SLVSD19A June 2015 – July 2015 DRV8881
PRODUCTION DATA.
An LDO regulator is integrated into the DRV8881. It can be used to provide the supply voltage for a low-power microcontroller or other low-current devices. For proper operation, bypass V3P3 to GND using a ceramic capacitor.
The V3P3 output is nominally 3.3 V. When the V3P3 LDO current load exceeds 10 mA, the LDO will behave like a constant current source. The output voltage will drop significantly with currents greater than 10 mA.
If a digital input needs to be tied permanently high (that is, TOFF or ADECAY), it is preferable to tie the input to V3P3 instead of an external regulator. This will save power when VM is not applied or in sleep mode: V3P3 is disabled and current will not be flowing through the input pulldown resistors. For reference, logic level inputs have a typical pulldown of 100 kΩ, and tri-level inputs have a typical pulldown of 40 kΩ.