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Chapter 1. Product Overview ..................5 Introduction and Highlights ............... 5 What is the MCP73855 Evaluation Board? ..........5 What the MCP73855 Evaluation Board Kit Includes ........ 5 Chapter 2. MCP73855 Evaluation Board Installation ..........7 Features ....................7 Getting Started ..................7 Detailed Description .................
Select the Help menu, and then Topics to open a list of available on-line help files. INTRODUCTION This chapter contains general information that will be useful to know before using the MCP73855 Evaluation Board. Items discussed in this chapter include: • About This Guide • Recommended Reading • The Microchip Web Site •...
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• Appendix A: Schematic and Layouts – shows the schematic and layout diagrams for the MCP73855 Evaluation Board. • Appendix B: Bill-of-Materials – lists the parts used to build the MCP73855 Evaluation Board. 2004 Microchip Technology Inc. DS51522A-page 2...
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Curly brackets and pipe Choice of mutually exclusive errorlevel {0|1} character: { | } arguments; an OR selection Ellipses... Replaces repeated text var_name [, var_name...] Represents code supplied by void main (void) user { ... 2004 Microchip Technology Inc. DS51522A-page 3...
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MCP73855 Evaluation Board User’s Guide RECOMMENDED READING This user's guide describes how to use the MCP73855 Evaluation Board. Other useful documents are listed below. The following Microchip documents are available and recommended as supplemental reference resources. MCP73853/55 Data Sheet (DS21915) This data sheet provides detailed information regarding the MCP7385X devices.
BOARD USER’S GUIDE Chapter 1. Product Overview INTRODUCTION AND HIGHLIGHTS This chapter provides an overview of the MCP73855 Evaluation Board and covers the following topics: • What is the MCP73855 Evaluation Board? • What the MCP73855 Evaluation Board Kit Includes...
• Surface-mount design • Fully assembled and tested GETTING STARTED The MCP73855 Evaluation Board is a fully-functional, assembled and tested, sur- face-mount board used for evaluation of Microchip’s MCP73855 USB Compatible Li-Ion/Li-Polymer Charge Management Controller. The following steps provide simple, stand-alone operation.
85 mA with J4 (PROG) open and 400 mA with J4 (PROG) connected to J3 (V –). The MCP73855 is provided in a 3 mm X 3 mm, 10-lead DFN package and is equipped with shutdown control, status indicator and safety timer. Refer to the MCP73853/55 data sheet (DS21915) for details on individual device features.
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2.3.5 Device Support Options The MCP73855 Evaluation Board supports the MCP73855 device. The MCP73855 Evaluation Board is provided with one reference design utilizing the MCP73855. 2.3.6 Microcontroller option Connection points provide easily accessible locations for interface to a host microcontroller.
This appendix contains the following schematics and layout diagrams for the MCP73855 Evaluation Board. Diagrams included in this appendix: • Board Schematic • Board - Assembly Drawing • Board - Top Layer • Board - Bottom Layer 2004 Microchip Technology Inc. DS51522A-page 11...
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