H-Bridge Driver click

H-Bridge Driver Click is a compact add-on board that contains an H-bridge gate driver, also known as a full-bridge pre-driver. This board features the MC33883, an H-Bridge gate driver with an integrated charge pump and independent high and low side gate drive channels from NXP Semiconductors.

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Click library

• Author : Stefan Ilic
• Date : Oct 2021.
• Type : GPIO type

Software Support

We provide a library for the HBridgeDriver Click as well as a demo application (example), developed using MikroElektronika compilers. The demo can run on all the main MikroElektronika development boards.

Package can be downloaded/installed directly from NECTO Studio Package Manager(recommended way), downloaded from our LibStock™ or found on Mikroe github account.

Library Description

This library contains API for HBridgeDriver Click driver.

Standard key functions :

• hbridgedriver_cfg_setup Config Object Initialization function.

  void hbridgedriver_cfg_setup ( hbridgedriver_cfg_t *cfg );

• hbridgedriver_init Initialization function.

  err_t hbridgedriver_init ( hbridgedriver_t *ctx, hbridgedriver_cfg_t *cfg );

Example key functions :

• hbridgedriver_glo_enable Global enable function.

  void hbridgedriver_glo_enable ( hbridgedriver_t *ctx, uint8_t state );

• hbridgedriver_reverse H-Bridge mode reverse function.

  void hbridgedriver_reverse ( hbridgedriver_t *ctx );

• hbridgedriver_forward H-Bridge mode forward function.

  void hbridgedriver_forward ( hbridgedriver_t *ctx );

Example Description

This is an example that demonstrates the use of the H-Bridge Driver Click board.

The demo application is composed of two sections :

Application Init

Initializes GPIO and LOG structures, and sets AN, RST, CS, PWM and INT pins as output and start to write log.

void application_init ( void ) 
{
    log_cfg_t log_cfg;  /**< Logger config object. */
    hbridgedriver_cfg_t hbridgedriver_cfg;  /**< Click config object. */

    /** 
     * Logger initialization.
     * Default baud rate: 115200
     * Default log level: LOG_LEVEL_DEBUG
     * @note If USB_UART_RX and USB_UART_TX 
     * are defined as HAL_PIN_NC, you will 
     * need to define them manually for log to work. 
     * See @b LOG_MAP_USB_UART macro definition for detailed explanation.
     */
    LOG_MAP_USB_UART( log_cfg );
    log_init( &logger, &log_cfg );
    log_info( &logger, " Application Init " );

    // Click initialization.
    hbridgedriver_cfg_setup( &hbridgedriver_cfg );
    HBRIDGEDRIVER_MAP_MIKROBUS( hbridgedriver_cfg, MIKROBUS_1 );
    if ( DIGITAL_OUT_UNSUPPORTED_PIN == hbridgedriver_init( &hbridgedriver, &hbridgedriver_cfg ) ) 
    {
        log_error( &logger, " Communication init." );
        for ( ; ; );
    }
    hbridgedriver_glo_enable( &hbridgedriver, HBRIDGEDRIVER_PROP_EN );
    Delay_ms ( 100 );
    log_info( &logger, " Application Task " );
}

Application Task

Demonstrates use of the H-Bridge Driver click board by turning connected MOSFETs gates high or low in order to drive the motor forward, in reverse, brake or coast.

void application_task ( void ) 
{
    log_printf( &logger, "The motor turns forward! \r\n" );
    hbridgedriver_forward( &hbridgedriver );
    Delay_ms ( 1000 );
    Delay_ms ( 1000 );
    Delay_ms ( 1000 );
    log_printf( &logger, "The motor brakes! \r\n" );
    hbridgedriver_braking( &hbridgedriver );
    Delay_ms ( 1000 );
    Delay_ms ( 1000 );
    Delay_ms ( 1000 );
    log_printf( &logger, "The motor turns in reverse \r\n" );
    hbridgedriver_reverse( &hbridgedriver );
    Delay_ms ( 1000 );
    Delay_ms ( 1000 );
    Delay_ms ( 1000 );
    log_printf( &logger, "The motor coasting \r\n" );
    hbridgedriver_coasting( &hbridgedriver );
    Delay_ms ( 1000 );
    Delay_ms ( 1000 );
    Delay_ms ( 1000 );
}

The full application code, and ready to use projects can be installed directly from NECTO Studio Package Manager(recommended way), downloaded from our LibStock™ or found on Mikroe github account.

Other Mikroe Libraries used in the example:

• MikroSDK.Board
• MikroSDK.Log
• Click.HBridgeDriver

Additional notes and informations

Depending on the development board you are using, you may need USB UART click, USB UART 2 Click or RS232 Click to connect to your PC, for development systems with no UART to USB interface available on the board. UART terminal is available in all MikroElektronika compilers.