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QSH6018 Manual (V1.03 / 06-February-2008) 
 
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Copyright © 2008, TRINAMIC Motion Control GmbH & Co. KG 
 
5.3  Motor Driver Supply Voltage 
The driver supply voltage in many applications can not be chosen freely, because other components 
have a fixed supply voltage of e.g. 24V DC. If you have to possibility to choose the driver supply 
voltage, please refer to the driver data sheet, and consider that a higher voltage means a higher 
torque at higher velocity. The motor torque diagrams are measured for a given supply voltage. You 
typically can scale the velocity axis (steps / sec) proportionally to the supply voltage to adapt the 
curve, e.g. if the curve is measured for 48V and you consider operation at 24V, half all values on the 
x-Axis to get an idea of the motor performance.  
 
For a chopper driver, consider the following corner values for the driver supply voltage (motor 
voltage). The table is based on the nominal motor voltage, which normally just has a theoretical 
background in order to determine the resistive loss in the motor. 
 
Comment on the nominal motor voltage: U
COIL_NOM 
= I
RMS_RATED
 * R
COIL 
  
(Please refer to motor technical data table.) 
 
Parameter 
Value 
Comment 
Minimum driver 
supply voltage 
2 * U
COIL_NOM
 
Very limited motor velocity. Only slow movement without 
torque reduction. Chopper noise might become audible. 
Optimum driver 
supply voltage 
≥ 4 * U
COIL_NOM
 
and  
≤ 22 * U
COIL_NOM
 
Choose the best fitting voltage in this range using the motor 
torque curve and the driver data. You can scale the torque 
curve proportionally to the actual driver supply voltage. 
Maximum rated 
driver supply 
voltage 
25 * U
COIL_NOM
 
When exceeding this value, the magnetic switching losses in 
the motor reach a relevant magnitude and the motor might 
get too hot at nominal current. Thus there is no benefit in 
further raising the voltage. 
Table 5.2: Driver supply voltage considerations 
 
Hints: 
Q: How to determine if the given driver voltage is sufficient?  
 
A1: 
Just listen to the motor at different velocities. Does the “sound” of the motor get raucous or 
harsh when exceeding some velocity? Then the motor gets into a resonance area. The reason is, 
that the motor back-EMF voltage reaches the supply voltage. Thus, the driver can not bring the full 
current into the motor any more. This is typically a sign, that the motor velocity should not be 
further increased, because resonances and reduced current affect motor torque. 
 
A2: Measure the motor coil current at maximum desired velocity.  
For microstepping: If the waveform is still basically sinusoidal, the motor driver supply voltage is 
sufficient.  
For Fullstepping: If the motor current still reaches a constant plateau, the driver voltage is sufficient. 
If you determine, that the voltage is not sufficient, you could either increase the voltage or reduce 
the current (and thus torque).