
bq76940/bq76930/bq76920 Software
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SLVU924D – March 2014 – Revised November 2018
Copyright © 2014–2018, Texas Instruments Incorporated
bq76920 Evaluation Module User's Guide
4.4
Software Operation
This section describes connection of the communication interface to the EVM and operation of the
software.
Although the software runs without connection to a powered device, it is recommended to have the device
on when starting the software. Follow the directions in the
section.
shows connections
for operation with the GUI software.
Start the software from the desktop shortcut
bq769X0 Evaluation Software
or the menu
Start
→
All
Programs
→
Texas Instruments
→
bq769X0 Eval Software.
When started, the software looks for the communication interface and the device. If either is not found, a
popup window appears and must be acknowledged. When communication is established with the device,
the main window appears as shown in
.
The bq76940/bq76930/bq76920 software uses popup help tips on many of the control features.
Figure 3. bq76940/bq76930/bq76920 Evaluation Software Display
The software window contains a menu bar and 3 sections. The top section is an I2C tool. The middle
section has 3 selectable views. The bottom section is a status section. Details are described in following
sections.
4.4.1
Status Section
The bottom section displays the software name and version, the CRC mode and the communication
status. The CRC mode is automatically detected and the software communicates to the IC appropriately.
To the right of the CRC mode is a communication status area which may display information about the
communication with the device. Common displays and actions may include the following:
•
Data channel name is invalid
. Check the USB connection to the interface board. Exit and restart the
software
•
No acknowledge from device
. Check that the 4 pin cable is connected, the EVM is powered and boot
the device, then try to read the device.
•
CRC read from device does not match calculated CRC
. Check that the
Read Device
button was used