motor Driver design in my own project?

It is published under CC-BY-NC-4.0, which limits how it may be reused; read the license before building on it.

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