
BQ79606EVM Quick Start Guide
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SLOU471E – May 2017 – Revised April 2019
Copyright © 2017–2019, Texas Instruments Incorporated
BQ79606A-Q1 Evaluation Module
Importing a project into
Code Composer Studio
™:
1. Launch the provided file:
BQ79606A-Q1 Example Code 0.1 Installer.exe
and extract files to the default
path provided (C:\ti\BQ79606A-Q1 Example Code 0.1).
2. Launch
Code Composer Studio
(CCS):
Start
→
Programs
→
Texas Instruments
→
Code Composer Studio v8
→
Code Composer
Studio v8
3. When it launches, CCS requests a workspace is selected, choose “C:\myWorkspace”. Once CCS
loads, go to:
Project
→
Import CSS Projects...
→
Select search-directory
4. In Select search-directory, browse to the folder:
C:\ti\BQ79606A-Q1 Example Code 0.1
5. In
Discovered projects:
, check BQ79606A-Q1 example code
4.6
GUI
For initial evaluation, it may be more beneficial to use the graphical user's interface (GUI), which provides
a "point and click" interface to become familiar with the BQ79606A. During the initial sampling phase,
please contact your local TI FAE to get the latest BQStudio file supporting the BQ79606A (the BQStudio
file will be publicly available after GUI validation and release).
To get started with the GUI, please refer to the
Getting Started with the BQ79606A GUI
document.
4.6.1
GUI UART Connection
Physical setup for the GUI is the same as for the microcontroller, but will instead use an FTDI cable for
the UART connections on J8. This FTDI cable must have the metal contacts facing upwards when
connecting the 6 pin side of the cable to the EVM, with the other side of the cable connected via USB to
the host PC.