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DA9318 Direct Charging Reference Board
User Manual
Revision 1.0
1-Mar-2017
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© 2017 Dialog Semiconductor
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DA9318 Direct Charging Reference Board Software
The board is controlled using a graphical user interface (GUI), which requires a PC operating
Windows
®
2000/XP/Vista/Windows 7 with a USB1.1 or USB2 interface. The GUI allows the user to:
●
Perform raw write and read operations to all control registers on Dialog and non-Dialog ICs.
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Monitor the charging status.
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Plot the DA9318 efficiency over time with saving and zoom feature.
●
Plot the master charger efficiency over time with saving and zoom feature.
●
Plot the DA9318 temperature over time with saving and zoom feature.
●
Poll the DA9318 registers.
●
Read ADC data from DA9318 (V
IN
, V
BAT
, I
IN
, I
OUT
and T
JUNC
) when the DA9318 is enabled.
●
Read ADC data from external ADC ICs (V
IN
, V
BAT
, I
IN
and I
OUT
) when the master charger is
enabled.
●
Control the TA voltage and current limit; and master charger voltage termination, charge current
and current limit.
●
Send default settings.
●
Read all registers displayed.
●
Clear faults.
6.1
GUI Installation
The files required to install the software are available on the supplied USB drive. To install the
DA9318 reference board software:
1. Run
setup_DA9318_Reference_GUI.x.x.x.xx.exe
.
2. On completion, insert the USB cable and apply V
SYS
and V
IN
.
a. For first time users Windows should detect the attached USB device. If this is not the case, it
may be necessary to install the driver by navigating to the required driver file in the USB
driver directory, see section
. After installing the driver, reboot the PC to ensure correct
operation.
3. Start the software by running
DA9318 Reference GUI.exe
.
