STMicroelectronics Fully integrated stepper motor driver mounting the L6472 in a high power PowerSO package EVAL6472PD EVAL6472PD Data Sheet

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EVAL6472PD
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L6472
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6.8 
Internal oscillator and oscillator driver
The control logic clock can be supplied by the internal 16-MHz oscillator, an external 
oscillator (crystal or ceramic resonator) or a direct clock signal.
These working modes can be selected by the EXT_CLK and OSC_SEL parameters in the 
CONFIG register (see 
At power-up the device starts using the internal oscillator and provides a 2-MHz clock signal 
on the OSCOUT pin.
Warning:
In any case, before changing clock source configuration, 
a hardware reset is mandatory. Switching to different clock 
configurations during operation could cause unexpected 
behavior.
6.8.1 Internal 
oscillator
In this mode the internal oscillator is activated and OSCIN is unused. If the OSCOUT clock 
source is enabled, the OSCOUT pin provides a 2, 4, 8 or 16-MHz clock signal (according to 
the OSC_SEL value); otherwise it is unused (see 
).
6.8.2 External 
clock 
source
Two types of external clock source can be selected: crystal/ceramic resonator or direct clock 
source. Four programmable clock frequencies are available for each external clock source: 
8, 16, 24 and 32 MHz.
When an external crystal/resonator is selected, the OSCIN and OSCOUT pins are used to 
drive the crystal/resonator (see 
). The crystal/resonator and load capacitors (CL) 
must be placed as close as possible to the pins. Refer to 
 for the choice of the load 
capacitor value according to the external oscillator frequency.
         
If a direct clock source is used, it must be connected to the OSCIN pin, and the OSCOUT 
pin supplies the inverted OSCIN signal (see 
Table 8. CL values according to external oscillator frequency
Crystal/resonator freq. 
(1)
1. First harmonic resonance frequency.
CL 
(2)
2. Lower ESR value allows the driving of greater load capacitors.
8 MHz 
25 pF (ESR
max
 = 80 
) 
16 MHz 
18 pF (ESR
max
 = 50 
) 
24 MHz 
15 pF (ESR
max
 = 40 
) 
32 MHz 
10 pF (ESR
max
 = 40 
)