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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SLUUBA7A – April 2015 – Revised July 2015
bq76PL455EVM and GUI User Guide
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