TRINAMIC's TMC2160 is a high-power stepper driver IC with serial peripheral interface (SPI) and external MOSFETs for up to 20 A motor current per coil. The versatile chip covers a wide spectrum of applications from industrial and lab-automation to CNC milling combined with powerful external MOSFET driver stages.

The integrated stepper motor driver is suitable for supply voltages of 8 V to 60 V and drives N-channel MOSFETs with gate currents of up to 500 mA allowing for driver stages of +20 A with MOSFET components. The component is controlled via step and direction interface and is used standalone with industry typical motion controllers generating step signals. The step pulse interpolator microPlyer™ allows for high resolution 1/256 microstepping using 1/16 step pulses or even lower.

A full set of diagnostics and Trinamic's control technologies are available via SPI or single-wire UART. StealthChop2™, completely silent positioning with an improved model-based current controller, and SpreadCycle™ for superfast positioning mode are supported. StallGuard2™ allows for sensorless load detection or homing. This driver ensures an absolutely noiseless operation using StealthChop, maximum efficiency, and superior motor torque. High integration, high-energy efficiency, and the small form-factor (9 mm x 9 mm) enable miniaturized and scalable systems for cost-effective solutions.