DRV8234RTER

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  "slug": "drv8234rter",
  "version": "0.1.0",
  "type": "component",
  "description": "Texas Instruments Brushed DC Motor Drivers, QFN-16(3x3). Pinout cross-checked by two models against the datasheet, KiCad symbol/footprint/3D.",
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    "factory-2.0.0",
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    "mpn": "DRV8234RTER",
    "manufacturer": "Texas Instruments",
    "package": "QFN-16(3x3)",
    "pin_count": 17,
    "category": "Motor Driver ICs",
    "subcategory": "Brushed DC Motor Drivers",
    "datasheet": "https://www.ti.com/lit/ds/symlink/drv8234.pdf",
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    "distributor_links": {
      "lcsc": "C22397078",
      "digikey": "296-DRV8234RTERTR-ND"
    },
    "distributor_check": {
      "checked_at": "2026-10-17T20:15:22Z",
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        "pn": "296-DRV8234RTERTR-ND",
        "status": "found"
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      "mouser": {
        "pn": null,
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      }
    },
    "pins": [
      {
        "number": "1",
        "name": "IPROPI",
        "type": "output",
        "description": "Analog current output proportional to load current; connect a resistor from IPROPI to ground, with IIPROPI limited to 0 to 3 mA."
      },
      {
        "number": "2",
        "name": "RSVD",
        "type": "unconnected",
        "description": "Reserved pin; leave this pin unconnected."
      },
      {
        "number": "3",
        "name": "RC_OUT",
        "type": "output",
        "description": "Open-drain ripple counting output, programmable over I2C as a pulse train or logic level; pull up to a 5-V or 3.3-V supply with VOD up to 5.5 V and IOD up to 5 mA."
      },
      {
        "number": "4",
        "name": "nFAULT",
        "type": "output",
        "description": "Open-drain fault indicator, pulled low during a fault condition; requires an external pullup resistor, with VOD up to 5.5 V and IOD up to 5 mA."
      },
      {
        "number": "5",
        "name": "VM",
        "type": "power_in",
        "description": "Motor power supply rated 4.5 V to 38 V; bypass to GND with a 0.1-µF ceramic capacitor plus sufficient bulk capacitance rated for VM."
      },
      {
        "number": "6",
        "name": "OUT1",
        "type": "output",
        "description": "H-bridge output connected directly to the motor, with peak output current up to 3.7 A."
      },
      {
        "number": "7",
        "name": "GND",
        "type": "power_in",
        "description": "Device ground; connect to system ground."
      },
      {
        "number": "8",
        "name": "OUT2",
        "type": "output",
        "description": "H-bridge output connected directly to the motor, with peak output current up to 3.7 A."
      },
      {
        "number": "9",
        "name": "A1",
        "type": "input",
        "description": "I2C base address select pin, tri-level input."
      },
      {
        "number": "10",
        "name": "A0",
        "type": "input",
        "description": "I2C base address select pin, tri-level input."
      },
      {
        "number": "11",
        "name": "nSLEEP",
        "type": "input",
        "description": "Sleep mode input; logic high enables the device and logic low enters low-power sleep mode, with logic input range 0 to 5.5 V and an internal pulldown resistor."
      },
      {
        "number": "12",
        "name": "PH/IN2",
        "type": "input",
        "description": "Controls the H-bridge output with an internal pulldown; logic input range 0 to 5.5 V."
      },
      {
        "number": "13",
        "name": "EN/IN1",
        "type": "input",
        "description": "Controls the H-bridge output with an internal pulldown; logic input range 0 to 5.5 V."
      },
      {
        "number": "14",
        "name": "SDA",
        "type": "bidirectional",
        "description": "I2C data signal; requires a pullup resistor."
      },
      {
        "number": "15",
        "name": "SCL",
        "type": "input",
        "description": "I2C clock signal."
      },
      {
        "number": "16",
        "name": "VREF",
        "type": "power_in",
        "description": "Analog input that sets the current regulation and stall detection level; recommended VREF range 0 to 3.3 V."
      },
      {
        "number": "17",
        "name": "EP",
        "type": "passive",
        "description": "Exposed pad (from the footprint; not named in the datasheet pin table)."
      }
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          "exposed pad 17 added from the footprint",
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