Texas Instruments bq76PL455A-Q1, User Manual

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User's Guide
SLUUBA7A – April 2015 – Revised July 2015
bq76PL455EVM and GUI User Guide
This document describes the functionality and the required setup steps to use the bq76PL455EVM.
Instructions for installing and operating the bq76PL455A-Q1 Graphical User Interface (GUI) are provided
as well as directions for connecting and powering the bq76PL455EVM on and off.
Contents
1 General Description
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2 Features
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3 Electrical Characteristics
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4 Application
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4.1 Cell Voltage Monitoring
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4.2 Cell Undervoltage and Overvoltage Comparators
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4.3 Temperature and Auxiliary Signal Monitoring
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4.4 Cell Balancing
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4.5 Embedded Control Logic
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4.6 Communications
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4.7 Fault
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4.8 Wake and Power Down
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4.9 Power Supplies
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5 Hardware
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5.1 Switches
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5.2 Connectors
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5.3 Test Points
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6 Getting Started with the bq76PL455EVM
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6.1 Software Drivers
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6.2 GUI
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6.3 Recommended PC Requirements
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6.4 Installation Instructions
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6.5 Configuring a Single bq76PL455EVM
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6.6 Connecting and Powering the bq76PL455EVM
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6.7 Configuring Stacked bq76PL455EVMs
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6.8 Connecting and Powering Stacked bq76PL455EVMs
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7 Software
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7.1 Using the Software
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7.2 Setup Tab
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7.3 Register View Window
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7.4 Comms Tab
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7.5 Thresholds Tab
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7.6 Cells Tab
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7.7 Aux and I/O Tab
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7.8 Balancing Tab
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7.9 Fault Mask Tab
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7.10 Faults Tab
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7.11 Logging Tab
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7.12 Stopping and Starting Polling and Balancing
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