ST, a pioneer in the field of motor and motion control, offers a wide range of motor drivers covering the requirements of brushed DC motors, stepper motors and brushless DC motors over an extensive range of voltage and current ratings.
Our line-up of STSPIN motor drivers embeds all the functions needed to drive motors efficiently and with the highest accuracy, and include an advanced motion profile generator to relieve the host microcontroller, while ensuring robustness and reliability thanks to a comprehensive set of protection and diagnostic features.
Operating from a supply voltage as low as 1.8 V, the portfolio has been extended with the introduction of low-voltage STSPIN motor drivers which enable power savings in battery-powered smart devices thanks to the best-in-class standby current of less than 80 nA.
The benefit of our 10 and 15 years longevity program is available for our industrial grade STSPIN motor drivers.
STSPIN motor drivers
Stepper motor drivers
Scalable and robust stepper motor drivers, featuring accurate positioning and smooth motion profile with up to 256 micro-steps per step.
Brushed DC motor drivers
Simple, reliable and cost-effective solution to drive one or more brushed DC motors over a wide current and voltage range.
Brushless DC (BLDC) motor drivers
Extensive diagnostics and fully-protected to reduce the number of external components, cost and complexity.
Gate Drivers
IGBT and MOSFET gate drivers
Include integrated high-voltage half-bridge, single and multiple low-voltage gate drivers.
A complete ecosystem is provided to support design-in and shorten time-to-market
Designing motor control applications becomes much easier with the outstanding performance, features and full support of STSPIN motor driver ICs that make brushed DC, stepper and brushless motor control designs more efficient in a variety of applications.
A wide range of evaluation boards is provided, together with low-cost plug-and-play discovery kits: an ideal development tool for both beginners and experienced users that is autonomous and can be used with a software interface or with a custom firmware thanks to the embedded microcontroller.
Schematics, BOMs and gerber files are available to give you a headstart with your hardware design together with comprehensive technical documentation.
Software suites are also provided to enable quick and easy development of motor driving solutions.
In addition, STSPIN motor drivers can be easily evaluated in combination with an STM32 32-bit microcontroller in an open, flexible and affordable development environment to enable fast prototyping that can quickly be transformed into final designs.
The comprehensive development environment includes:
- STM32 Nucleo development boards with a comprehensive range of affordable development boards for all STM32 microcontroller series.
- STM32 Nucleo expansion boards based on STSPIN motor drivers, the expansion boards can be plugged on top of the STM32 Nucleo development boards. More complex functionalities can be achieved by stacking additional expansion boards.
The expansion boards are equipped with standardized interconnections such as an Arduino Uno R3 connector or a morpho connector for a higher level of connectivity.
Each expansion board is supported by STM32-based software modules.
Compact STSPIN Motor Drivers for Low- to Mid-Power Applications
ST has extended its portfolio of STSPIN monolithic motor drivers with the introduction of STSPIN8 series, that simplify design solutions and boosts motor efficiency thanks to its wide application range from 7 to 45 V, the standby mode in idle state, its RDS(ON) as low as 500 mΩ, a full set of integrated protection functions, all in a compact 4 x 4 mm QFN package.
STSPIN8 series includes:
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Combining the NUCLEO-L053R8 and the X-NUCLEO-IHM04A1 expansion board (based on the L6206, DMOS dual full bridge driver IC) the user can evaluate a dual brush DC motor drive  (to drive dual bipolar DC or quad unipolar DC motors).ÂSolution Components
Part Number Description Status Core Products Price (US$)* Order / DownloadX-NUCLEO-IHM04A1 Key features
- Voltage range from 8 V to 50 V max.
- Phase current up to 2.8 A r.m.s.
- Direct output driving
- Mounting position for shunt resistors available
- Undervoltage lockout
- Programmable high side overcurrent protection
- Thermal protection shutdown
- Compatible with Arduino UNO R3 connector
- Compatible with STM32 Nucleo boards
- RoHS compliant
Dual brush DC motor driver expansion board based on L6206 for STM32 Nucleo ActiveL6206 12.25 Buy now NUCLEO-L053R8 Key features
- Common features
- STM32 microcontroller in LQFP64 package
- 1 user LED shared with Arduinoâ„¢
- 1 user and 1 reset push-buttons
- 32.768 kHz crystal oscillator
- Board connectors:Arduinoâ„¢ Uno V3 expansion connectorST morpho extension pin headers for full access to all STM32 I/Os
- Flexible power-supply options: ST-LINK, USB VBUS or external sources
- On-board ST-LINK debugger/programmer with USB re-enumeration capability: mass storage, Virtual COM port and debug port
- Comprehensive free software libraries and examples available with the STM32Cube MCU Package
- Support of a wide choice of Integrated Development Environments (IDEs) including IAR™, Keil® and GCC-based IDEs
- Board-specific features
- External SMPS to generate Vcore logic supply
- 24Â MHz HSE
- Board connectors:External SMPS experimentation dedicated connectorMicro-AB or Mini-AB USB connector for the ST-LINKMIPI® debug connector
- Arm® Mbed Enabled™ compliant
STM32 Nucleo-64 development board with STM32L053R8 MCU, supports Arduino and ST morpho connectivity Active12.74 Buy now X-CUBE-SPN4 Key features
- Driver layer for complete management of the L6206 dual DMOS full bridge driver
- Example implementation to control one bidirectional brush DC motor or 4 unidirectional brush DC motors
- Easy portability across different MCU families, thanks to STM32Cube
- Free user-friendly license terms
Dual brush DC motor driver software expansion for STM32Cube Active- Part Number Supplier Download X-CUBE-SPN4 ST X-CUBE-SPN4Description:
Dual brush DC motor driver software expansion for STM32CubePrice (US$)*
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Combining the X-NUCLEO-IHM06A1  (expansion board based on the STSPIN220) with the NUCLEO-L053R8, the user can evaluate a low voltage stepper motor drive  for motors from 1.8V to 10V.Â
 STSPIN220 is able to operate in low voltage (battery) environments, allowing zero consumption states. The device implements current control with fixed OFF time and a maximum 1/256 microstep resolution.
Solution Components
Part Number Description Status Core Products Price (US$)* Order / DownloadX-NUCLEO-IHM06A1 Key features
- Low voltage range: 1.8 to 10 V
- Microstep adjustment up to the 256th step
- Phase current: up to 1.3 ARMS
- Current control with adjustable off-time
- Full protection overcurrent and short circuit protection
- Thermal shutdown
- Compatible with Arduino UNO R3 connector
- Compatible with STM32 Nucleo boards
- RoHS compliant
Low voltage stepper motor driver expansion board based on the STSPIN220 for STM32 Nucleo ActiveSTSPIN220 9.80 Buy now NUCLEO-L053R8 Key features
- Common features
- STM32 microcontroller in LQFP64 package
- 1 user LED shared with Arduinoâ„¢
- 1 user and 1 reset push-buttons
- 32.768 kHz crystal oscillator
- Board connectors:Arduinoâ„¢ Uno V3 expansion connectorST morpho extension pin headers for full access to all STM32 I/Os
- Flexible power-supply options: ST-LINK, USB VBUS or external sources
- On-board ST-LINK debugger/programmer with USB re-enumeration capability: mass storage, Virtual COM port and debug port
- Comprehensive free software libraries and examples available with the STM32Cube MCU Package
- Support of a wide choice of Integrated Development Environments (IDEs) including IAR™, Keil® and GCC-based IDEs
- Board-specific features
- External SMPS to generate Vcore logic supply
- 24Â MHz HSE
- Board connectors:External SMPS experimentation dedicated connectorMicro-AB or Mini-AB USB connector for the ST-LINKMIPI® debug connector
- Arm® Mbed Enabled™ compliant
STM32 Nucleo-64 development board with STM32L053R8 MCU, supports Arduino and ST morpho connectivity Active12.74 Buy now X-CUBE-SPN6 Key features
- A driver layer for complete management of the STSPIN220 (low voltage stepper motor driver) device integrated in the X-NUCLEO-IHM06A1 expansion board
- Read and write of the device parameters; GPIO, PWM and IRQ configuration; micro-stepping, direction position, speed, acceleration, deceleration and torque controls; automatic full-step switch management; high impedance or hold stop mode selection; enable and standby management
- fault interrupts handling
- Sample single, low voltage, stepper motor control application
- osxMotionFX (iNEMOEngine PRO) real-time motion sensor data fusion (under OPEN.MEMS license) to combine the output from multiple MEMS sensors.
- Easy portability across different MCU families, thanks to STM32Cube
- Free, user-friendly license terms
Low voltage stepper motor driver software expansion for STM32Cube Active- Part Number Supplier Download X-CUBE-SPN6 ST X-CUBE-SPN6Description:
Low voltage stepper motor driver software expansion for STM32CubePrice (US$)*
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