Texas Instruments BQ79616-Q1 User Manual
Texas Instruments BQ79616-Q1 User Manual

Texas Instruments BQ79616-Q1 User Manual

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User's Guide
BQ79616-Q1 and BQ75614-Q1 GUI User's Guide
Taylor Vogt
This document provides a guide to install, set up, and use the BQ79616-Q1 graphical user interface (GUI). In
this document, the basic functionalities of the GUI are documented with the intent of reducing the time needed to
become familiar with the GUI.
Started........................................................................................................................................................................3
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3 Cell Monitor...........................................................................................................................................................................
4 Cell Balancing.......................................................................................................................................................................
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Protector................................................................................................................................................................................20
Control.......................................................................................................................................................21
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Diagnostics............................................................................................................................................................................22
8 Command Sequence............................................................................................................................................................
9 Faults.....................................................................................................................................................................................
10 Register Map.......................................................................................................................................................................
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Debug...................................................................................................................................................................................27
Sensing..................................................................................................................................................................28
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Troubleshooting..................................................................................................................................................................28
Figure 1-3. BQ79616 EVM Connections.....................................................................................................................................
Tab.....................................................................................................................................................8
Figure 1-6. Bridge Control Debug Tab.........................................................................................................................................
Connection........................................................................................................................................9
Figure 1-8. Example Configuration............................................................................................................................................
Figure 1-9. 5V Connection.........................................................................................................................................................
Figure 2-1. GUI Home Page......................................................................................................................................................
Figure 3-1. BQ79616 GUI Cell Monitor Page............................................................................................................................
Figure 3-2. Opening Communication Between the EVM and the
Figure 3-3. Device Fault Display in Cell Monitoring Page.........................................................................................................
Figure 3-4. GPIO/Temperature Tab...........................................................................................................................................
Figure 3-5. GPIO Config Pop Up Window.................................................................................................................................
Figure 3-6. BQ79616 GUI Detailed Device View.......................................................................................................................
Figure 4-1. BQ79616 GUI Cell Balancing Page........................................................................................................................
Figure 7-1. Diagnostics Tab.......................................................................................................................................................
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Figure 10-1. BQ79616 GUI Register Map Page........................................................................................................................
Figure 10-2. BQ79616 GUI Register Map Field View................................................................................................................
Figure 11-1. BQ79616 GUI Debug Page...................................................................................................................................
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  • Page 1: Table Of Contents

    Taylor Vogt ABSTRACT This document provides a guide to install, set up, and use the BQ79616-Q1 graphical user interface (GUI). In this document, the basic functionalities of the GUI are documented with the intent of reducing the time needed to become familiar with the GUI.
  • Page 2 Trademarks www.ti.com List of Tables Table 11-1. Initialization Bytes..............................27 Trademarks All trademarks are the property of their respective owners. BQ79616-Q1 and BQ75614-Q1 GUI User's Guide SLUUC36 – DECEMBER 2020 Submit Document Feedback Copyright © 2020 Texas Instruments Incorporated...
  • Page 3: Getting Started

    2. The uninstaller can be found in C:\Program Files (x86)\Texas Instruments\BQ79616. Run the uninstaller. 3. The uninstaller may ask you if you want to uninstall GUI Composer Runtime if there are no additional dependencies on GUI Composer Runtime on the user's computer.
  • Page 4: Figure 1-1. Paste .Txt Firmware File Into The Firmware

    Keep all default installation folder locations and press yes to all prompted dialogue. 2. To launch the GUI, navigate to C:\Program Files (x86)\Texas Instruments\BQ79616 and run the BQ79616 application.
  • Page 5: Figure 1-3. Bq79616 Evm Connections

    (SPI or UART). 3. Connect the 10-pin ribbon cable to the USB2ANY and to the EVM (key side up). SLUUC36 – DECEMBER 2020 BQ79616-Q1 and BQ75614-Q1 GUI User's Guide Submit Document Feedback Copyright © 2020 Texas Instruments Incorporated...
  • Page 6: Figure 1-4. Bq79600 Gui Communication Control Page

    1.2.2 Cell Monitor Tab While the Cell monitor tab is used by other devices such as the BQ79616-Q1, BQ79614-Q1, and BQ79631-Q1 to monitor parameters such as VC, GPIO, and current sense data, this information is not pertinent to the function of the BQ79600-Q1 device.
  • Page 7 Debug: Expanding the debug tab offers an even more detailed breakdown of the faults, allowing the user to trace back top level faults to specific errors in the communications, power, and so forth. SLUUC36 – DECEMBER 2020 BQ79616-Q1 and BQ75614-Q1 GUI User's Guide Submit Document Feedback Copyright © 2020 Texas Instruments Incorporated...
  • Page 8: Figure 1-5. Bridge Control Tab

    When using the BQ79631EVM with the BQAutoEval GUI, there are a few key differences that exist specifically for this device. These specific details will be discussed below. BQ79616-Q1 and BQ75614-Q1 GUI User's Guide SLUUC36 – DECEMBER 2020 Submit Document Feedback...
  • Page 9: Figure 1-7. J10 Usb2Any Connection

    This example has the BQ79631EVM configured as the bridge device and the BQ79616EVMs configured as stack devices. SLUUC36 – DECEMBER 2020 BQ79616-Q1 and BQ75614-Q1 GUI User's Guide Submit Document Feedback Copyright © 2020 Texas Instruments Incorporated...
  • Page 10: Figure 1-8. Example Configuration

    Power to enable the use of the BQ79631EVM is supplied through the 5V_LV connector on the left side of the board. Simply connect the positive and negative terminals of a power supply set to 5V to the pins 5V_LV and GNDLV respectively. BQ79616-Q1 and BQ75614-Q1 GUI User's Guide SLUUC36 – DECEMBER 2020 Submit Document Feedback...
  • Page 11: Figure 1-9. 5V Connection

    VC channels to measure the certain pack voltage deltas according to the connections highlighted in the bq79631EVM User Guide. These pins are all configured in the same manner as discussed in Measurement Display. SLUUC36 – DECEMBER 2020 BQ79616-Q1 and BQ75614-Q1 GUI User's Guide Submit Document Feedback Copyright © 2020 Texas Instruments Incorporated...
  • Page 12: Gui Home Page

    It is generally best to start with the cell monitor page to properly 1) Wakeup 2) Auto address and 3) Start Polling the device. BQ79616-Q1 and BQ75614-Q1 GUI User's Guide SLUUC36 – DECEMBER 2020 Submit Document Feedback Copyright ©...
  • Page 13: Cell Monitor

    At the top of the cell monitoring page, the user can find relevant settings that allow for easy configuration of cell measurements. These settings control all connected devices. SLUUC36 – DECEMBER 2020 BQ79616-Q1 and BQ75614-Q1 GUI User's Guide Submit Document Feedback Copyright © 2020 Texas Instruments Incorporated...
  • Page 14: Figure 3-3. Device Fault Display In Cell Monitoring Page

    MSK_OTP_DATA to 1. To mask this fault for multiple connected devices, perform a broadcast write from the Debug page using the following data: • Initialization byte: 0xD0 • Register Address: 0x11 BQ79616-Q1 and BQ75614-Q1 GUI User's Guide SLUUC36 – DECEMBER 2020 Submit Document Feedback Copyright © 2020 Texas Instruments Incorporated...
  • Page 15: Figure 3-4. Gpio/Temperature Tab

    GPIO settings. This is because the device requires the Main ADC to be reset to acknowledge any setting changes. Figure 3-4. GPIO/Temperature Tab SLUUC36 – DECEMBER 2020 BQ79616-Q1 and BQ75614-Q1 GUI User's Guide Submit Document Feedback Copyright © 2020 Texas Instruments Incorporated...
  • Page 16: Figure 3-5. Gpio Config Pop Up Window

    .csv file by clicking the red export button at the top right of the plotting window. Note that the user must be polling to export any data over time. BQ79616-Q1 and BQ75614-Q1 GUI User's Guide SLUUC36 – DECEMBER 2020 Submit Document Feedback Copyright ©...
  • Page 17: Figure 3-6. Bq79616 Gui Detailed Device View

    Cell Monitor Click on device address to access detailed device view Figure 3-6. BQ79616 GUI Detailed Device View SLUUC36 – DECEMBER 2020 BQ79616-Q1 and BQ75614-Q1 GUI User's Guide Submit Document Feedback Copyright © 2020 Texas Instruments Incorporated...
  • Page 18: Cell Balancing

    Because the device automatically sets up this balancing sequence, there are no constraints placed on which cells can be selected for balancing in auto balancing mode. To configure auto balancing, set cell timers and select a Duty Cycle Time. BQ79616-Q1 and BQ75614-Q1 GUI User's Guide SLUUC36 – DECEMBER 2020 Submit Document Feedback...
  • Page 19 Balancing can be paused and resumed by pressing Pause Balancing. Note that this does not stop balancing, and the CB RUN indicator will still be green. SLUUC36 – DECEMBER 2020 BQ79616-Q1 and BQ75614-Q1 GUI User's Guide Submit Document Feedback Copyright © 2020 Texas Instruments Incorporated...
  • Page 20: Protector

    OVUV and OTUT protectors to a single cell and GPIO, respectively. The user can also configure the threshold lock setting. The last supported protector modes are the OVUV and OTUT built-in self test cycles. BQ79616-Q1 and BQ75614-Q1 GUI User's Guide SLUUC36 – DECEMBER 2020 Submit Document Feedback...
  • Page 21: Communication Control

    SLEEPtoACTIVE tones are propagable, meaning that once one device receives either tone, it generates the same tone to send to the next device up the stack. Conversely, SHUTDOWN and HW RESET tones are non- SLUUC36 – DECEMBER 2020 BQ79616-Q1 and BQ75614-Q1 GUI User's Guide Submit Document Feedback Copyright © 2020 Texas Instruments Incorporated...
  • Page 22: Diagnostics

    Diagnostics" button which will either trigger a notification that the diagnostic completed or aborted. See the BQ79616-Q1 datasheet for details on abort conditions. If the diagnostic completed, it will update the VCCB1, VCCB2, LPF text to red or green. Green meaning that there are no failures in the corresponding register and red indicating that there are failures.
  • Page 23: Command Sequence

    Commands can be written to any device in the system through this page by changing the device address on the left side of the page. Figure 8-1. Command Sequence Tab SLUUC36 – DECEMBER 2020 BQ79616-Q1 and BQ75614-Q1 GUI User's Guide Submit Document Feedback Copyright © 2020 Texas Instruments Incorporated...
  • Page 24: Faults

    The user can select the SHOW button on the right hand side underneath the FAULT DETAILS column in order to view the faults in more detail, reset certain fault registers, and mask them. Figure 9-1. Faults Tab BQ79616-Q1 and BQ75614-Q1 GUI User's Guide SLUUC36 – DECEMBER 2020 Submit Document Feedback...
  • Page 25: Register Map

    Selecting a field in the field view also displays an information button. Clicking on it displays the name of a field, the bits it occupies within the register, and its type. SLUUC36 – DECEMBER 2020 BQ79616-Q1 and BQ75614-Q1 GUI User's Guide Submit Document Feedback Copyright © 2020 Texas Instruments Incorporated...
  • Page 26: Figure 10-2. Bq79616 Gui Register Map Field View

    An individual register can be read by selecting a register and pressing Read Register, and pressing Read All Registers reads all registers for a single device. Auto-read can be enabled to update the values in the register map at a selected time interval. BQ79616-Q1 and BQ75614-Q1 GUI User's Guide SLUUC36 – DECEMBER 2020 Submit Document Feedback...
  • Page 27: Debug

    For both reads and writes, the user should then press the Write button. For read commands, a write button press also performs a read from the device, and the response is populated in the response bytes window. SLUUC36 – DECEMBER 2020 BQ79616-Q1 and BQ75614-Q1 GUI User's Guide Submit Document Feedback Copyright © 2020 Texas Instruments Incorporated...
  • Page 28: Current Sensing

    Click Wake Up 2) Click Auto Address (the # of devices you have powered on the stack should populate into the table with all 0's) 3) Start Polling and ensure data is updating in the table. BQ79616-Q1 and BQ75614-Q1 GUI User's Guide SLUUC36 – DECEMBER 2020 Submit Document Feedback Copyright ©...
  • Page 29 TI products. TI’s provision of these resources does not expand or otherwise alter TI’s applicable warranties or warranty disclaimers for TI products. Mailing Address: Texas Instruments, Post Office Box 655303, Dallas, Texas 75265 Copyright © 2020, Texas Instruments Incorporated...

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