SLOA170B July   2012  – January 2021 DRV8242-Q1 , DRV8412 , DRV8424 , DRV8424E , DRV8425 , DRV8425E , DRV8426 , DRV8426E , DRV8428 , DRV8428E , DRV8434 , DRV8434E , DRV8436 , DRV8436E , DRV8701 , DRV8702-Q1 , DRV8702D-Q1 , DRV8703-Q1 , DRV8703D-Q1 , DRV8705-Q1 , DRV8706-Q1 , DRV8800 , DRV8801 , DRV8802 , DRV8802-Q1 , DRV8811 , DRV8812 , DRV8813 , DRV8814 , DRV8818 , DRV8821 , DRV8823 , DRV8823-Q1 , DRV8824 , DRV8824-Q1 , DRV8825 , DRV8828 , DRV8829 , DRV8832 , DRV8832-Q1 , DRV8833 , DRV8834 , DRV8840 , DRV8841 , DRV8842 , DRV8843 , DRV8844 , DRV8846 , DRV8848 , DRV8870 , DRV8874 , DRV8874-Q1 , DRV8876 , DRV8876-Q1 , DRV8880 , DRV8881 , DRV8885 , DRV8886 , DRV8889-Q1 , DRV8899-Q1 , DRV8935 , DRV8955

 

  1.   Trademarks
  2. 1Introduction
    1. 1.1 The Current Regulation Engine
    2. 1.2 Design Criteria
  3. 2Resistive Network Voltage Divider Method
    1. 2.1 GPIO Driven Voltage Divider
  4. 3Digital-to-Analog Converter Method
  5. 4PWM to RC Filter Method
  6. 5Changeable Holding Current Circuit
  7. 6Devices With Internal Reference Voltage
  8. 7Revision History

1 Abstract

This document is provided as a supplement to the family of DRV88xx power stage device’s data sheet. It details different methods which could be employed to provide an external analog voltage used as a reference voltage which in turn can be used to program a regulated current output.