User's Guide
SLUUAA8 – September 2013
User's Guide for bq25505 Battery Charger Evaluation
Module for Energy Harvesting
This user’s guide describes the bq25505 evaluation module (EVM), how to perform a stand-alone
evaluation and how to allow the EVM to interface with the system and host. The boost charger output is
configured to deliver up to 4.2-V maximum voltage to its output, VSTOR, using external resistors. This
voltage is applied to the storage element as long as the storage element voltage at VBAT_SEC is above
the internally programmed undervoltage of 2 V. The VBAT_OK indicator toggles high when VSTOR ramps
up to 3 V and toggles low when VSTOR ramps down to 2.8 V.
Contents
1
Introduction
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1.1
EVM Features
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1.2
General Description
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1.3
Design and Evaluation Considerations
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1.4
bq25505EVM Schematic
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1.5
EVM I/O Connections
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2
EVM Performance Specification Summary
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3
Test and Measurement Summary
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3.1
Test Setups and Results
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4
Bill of Materials and Board Layout
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4.1
Bill of Materials
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4.2
EVM Board Layout
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5
PCB Layout Guideline
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List of Figures
1
bq25505EVM Schematic
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2
Test Setup for Measuring Boost Charger Efficiency
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3
Charger Efficiency versus Input Voltage
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4
Charger Efficiency versus Input Current
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5
Test Setup for Measuring Charger Operation
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6
Charger Operational Waveforms During Battery Charging
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7
Test Setup
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8
Switching from Primary to Secondary Battery
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9
Test Setup for Charging a Super Capacitor on VBAT_SEC
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10
Charging a Super Cap on VBAT_SEC
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11
EVM PCB Top Silk
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12
EVM PCB Top Assembly
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13
EVM PCB Top Layer
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14
EVM PCB Bottom Layer
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List of Tables
1
I/O Connections and Configuration for Evaluation of bq25505 EVM
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2
Bill of Materials
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SLUUAA8 – September 2013
User's Guide for bq25505 Battery Charger Evaluation Module for Energy
Harvesting
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