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• Customer Support • Document Revision History DOCUMENT LAYOUT This document describes how to use the MCP1631 Multi-Chemistry Battery Charger Reference Design. The manual layout is as follows: • Chapter 1. “Product Overview” – Important information about the MCP1631 Multi-Chemistry Battery Charger Reference Design.
MCP1631 Multi-Chemistry Battery Charger Reference Design CONVENTIONS USED IN THIS GUIDE This manual uses the following documentation conventions: DOCUMENTATION CONVENTIONS Description Represents Examples Arial font: ® Italic characters Referenced books MPLAB IDE User’s Guide Emphasized text ...is the only compiler...
Preface RECOMMENDED READING This user's guide describes how to use MCP1631 Multi-Chemistry Battery Charger Reference Design. The following Microchip documents are available and recommended as supplemental reference resources. MCP1631 Data Sheet, “High-Speed, Microcontroller-Adaptable, Pulse Width Modulator”, DS22063 This data sheet provides detailed information regarding the MCP1631/MCP1631V, MCP1631HV and MCP1631VHV product family.
(Ni based chemistry) and constant current / constant voltage (Li-Ion) with preconditioning, cell temperature monitoring (Ni based) and battery pack fault monitoring. Also, the charger provides a status or fault indication. The MCP1631 Multi-Chemistry Battery Charger Reference Design automatically detects the insertion or removal of a battery pack.
MCP1631 Multi-Chemistry Battery Charger Reference Design GETTING STARTED The MCP1631HV Multi-Chemistry Battery Charger is fully assembled and tested for charging one or two series Li-Ion Batteries or one to four series cell NiMH or NiCd bat- teries. The charge termination for Li-Ion is based a percentage of fast charge current, the charge termination for NiMH is based on a negative voltage change versus time or positive temperature change versus time.
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MCP1631 Multi-Chemistry Battery Charger Reference Design FIGURE 2-3: Setup Configuration Diagram. 2.3.1.2 APPLYING A LOAD TO THE MCP1631HV MULTI-CHEMISTRY BATTERY CHARGER 1. To apply a load (battery pack), to the MCP1631HV Multi-Chemistry Battery Charger, the positive side of the battery pack (B+) should be connected to pin 1 of J2.
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MCP1631 Multi-Chemistry Battery Charger Reference Design 2.3.1.4 STATUS LED 1. The MCP1631HV Multi-Chemistry Battery Charger has an LED to indicate charge status or fault status. Table 2-1 represents the state of the Satus LED dur- ing various states of the charge cycle.
BATTERY CHARGER REFERENCE DESIGN Appendix A. Schematic and Layouts INTRODUCTION This appendix contains the following schematics and layouts for the MCP1631 Multi-Chemistry Battery Charger Reference Design: • Board Schematic • Board – Top Silk Layer • Board – Top Metal Layer •...
MCP1631 MULTI-CHEMISTRY BATTERY CHARGER REFERENCE DESIGN Appendix C. Demo Board Firmware DEVICE FIRMWARE FLOWCHART PAGE 1 For the latest copy of the MCP1631 Multi-Chemistry Battery Charger Reference Design firmware, visit our web site at www.microchip.com. START Initialize Ports, Is BATT ADC, PWM, etc.
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