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ZSPM4521   

Evaluation Kit Manual 

 

 

Kit Description 

February 12, 2013 

© 2013 Zentrum Mikroelektronik Dresden AG 

— Rev. 1.00 

All rights reserved. The material contained herein may not be reproduced, adapted, merged, translated, stored, or used without the 
prior written consent of the copyright owner. The information furnished in this publication is

 

subject to changes without notice. 

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Restrictions: 

Zentrum  Mikroelektronik  Dresden  AG

’s  ZSPM4521  Evaluation  Kit  is  designed  for  evaluation  of  the 

ZSPM4521, laboratory setup, and module development only. This kit must not be used for module production 
and production test setups. 
Zentrum  Mikroelektronik  Dresden  AG  (ZMD  AG,  ZMDI)  shall  not  be  liable  for  any  damages  arising  out  of 
defects resulting from (i) delivered hardware (ii) non-observance of instructions contained in this manual, or 
(iii) misuse, abuse, use under abnormal conditions or alteration by anyone other than ZMD AG. To the extent 
permitted  by  law,  ZMD  AG  hereby  expressly  disclaims  and  User  expressly  waives  any  and  all  warranties, 
whether express, implied, or statutory, including, without limitation, implied warranties of merchantability and 
of  fitness  for  a  particular  purpose,  statutory  warranty  of  non-infringement  and  any  other  warranty  that  may 
arise by reason of usage of trade, custom, or course of dealing.

 

 

Contents 

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Kit Contents ...................................................................................................................................................... 4

 

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Introduction ....................................................................................................................................................... 4

 

3

 

General Overview ............................................................................................................................................. 5

 

3.1.

 

Default Settings ......................................................................................................................................... 5

 

4

 

Connectors and Test Points ............................................................................................................................. 7

 

4.1.

 

Board Connectors ...................................................................................................................................... 7

 

4.2.

 

Test and Probe Points ............................................................................................................................... 7

 

5

 

Setup ................................................................................................................................................................ 8

 

6

 

Installing the Graphical User Interface (GUI) for the ZSPM4521 ..................................................................... 8

 

7

 

Installing Drivers for FTDI USB/ I

2

C™ Cable ................................................................................................... 8

 

8

 

Connecting the FTDI Cable to ZSPM4521 Eval Board: ................................................................................... 9

 

9

 

I

2

C™ Programming GUI Overview ................................................................................................................. 10

 

9.1.

 

Status Section.......................................................................................................................................... 11

 

9.2.

 

Configuration and CONFIGx Sections .................................................................................................... 12

 

9.3.

 

Reference Section ................................................................................................................................... 13

 

10

 

Board Options ................................................................................................................................................ 14

 

10.1.

 

Schottky Diode ........................................................................................................................................ 14

 

10.2.

 

Zener Diode ............................................................................................................................................. 14

 

11

 

Evaluation Board Schematic and Layout ....................................................................................................... 14

 

11.1.

 

Evaluation Board Layout ......................................................................................................................... 15

 

11.2.

 

ZSPM4521 Evaluation Board Bill of Materials ......................................................................................... 16

 

12

 

Ordering Information ...................................................................................................................................... 17

 

13

 

Related Documents ........................................................................................................................................ 17

 

14

 

Glossary ......................................................................................................................................................... 17

 

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Document Revision History ............................................................................................................................ 18

 

 
 

 

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Summary of Contents for ZSPM4521

Page 1: ...Evaluation Kit Description Rev 1 00 February 2013 ZSPM4521 High Efficiency Photovoltaic Charger for Li Ion Batteries Power and Precision...

Page 2: ...ssly disclaims and User expressly waives any and all warranties whether express implied or statutory including without limitation implied warranties of merchantability and of fitness for a particular...

Page 3: ...ation Board 4 Figure 3 1 Charging State Diagram 6 Figure 8 1 Connecting the FTDI USB I 2 C Cable to J6 9 Figure 9 1 The ZSPM4521 Graphic User Interface GUI 10 Figure 9 2 Reading Status Registers 11 Fi...

Page 4: ...he ZSPM4521 enables a complete battery charging system using a photovoltaic cell Key parameters of the battery charger are Battery lithium ion or lithium polymer 3 7V rated cell Photovoltaic voltage i...

Page 5: ...PROM memory through the I 2 C interface With the default settings the charging current and termination voltage are independent of battery temperature However these parameters can be set via EEPROM set...

Page 6: ...without notice 6 of 18 Figure 3 1 Charging State Diagram CONSTANT VOLTAGE MODE FULL CHARGE CONSTANT CURRENT CC MODE PRE CHARGE STATE INITIALIZE STATE INITIALIZE Waiting for Valid Charging Conditions N...

Page 7: ...pin see ZSPM4521 data sheet for details J5 Battery temperature sensor thermistor input optional J6 I 2 C connector Pin 4 is next to J6 I2C on ZSPM4521 Evaluation Board Figure 2 1 VDD pin 1 Note this...

Page 8: ...o the board s VTHERM LO connector on J5 which is also the common ground on the board Important Be sure to apply power to the ZSPM4521 EVB and set the EVB power switch to the ON position prior to using...

Page 9: ...able to ZSPM4521 Eval Board Connect the female connector of the FTDI USB I 2 C cable to J6 of ZSPM4521 Evaluation Board being careful to use the orientation shown in Figure 8 1 The order of the leads...

Page 10: ...ters for monitoring the ZSPM4521 The Configuration and CONFIGx sections allow programming different parameters in the ZSPM4521 The Reference section provides information from the datasheet showing def...

Page 11: ...to read the current values of monitor registers of the ZSPM4521 on the EVB Enabling the Auto Poll feature will automatically read the status bits at the time interval specified in the adjacent field F...

Page 12: ...igurable registers of the ZSPM4521 except STATUS which is read only To change the registers click on the Enable Configuration Registers button as shown in Figure 9 4 To prevent further changes to the...

Page 13: ...to load the file in the future using the Load From File button Figure 9 5 Buttons for Saving Current Configuration Settings or Loading Previously Saved Configurations 9 3 Reference Section The right...

Page 14: ...section 11 2 for recommended values and sources for the following optional com ponents 10 1 Schottky Diode While D1 is not required it can be populated to increase efficiency and provide a better loa...

Page 15: ...reserved The material contained herein may not be reproduced adapted merged translated stored or used without the prior written consent of the copyright owner The information furnished in this publica...

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