User manual for APPEB1012 Revision 1.2, Oct 2019
Solar Energy Harvesting Supercapacitor Evaluation Board using a
PMIC with MPPT
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Figure 4: Correctly installing a CAP-XX cylindrical cell supercapacitor
When using only one single CAP-XX cylindrical supercapacitor, the empty cylindrical slot must be
shorted with a wire link from the positive to the negative terminal. Also, the active-balance
configuration header must be connected to GND as shown in red on the left of figure 5.
When 2 CAP-XX cylindrical supercapacitors are connected as dual cells, both supercapacitors
should be fitted with their correct positive and negative terminals and the active-balance
configuration header must be connected to the cell midpoint as shown in red on the right of figure
5.
Figure 5: Illustration to correctly install CAP-XX cylindrical cell device as single cell (left) or dual cell
(right)
System Configuration
There are seven configuration headers on the APPEB1012 used to enable the high-voltage and
low-voltage LDOs, set the MPPT level and to set the charge management thresholds. Selection of
