VF MOTOR DRIVER

VF_Motor_Driver

VF_Motor_Driver is an open hardware power distribution board, designed to be part of a larger modular system.
This design is based in part on the OpenFFBoard TMC4671 driver board, licensed under the GNU General Public License version 3 (GPLv3).

This repository contains the complete schematic and PCB layout for the VF_Motor_Driver board.

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🧩 Project Contents

• KiCad schematic files (.kicad_sch)
• KiCad PCB layout files (.kicad_pcb)
• Library/ – Custom library symbols (if any)
• LICENSE – Full text of the GNU GPLv3 license
• README.md – Project information and license notice

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🔍 Licensing

The hardware design files for VF_Motor_Driver are released under the terms of the GNU General Public License, version 3 (GPLv3).

You are free to:

• Use and manufacture this hardware for any purpose
• Study, modify and redistribute the design
• Include this design in your own open projects

Conditions:

• You must publish any modified versions under the same GPLv3 license
• You must attribute the original author(s)
• You must make the complete design files available to your users if you distribute products based on this design

Author: Enric Garcia Diaz

Copyright (c) 2025 VirtualFly S.L.

See the LICENSE file for full details.

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⚠️ Integration Notice

The VF_Motor_Driver is used as a subsystem in a commercial product developed by VirtualFly S.L.

The VF_Motor_Driver hardware is GPLv3-licensed,
but the microcontroller board and its firmware are not included in this repository and are not derived from any GPLv3-licensed work.

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📘 Attribution Notice

The microcontroller board and its firmware used in the final product are derived from the open-source project OpenFFBoard, originally developed by Yannick Richter and released under the MIT License.

The original license terms and copyright notice are preserved.

This firmware and MCU board are not included in this repository and are not covered by the GPLv3 license.

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🔌 Compatibility

The VF_Motor_Driver is designed to interface with a microcontroller unit (MCU) that is electrically and functionally compatible with the OpenFFBoard open-source project.

The OpenFFBoard firmware and hardware are not included in this repository
and are released under the MIT License.

Compatible with OpenFFBoard, but designed, tested, and supported by VirtualFly for professional use cases.

This compatibility is provided as a convenience for developers and users who already rely on the OpenFFBoard ecosystem or wish to integrate the VF_Motor_Driver into similar setups.

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🤝 Contribution to the Open Source Community

The VF_Motor_Driver project is part of VirtualFly’s commitment to supporting open hardware and fostering collaboration with the developer community.

By releasing this board under the GNU GPLv3 license, we aim to:

• ✅ Provide a solid and reusable foundation for motor control and power distribution in open systems
• ✅ Extend compatibility with the existing OpenFFBoard ecosystem
• ✅ Offer a real-world example of how open-source hardware can coexist with commercial products
• ✅ Help engineers, makers, and researchers save time and improve reliability in their own designs

We believe that innovation grows stronger when shared.
We encourage developers to build upon this work, suggest improvements, and share their own adaptations.

If you use this project, improve it, or integrate it into a new design, feel free to get in touch or contribute via pull requests.

Together, we can strengthen the open hardware movement.

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📞 Contact

VirtualFly S.L.
Website: https://virtual-fly.com
Email: support@virtual-fly.com