Product description

The Duet 3 Expansion 1HCL is a CAN-FD connected expansion board that is designed to provide a high current stepper motor driver, combined with multiple interfaces for position feedback. It has a number of peripheral inputs and outputs for functions such as sensing motor temperature, controlling a brake and axis endstop. It connects to the Duet 3 CAN-FD bus using RJ11 connectors (the same as the Duet 3 Mainboard 6HC, Duet 3 expansion boards, and the tool distribution board). Multiple 1HCL boards can be daisy chained on the bus, with power (up to 48V) provided locally. This allows for very large machines to be constructed without a significant wiring burden and signal integrity issues.

FEATURES
Processor	ARM Cortex-M4F microcontroller running at 120MHz
Stepper Drivers	TMC2160A stepper driver: SPI controlled, can be run in open loop or closed loop mode. Maximum motor current 6.3A peak per phase (4.45A RMS).
Connectivity	RJ11 CAN In and CAN Out connectors to connect to the Duet 3 CAN-FD bus
TBC	Two medium-current (2.5A max recommended) outputs at VIN or VBRAKE voltage with PWM capability and built-in flyback diodes: out0, out1 Optionally provide VBRAKE at a different voltage from VIN to allow (for example) to run the stepper motor at 48V and the brake at 24V. Note the flyback diodes are connected to the voltage being used (VBRAKE or VIN as selected)
General IO	Two 3.3V-level PWM capable output (3mA max), through 470R series resistor: io0.out, io1.out Two digital inputs with permanent 27K pullup resistors, protected against over-voltage: io0.in, io1.in
Temperature Input	One thermistor/PT1000 input: temp0 This is intended to allow for motor temperature monitoring (potentially couple with a cooling system controlled by one of the outputs)
Voltage	VIN: 12V-48V nominal (the absolute maximum VIN rating is somewhat higher to allow for the overshoot that occurs when the stepper motor is turned off)
Firmware	RepRapFirmware 3.4 and later PID tuning plugin for Duet Web Control

Documentation

Hardware Overview

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