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Audi A7 C7 (4G) power liftgate actuator [STM32L432KC]

The part number is 4G8827851F or 4G8827852F (Stabilus POWERISE).

Audi A7 Stabilus POWERISE actuator Audi A7 Stabilus POWERISE in action

Note

You will need a metal pipe cutter to get inside - mine is branded by TOLSEN.

Caution

These tailgate actuators are equipped with a preload spring. The springs are there to counterbalance a trunk lid weight, and make life easier for an electric drive. However, this seems to make them impossible to play with on a lab desk. The plastic (nylon/polyamide?) planetary gears between the motor and the screw assembly were not designed to handle such a load - they failed in both of my actuators after a couple of runs. This might be an ultimate, i.e. intentionally designed, safety feature of actuators not equipped with an overload clutch - it's better to lose an actuator rather than to harm your body (or the body of your car).

Unipolar modulation (H-bridge converter)

Why is ARR value set to be an even number? This is to have the odd number of levels (remember that we count from 0), and to be able to generate 0 V at the output of the converter exactly in the middle of the range.

H-bridge converter unipolar PWM (low speed, CW) H-bridge converter unipolar PWM (low speed, CCW) H-bridge converter unipolar PWM (high speed, CW) H-bridge converter unipolar PWM (high speed, CCW)

Pinout

I couldn't find the 203K 4424.72 sensor. My educated guess, with a confidence level of (say) 99.9%, is that they are low jitter, 24 V (as for IPR35) Hall-effect latches for automotive and industrial applications, such as APS12203 (Allegro MicroSystems).

Stabilus POWERISE pinout

Important

The Hall-effect latch used in the actuator has an open-drain output - a pull-up resistor is required.

Missing files?

Don't worry 🙂 Just log in to MyST and hit Alt-K to generate /Drivers/CMCIS/ and /Drivers/STM32L4xx_HAL_Driver/ based on the .ioc file. After a couple of seconds your project will be ready for building.

Exemplary hardware

On unipolar modulation and keeping motors spinning

What next?

Next we will develop a sensor-triggered rate-variable PI speed control loop.

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Warning

Electric drives - do try them at home ❗

210+ challenges to start from: Control Engineering for Hobbyists at the Warsaw University of Technology.

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