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SPICA Electrostatic Actuator

An automotive NTC temperature sender paired with a NEMA14 captive linear stepper on one automotive-qualified board — reads temperature and drives a pin in and out to actuate against it, closed-loop.

Board size

67.7 × 48.9 mm, 4-layer

MCU

NXP S32K144, AEC-Q100 automotive qualified

Temp sensor

GM-style NTC sender, 3/8" NPT, 2-wire isolated

Sensor range

−40 to 210 °F (100.7 kΩ to 177 Ω)

Sensor ADC

ADS1118-Q1, single-ended resistive divider

Stepper motor

NEMA14 captive linear, StepperOnline 14C19S1504GF5-025RS

Stepper driver

DRV8434A-Q1, 1.5 A/phase

Power input

J6, edge-mounted

Programming

J2, SWD

Connectors

4 total — power, temp sensor, stepper, SWD

Mounting

4 corner holes, unpopulated NPTH

Reference docs

Full pinout and connector reference for the board.