MCP73871 DEMO BOARD WITH
VOLTAGE PROPORTIONAL
CURRENT CONTROL USER’S GUIDE
©
2009 Microchip Technology Inc.
DS51812B-page 5
Preface
INTRODUCTION
This chapter contains general information that will be useful to know before using the
MCP73871 Demo Board with Voltage Proportional Current Control. Items discussed in
this chapter include:
• Document Layout
• Conventions Used in this Guide
• Recommended Reading
• The Microchip Web Site
• Customer Support
• Document Revision History
DOCUMENT LAYOUT
This document describes how to use the MCP73871 Demo Board with Voltage
Proportional Current Control as a linear Li-Ion battery charge controller that can share
a load. The manual layout is as follows:
•
– Important information about the MCP73871
Demo Board with Voltage Proportional Current Control.
•
Chapter 2. “Installation and Operation”
– Includes instructions on how to get
started with this user’s guide and a description of the user’s guide.
•
Appendix A. “Schematic and Layouts”
– Shows the schematic and layout
diagrams for the MCP73871 Demo Board with Voltage Proportional Current
Control.
•
Appendix B. “Bill of Materials (BOM)”
– Lists the parts used to build the
MCP73871 Demo Board with Voltage Proportional Current Control.
NOTICE TO CUSTOMERS
All documentation becomes dated, and this manual is no exception. Microchip tools and
documentation are constantly evolving to meet customer needs, so some actual dialogs
and/or tool descriptions may differ from those in this document. Please refer to our web site
(www.microchip.com) to obtain the latest documentation available.
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page, in front of the page number. The numbering convention for the DS number is
“DSXXXXXA”, where “XXXXX” is the document number and “A” is the revision level of the
document.
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