EVL-L98GD8 [STMicroelectronics]

The EVL-L98GD8 is an evaluation board designed to evaluate L98GD8, a 48 V rated smart power device designed by STMicroelectronics in advanced BCD technology.

L98GD8 is a flexible high-side/low-side configurable pre-driver which is able to drive both NMOS and PMOS. It is possible to configure the device as an independent 8 high-side and low-side pre-driver or as 2 H-Bridge pre-driver or 2 pick and hold pre-driver by using SPI configuration and jumper on the board.

All channels are protected against short circuit, over current and over-temperature conditions.

The board can be connected to the SPC56M-DIS, the Discovery+ board developed for the SPC563M64L5.

• Voltage min/max: 3.8 V to 48 V.
• 8-channel configurable MOSFET pre-driver:
  • High-side
    (N-channel and P-channel MOS)
  • Low-side
    (N-channel MOS)
  • H-bridge
    (up to 2 H-bridge)
  • Peak
    & Hold (2 loads)
• Device registers setting and the full diagnostic are available through SPI.
• Access to all relevant pins by test points.
• Input signal connector compatible with the SPC56M-DIS (SPC563M64L5 Discovery+ evaluation board).
• Possibility of connecting a generic microcontroller board by using a simple adapter.