BQSTUDIO

Battery Management Studio (bqStudio) Software

BQSTUDIO

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Overview

Battery Management Studio (bqStudio) offers a full suite of robust tools to assist with the process of evaluating, designing with, configuring, testing, or otherwise utilizing TI Battery management products. This includes features that provide full access to registers and data memory including support for real-time watching, graphing, and logging, an easy interface to send commands, direct low-level communication and I/O, as well as automated and guided support for configuration, calibration, performing a learning cycle, and generating useful files for taking the device to production.

Older products such as bq20xxx and bq30xxx are not supported in bqStudio. Download the specfic evaluation software from the appropriate product page. Also the latest chemistry updater that you downloaded for bqStudio requires an updated version of bqStudio.

Features
  • Real-time Gauge Dashboard for monitoring basic registers
  • Full register access and logging
  • Full data memory access and logging
  • Product configuration and monitoring tools
  • Import and export of product configurations
  • Calibration and test automation
  • Export of FS files for the target production environment 
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Application software & framework

BQSTUDIO-TEST Battery Management Studio (bqStudio) Software – Beta version downloads

Supported products & hardware

Supported products & hardware

Products
Battery monitors & balancers
BQ769142 3-s to 14-s high-accuracy battery monitor and protector for Li-ion, Li-polymer and LiFePO4 battery BQ76942 3-series to 10-series multicell battery monitor and protector BQ76952 3-s to 16-s high-accuracy battery monitor and protector for Li-ion, Li-polymer and LiFePO4
Battery charger ICs
BQ24800 SMBus 1-4 cell Buck battery charge controller to support hybrid power boost and battery boost mode BQ25720 SMBus 1- to 4-cell NVDC buck-boost battery charge controller with power path and USB-C® PD OTG BQ25723 I²C 1-4 cell NVDC buck-boost battery charge controller with power path and USB-C® PD OTG BQ25731 I2C 1-5 cell NVDC buck-boost battery charge controller with USB type-C PD support BQ25756 Stand-alone or I²C controlled 70-V bidirectional buck-boost charge controller with MPPT BQ25790 Integrated, NVDC, 5-A 1-cell to 4-cell switch-mode buck-boost battery charger BQ25792 I2C controlled, 5-A, 1-4 cell buck-boost charger with dual-input selector and USB PD 3.0 OTG output
Battery fuel gauges
BQ27220 Single cell pack/system-side CEDV battery fuel (gas) gauge w/pre-programmed chemistry profiles BQ27320 Single cell pack/System-side CEDV battery fuel (gas) gauge BQ27425-G1 System-side Impedance Track™; fuel gauge with direct battery connection | gas gauge battery BQ27425-G2A System-side Impedance Track™; fuel gauge for LiCoO2 battery BQ27425-G2B System-side Impedance Track™; fuel gauge LiMn2O4 battery BQ27427 Single-cell battery fuel gauge with pre-programmed chemistry and integrated sense resistor BQ27510-G3 System-side Impedance-Track fuel gauge that provides 32 bytes of user-programmable data Flash memory BQ27520-G4 System side Impedance Track™ fuel gauge with integrated LDO. BQ27530-G1 System-side Impedance-Track fuel (gas) gauge with direct battery connection BQ27531-G1 Battery management unit Impedance Track™ fuel (gas) gauge for bq2419x charger controller BQ27532-G1 Battery management unit Impedance Track™ fuel gauge for bq2425x charger BQ27541-G1 Pack-side Impedance Track™ battery fuel gauge with integrated LDO BQ27541-V200 Single cell Li-ion battery fuel gauge for battery pack Integration; FW upgrade to BQ27541 BQ27542-G1 Single cell Impedance Track™ pack side fuel gauge with SON package BQ27545-G1 Single cell, pack side, Impedance Track™ fuel gauge BQ27546-G1 Single cell Impedance Track™ pack side fuel gauge with DSBGA package BQ27621-G1 System-side fuel gauge with Dynamic Voltage Correlation, battery gas gauge BQ27741-G1 Pack-side Impedance Track™(tm) fuel (gas) gauge with integrated protector BQ27742-G1 Single cell Li-ion battery fuel gauge with integrated protection | battery gas gauge BQ27Z561 Impedance Track™ integrated circuit gas gauge solution for 1-series BQ27Z746 Pack-side, single-cell Impedance Track™ technology fuel gauge with integrated protector BQ28Z610 Battery fuel gauge with integrated protector for 1-2 series packs BQ34110 Multi-chemistry high-cell Count battery fuel gauge with integrated rarely discharged module BQ34210-Q1 Automotive Qualified Single cell system-side CEDV fuel gauge BQ34Z100-G1 Multi-chemistry Impedance Track™ standalone fuel gauge | battery gas gauge BQ35100 Battery fuel gauge for non-rechargeable batteries (lithium primary) and end-of-service monitor BQ4050 1-4 series CEDV battery fuel (gas) gauge BQ40Z50 1-4 series Li-ion battery pack manager | battery fuel (gas) gauge BQ40Z50-R1 1-4 series Li-ion battery pack manager supporting Turbo Mode 1.0 BQ40Z50-R2 1-4 series Li-ion battery pack manager supporting Turbo Mode 2.0 BQ40Z60 Complete multi-cell battery manager | battery fuel (gas) gauge BQ40Z80 2-s to 6-s battery pack manager with Impedance Track™ gas gauging BQ78350 Companion CEDV Fuel Gauge Battery Management Controller for bq76940 Monitor Family BQ78350-R1 CEDV li-ion gas gauge and battery management controller BQ78Z100 Impedance Track™ battery fuel (gas) gauge for 1-series to 2-series
Hardware development
MKST-3P-ALT-EV2300 MKS Technology alternative for EV2300 communications transceiver
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BQSTUDIO-TEST Battery Management Studio (bqStudio) Software – Beta version downloads

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Latest version
Version: 1.3.124
Release date: 03 Nov 2023
Products
Battery monitors & balancers
BQ769142 3-s to 14-s high-accuracy battery monitor and protector for Li-ion, Li-polymer and LiFePO4 battery BQ76942 3-series to 10-series multicell battery monitor and protector BQ76952 3-s to 16-s high-accuracy battery monitor and protector for Li-ion, Li-polymer and LiFePO4
Battery charger ICs
BQ24800 SMBus 1-4 cell Buck battery charge controller to support hybrid power boost and battery boost mode BQ25720 SMBus 1- to 4-cell NVDC buck-boost battery charge controller with power path and USB-C® PD OTG BQ25723 I²C 1-4 cell NVDC buck-boost battery charge controller with power path and USB-C® PD OTG BQ25731 I2C 1-5 cell NVDC buck-boost battery charge controller with USB type-C PD support BQ25756 Stand-alone or I²C controlled 70-V bidirectional buck-boost charge controller with MPPT BQ25790 Integrated, NVDC, 5-A 1-cell to 4-cell switch-mode buck-boost battery charger BQ25792 I2C controlled, 5-A, 1-4 cell buck-boost charger with dual-input selector and USB PD 3.0 OTG output
Battery fuel gauges
BQ27220 Single cell pack/system-side CEDV battery fuel (gas) gauge w/pre-programmed chemistry profiles BQ27320 Single cell pack/System-side CEDV battery fuel (gas) gauge BQ27425-G1 System-side Impedance Track™; fuel gauge with direct battery connection | gas gauge battery BQ27425-G2A System-side Impedance Track™; fuel gauge for LiCoO2 battery BQ27425-G2B System-side Impedance Track™; fuel gauge LiMn2O4 battery BQ27427 Single-cell battery fuel gauge with pre-programmed chemistry and integrated sense resistor BQ27510-G3 System-side Impedance-Track fuel gauge that provides 32 bytes of user-programmable data Flash memory BQ27520-G4 System side Impedance Track™ fuel gauge with integrated LDO. BQ27530-G1 System-side Impedance-Track fuel (gas) gauge with direct battery connection BQ27531-G1 Battery management unit Impedance Track™ fuel (gas) gauge for bq2419x charger controller BQ27532-G1 Battery management unit Impedance Track™ fuel gauge for bq2425x charger BQ27541-G1 Pack-side Impedance Track™ battery fuel gauge with integrated LDO BQ27541-V200 Single cell Li-ion battery fuel gauge for battery pack Integration; FW upgrade to BQ27541 BQ27542-G1 Single cell Impedance Track™ pack side fuel gauge with SON package BQ27545-G1 Single cell, pack side, Impedance Track™ fuel gauge BQ27546-G1 Single cell Impedance Track™ pack side fuel gauge with DSBGA package BQ27621-G1 System-side fuel gauge with Dynamic Voltage Correlation, battery gas gauge BQ27741-G1 Pack-side Impedance Track™(tm) fuel (gas) gauge with integrated protector BQ27742-G1 Single cell Li-ion battery fuel gauge with integrated protection | battery gas gauge BQ27Z561 Impedance Track™ integrated circuit gas gauge solution for 1-series BQ27Z746 Pack-side, single-cell Impedance Track™ technology fuel gauge with integrated protector BQ28Z610 Battery fuel gauge with integrated protector for 1-2 series packs BQ34110 Multi-chemistry high-cell Count battery fuel gauge with integrated rarely discharged module BQ34210-Q1 Automotive Qualified Single cell system-side CEDV fuel gauge BQ34Z100-G1 Multi-chemistry Impedance Track™ standalone fuel gauge | battery gas gauge BQ35100 Battery fuel gauge for non-rechargeable batteries (lithium primary) and end-of-service monitor BQ4050 1-4 series CEDV battery fuel (gas) gauge BQ40Z50 1-4 series Li-ion battery pack manager | battery fuel (gas) gauge BQ40Z50-R1 1-4 series Li-ion battery pack manager supporting Turbo Mode 1.0 BQ40Z50-R2 1-4 series Li-ion battery pack manager supporting Turbo Mode 2.0 BQ40Z60 Complete multi-cell battery manager | battery fuel (gas) gauge BQ40Z80 2-s to 6-s battery pack manager with Impedance Track™ gas gauging BQ78350 Companion CEDV Fuel Gauge Battery Management Controller for bq76940 Monitor Family BQ78350-R1 CEDV li-ion gas gauge and battery management controller BQ78Z100 Impedance Track™ battery fuel (gas) gauge for 1-series to 2-series
Hardware development
MKST-3P-ALT-EV2300 MKS Technology alternative for EV2300 communications transceiver

Documentation

Battery Management Studio (bqStudio) Documentation

Release Information

Battery Management Studio (bqStudio) offers a full suite of robust tools to assist with the process of evaluating, designing with, configuring, testing, or otherwise utilizing TI Battery management products. This includes features that provide full access to registers and data memory including support for real-time watching, graphing, and logging, an easy interface to send commands, direct low-level communication and I/O, as well as automated and guided support for configuration, calibration, performing a learning cycle, and generating useful files for taking the device to production.

 

  • This version of bqStudio supports the latest chemistry updates.
  • Operating systems: Windows 7 (64 bit), Windows 8 (64 bit), Windows 10 (64 bit)

 

Older products such as bq20xxx and bq30xxx are not supported in bqStudio. Download the specific evaluation software from the appropriate product page.

Requires: EV2400 or MKST-3P-ALT-EV2300

What's new

  • See Release notes
Application software & framework

BQSTUDIO-STABLE Battery Management Studio (bqStudio) Software – stable version downloads for bq series of TI battery fuel gauges

Supported products & hardware

Additional resources you might need

Application software & framework

BQ-KEY-PROGRAMMER-SW Key programmer software for battery fuel (gas) gauges

Supported products & hardware

Supported products & hardware

Products
Battery fuel gauges
BQ40Z50 1-4 series Li-ion battery pack manager | battery fuel (gas) gauge
Hardware development
Evaluation board
BQ40Z50EVM-561 BQ40Z50 evaluation board 
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BQ-KEY-PROGRAMMER-SW Key programmer software for battery fuel (gas) gauges

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Latest version
Version: 1.0.17
Release date: 03 Nov 2023
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Products
Battery fuel gauges
BQ40Z50 1-4 series Li-ion battery pack manager | battery fuel (gas) gauge
Hardware development
Evaluation board
BQ40Z50EVM-561 BQ40Z50 evaluation board 

Release Information

Overview

Several TI Fuel Gauge products support authentication for anti-counterfeit protection of battery packs. The selection of the battery authentication scheme between SHA and ECC is left to the user to decide. bqKeyPackager is provided to package the key, and bqKeyProgrammer is provided to program the key onto the selected gauge. The purpose of these two standalone tools is to allow an OEM to encrypt authentication keys in a file and send to a packmaker. The packmaker can then use this file as the data source for bqKeyProgrammer to program the key(s) into a gauge. The key will not be visible to the packmaker.

Features

Supports multiple TI gauge devices that support authentication

Supports SHA1, SHA256, and ECC key packaging depending on the device

Keeps key hidden from packmaker for additional security in the manufacturing process

Requires EV2300, EV2400 or MKST-3P-ALT-EV2300

What's new

  • Updated support
Firmware

BQ78350-DEVICE-FW BQ78350 family of gauges firmware

Supported products & hardware

Supported products & hardware

Products
Battery fuel gauges
BQ78350 Companion CEDV Fuel Gauge Battery Management Controller for bq76940 Monitor Family BQ78350-R1 CEDV li-ion gas gauge and battery management controller BQ78350-R1A CEDV li-ion gas gauge and battery management controller
Hardware development
Evaluation board
BQ76940EVM BQ76940 evaluation board with BQ78350 BQ76920EVM BQ76920 evaluation board with BQ78350  BQ76930EVM BQ76930 evaluation board with BQ78350
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BQ78350-DEVICE-FW BQ78350 family of gauges firmware

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Version: R3-V3.00
Release date: 13 Jan 2023

BQ78350-R3 Device firmware bundle installer

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Products
Battery fuel gauges
BQ78350 Companion CEDV Fuel Gauge Battery Management Controller for bq76940 Monitor Family BQ78350-R1 CEDV li-ion gas gauge and battery management controller BQ78350-R1A CEDV li-ion gas gauge and battery management controller
Hardware development
Evaluation board
BQ76940EVM BQ76940 evaluation board with BQ78350 BQ76920EVM BQ76920 evaluation board with BQ78350  BQ76930EVM BQ76930 evaluation board with BQ78350

Documentation

Technical reference manual addendum for BQ78350-R3

Release Information

Overview

BQ78350 family of gauges firmware is a firmware-only release that can be flashed onto any existing BQ78350 hardware (such as the BQ78350, BQ78350-R1, BQ78350-R2, … devices). The firmware incorporates the CEDV Li-ion and LiFePO4 battery management controller to create a pack-based solution that provides a rich array of features for gas gauging, protection, authentication, and monitoring using the companion BQ769x0 family of analog front end (AFE) protection devices for upto 15-series cell Li-ion and Li-polymer battery packs.

The BQ78350-R1A device offers optional LED or LCD display configurations for capacity reporting. It also makes data available over its SMBus 1.1 interface. Battery history and diagnostic data is also kept within the device in non-volatile memory and is available over the same interface.

Features

The BQ78350-DEVICE-FW firmware is usable on any previous version of the BQ78350 hardware. Refer the release notes for more information.

What's new

  • This is a firmware only download
  • See Technical Reference Manual addendum for changes from the BQ78350-R1 device
Firmware

BQ28Z610-DEVICE-FW Firmware for BQ28Z610 family of gauges

Supported products & hardware

Supported products & hardware

Products
Battery fuel gauges
BQ28Z610 Battery fuel gauge with integrated protector for 1-2 series packs BQ28Z610-R1 Battery fuel gauge with integrated protector for 1-2 series packs BQ78Z100 Impedance Track™ battery fuel (gas) gauge for 1-series to 2-series
Hardware development
Evaluation board
BQ28Z610EVM-532 BQ28Z610 1-Cell to 2-Cell Programmable Battery Manager Evaluation Module BQ78Z100EVM-532 bq78z100EVM 1s-2s Li-ion Battery Pack Manager Evaluation Module
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BQ28Z610-DEVICE-FW Firmware for BQ28Z610 family of gauges

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Version: R1B
Release date: 07 Sep 2023

BQ28Z610-R1 Gauging Firmware (Rev. B)

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Products
Battery fuel gauges
BQ28Z610 Battery fuel gauge with integrated protector for 1-2 series packs BQ28Z610-R1 Battery fuel gauge with integrated protector for 1-2 series packs BQ78Z100 Impedance Track™ battery fuel (gas) gauge for 1-series to 2-series
Hardware development
Evaluation board
BQ28Z610EVM-532 BQ28Z610 1-Cell to 2-Cell Programmable Battery Manager Evaluation Module BQ78Z100EVM-532 bq78z100EVM 1s-2s Li-ion Battery Pack Manager Evaluation Module

Documentation

BQ28Z610-R1B Technical Reference Manual(TRM)

Release Information

Description

The R1B version of BQ28Z610-DEVICE-FW is a firmware (FW) upgrade for the BQ78Z100 hardware. It is identical to BQ28Z610-R1. Programming the R1B firmware on BQ78Z100 hardware will effectively convert the BQ78Z100 to a BQ28Z610-R1(Rev. A). BQ28Z610-R1 is a highly integrated, accurate, 1-series to 2-series cell gas gauge with protection solution, providing autonomous charger control and cell balancing. This firmware is compatible with bq28z610-R1 hardware. Note: This firmware is not compatible with bq28z610 hardware.

Features

  • Autonomous battery charging control, using a dedicated Main mode I²C interface
  • Cell balancing with an internal bypass to optimize battery health
  • A high-side protection N-channel FET drive enables serial bus communication during fault conditions
  • Programmable protection levels for voltage, current and temperature
  • Support for simultaneous current and voltage sampling
  • Supports battery trip point (BTP) function for Windows integration
  • SHA-1 authentication responder for increased battery pack security
  • 400-kHz I²C bus communications interface for high-speed programming and data access

What's new

  • Identical to BQ28Z610 R1 (Rev. A)
Firmware

BQ34Z100-DEVICE-FW BQ34Z100 family of gauges firmware

Supported products & hardware

Supported products & hardware

Products
Battery fuel gauges
BQ34Z100-R2 Multichemistry Impedance Track™ stand-alone fuel gauge BQ34Z100-G1 Multi-chemistry Impedance Track™ standalone fuel gauge | battery gas gauge BQ34Z100 1-s to 16-s Impedance Track™ fuel gauge | battery gas gauge
Hardware development
Evaluation board
BQ34Z100EVM Bq34z100EVM 1s to 16s Impedance Track Fuel Gauge Battery Evaluation Module | Gas Gauge Battery
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BQ34Z100-DEVICE-FW BQ34Z100 family of gauges firmware

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Latest version
Version: 2.02.31
Release date: 20 Nov 2023
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Products
Battery fuel gauges
BQ34Z100-R2 Multichemistry Impedance Track™ stand-alone fuel gauge BQ34Z100-G1 Multi-chemistry Impedance Track™ standalone fuel gauge | battery gas gauge BQ34Z100 1-s to 16-s Impedance Track™ fuel gauge | battery gas gauge
Hardware development
Evaluation board
BQ34Z100EVM Bq34z100EVM 1s to 16s Impedance Track Fuel Gauge Battery Evaluation Module | Gas Gauge Battery

Documentation

Release Information

Overview

BQ34Z100-DEVICE-FW is a firmware-only release that can be flashed onto any existing BQ34Z100 hardware ( such as the BQ34Z100, BQ34Z100-R1, BQ34Z100-R2, … device ). The firmware incorporates the patented Impedance Track™ technology to create a pack-based solution for Li-ion, PbA, NiMH, and NiCd batteries, and works independently of battery series-cell configurations. Batteries from 3 V to 16.7 KV can be easily supported through an external voltage translation circuit that is controlled automatically to reduce system power consumption.

The BQ34Z100-DEVICE-FW device provides several interface options, including an I2C peripheral, an HDQ peripheral, one or four direct LEDs, and an ALERT output pin. Additionally, the BQ34Z100-DEVICE-FW provides support for an external port expander for more than four LEDs.

Features

The BQ34Z100-DEVICE-FW firmware is usable on any previous version of the BQ34Z100 hardware

What's new

  • Details in TRM, see 'About This Manual'
Firmware

BQ27Z746-DEVICE-FW Firmware for BQ27Z746 family of gauges

Supported products & hardware

Supported products & hardware

Products
Battery fuel gauges
BQ27Z746 Pack-side, single-cell Impedance Track™ technology fuel gauge with integrated protector
Hardware development
Evaluation board
BQ27Z746EVM-047 BQ27Z746 evaluation module Impedance Track™ technology battery gas gauge with protection solution
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BQ27Z746-DEVICE-FW Firmware for BQ27Z746 family of gauges

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Latest version
Version: R1-1.02
Release date: 28 Sep 2023
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Products
Battery fuel gauges
BQ27Z746 Pack-side, single-cell Impedance Track™ technology fuel gauge with integrated protector
Hardware development
Evaluation board
BQ27Z746EVM-047 BQ27Z746 evaluation module Impedance Track™ technology battery gas gauge with protection solution

Documentation

Technical Reference Manual

Release Information

Overview

The BQ27Z746-DEVICE-FW is a firmware (FW)-only release that can be flashed onto any existing hardware such as BQ27Z746 product. The firmware incorporates the patented Impedance Track™ technology to create a pack-based solution that provides a rich array of features for gas gauging, protection, differential battery sensing analog output, and authentication for 1-series cell li-ion and li-polymer battery packs.

Using its integrated high-performance analog peripherals, the BQ27Z746-DEVICE-FW firmware enables the device and measures and maintains an accurate record of available capacity, voltage, current, temperature, and other critical parameters in li-ion or li-polymer batteries, and reports this information to the system host controller. The integrated protection provide safety protection against Over Voltage (OVP), Under Voltage (UVP), Over Current in Charge/Discharge (OCC/OCD), Short Circuit Discharge (SCD), and Battery Sensing Protections (BCP, BCN, BDP and BDN).

SHA-2 authentication, with secure memory for authentication keys, enables identification of genuine battery packs.

BQ27Z746-DEVICE-FW is usable on any previous version of the BQ27Z746 hardware.

Features

Supports pack-side gauging including enhanced state of health (SOH) algorithm

Fast QMax update option based on predicted OCV

SHA-256 authentication responder for increased battery pack security

Sophisticated charge algorithms:

  •   JEITA
  •     Enhanced charging
  •     RSOC() charging compensation option

Low current modes options:

  •     Sleep
  •     Ship
  •     Shelf
  •     Shutdown

What's new

  • New features and bug fixes to BQ27Z746 firmware.  
Firmware

BQ40Z50-DEVICE-FW Firmware for bq40z50 family of gauges

Supported products & hardware

Supported products & hardware

Products
Battery fuel gauges
BQ40Z50 1-4 series Li-ion battery pack manager | battery fuel (gas) gauge BQ40Z50-R1 1-4 series Li-ion battery pack manager supporting Turbo Mode 1.0 BQ40Z50-R2 1-4 series Li-ion battery pack manager supporting Turbo Mode 2.0
Hardware development
Evaluation board
BQ40Z50EVM-561 BQ40Z50 evaluation board 
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BQ40Z50-DEVICE-FW Firmware for bq40z50 family of gauges

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Latest version
Version: R5-V5.03
Release date: 17 Jan 2023

BQ40Z50-R5 device firmware installer

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Products
Battery fuel gauges
BQ40Z50 1-4 series Li-ion battery pack manager | battery fuel (gas) gauge BQ40Z50-R1 1-4 series Li-ion battery pack manager supporting Turbo Mode 1.0 BQ40Z50-R2 1-4 series Li-ion battery pack manager supporting Turbo Mode 2.0
Hardware development
Evaluation board
BQ40Z50EVM-561 BQ40Z50 evaluation board 

Documentation

BQ40Z50-R5 Technical Reference Manual

Release Information

Overview

BQ40Z50-DEVICE-FW is a firmware-only release that can be flashed onto any existing BQ40Z50 hardware ( such as the BQ40Z50, BQ40Z50-R1, BQ40Z50-R2, … device ). The firmware incorporates the patented Impedance Track™ technology to create a pack-based solution that provides a rich array of features for gas gauging, protection, and authentication for 1-series, 2-series, 3-series, and 4-series cell Li-ion and Li-polymer battery packs.

Using its integrated high-performance analog peripherals, the BQ40Z50-DEVICE-FW firmware measures and maintains an accurate record of available capacity, voltage, current, temperature, and other critical parameters in Li-ion or Li-polymer batteries and reports this information to the system host controller over an SMBus v1.1 compatible interface. SHA-1 authentication, with secure memory for authentication keys, enables identification of genuine battery packs.

Features

The BQ40Z50-DEVICE-FW firmware is usable on any previous version of the BQ40Z50 hardware

What's new

  • New features and bug fixes to BQ40Z50 firmware. See release notes text file in install folder for more information.
Firmware

BQ28Z620-DEVICE-FW Firmware for BQ28Z620 family of gauges

Supported products & hardware

Supported products & hardware

Products
Battery fuel gauges
BQ28Z620 Battery fuel gauge with integrated protector for 1-series to 2 series packs with 1.2-V I/O
Hardware development
Evaluation board
BQ28Z620EVM-071 BQ28Z620 evaluation module for one- or two-series cell Li-Ion Impedance Track™ battery fuel gauge
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BQ28Z620-DEVICE-FW Firmware for BQ28Z620 family of gauges

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Latest version
Version: R1-V1.01
Release date: 09 Aug 2023
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Products
Battery fuel gauges
BQ28Z620 Battery fuel gauge with integrated protector for 1-series to 2 series packs with 1.2-V I/O
Hardware development
Evaluation board
BQ28Z620EVM-071 BQ28Z620 evaluation module for one- or two-series cell Li-Ion Impedance Track™ battery fuel gauge

Release Information

The Texas Instruments BQ28Z620 device is a highly integrated, accurate, 1-series to 2-series cell gas gauge and protection solution, enabling autonomous charger control and cell balancing.

The BQ28Z620-DEVICE-FW enables autonomous charge control through Master Mode I2C broadcasts of charging current and voltage information, eliminating software overhead that is typically incurred by the system’s host controller.

The BQ28Z620-DEVICE-FW device provides a fully integrated pack-based solution with a flash programmable custom reduced instruction-set CPU (RISC), safety protection, and authentication for 1- to 2-series cell Li-ion and Li-polymer battery packs.

The BQ28Z620-DEVICE-FW communicates via an I2C compatible interface and combines an ultra-low-power, high-speed TI BQBMP processor, high-accuracy analog measurement capabilities, integrated flash memory, an array of peripheral and communication ports, an N-CH FET drive, and a SHA-1 Authentication transform responder into a complete, high-performance battery management solution.

Features

  • Autonomous battery charging control, using a dedicated MASTER mode I2C interface
  • 400-kHz I2C bus communications interface, including a 1.2-V logic level for high-speed programming and data access
  • Cell balancing with an internal bypass to optimize battery health
  • A high-side protection N-CH FET drive enables serial bus communication during fault conditions
  • Programmable protection levels for voltage, current, and temperature
  • Support for simultaneous current and voltage sampling
  • Supports down to 0.5-mΩ current sense resistor while capable of 1-mA current measurement
  • SHA-1 authentication responder for increased battery pack security

 

Software programming tool

BQ-PRODUCTION-HI-CELL-SW Production software for hi-cell count battery fuel (gas) gauges

Supported products & hardware

Supported products & hardware

Products
Battery fuel gauges
BQ34Z100 1-s to 16-s Impedance Track™ fuel gauge | battery gas gauge BQ34Z100-G1 Multi-chemistry Impedance Track™ standalone fuel gauge | battery gas gauge BQ34Z100-R2 Multichemistry Impedance Track™ stand-alone fuel gauge BQ78350 Companion CEDV Fuel Gauge Battery Management Controller for bq76940 Monitor Family BQ78350-R1 CEDV li-ion gas gauge and battery management controller BQ78350-R1A CEDV li-ion gas gauge and battery management controller BQ34110 Multi-chemistry high-cell Count battery fuel gauge with integrated rarely discharged module
Hardware development
Evaluation board
BQ34Z100EVM Bq34z100EVM 1s to 16s Impedance Track Fuel Gauge Battery Evaluation Module | Gas Gauge Battery MKST-3P-ALT-EV2300 MKS Technology alternative for EV2300 communications transceiver BQ76920EVM BQ76920 evaluation board with BQ78350  BQ76930EVM BQ76930 evaluation board with BQ78350 BQ34110EVM-796 bq34110 Multi-Chemistry CEDV Battery Gas Gauge for Rarely Discharged Applications Evaluation Module
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BQ-PRODUCTION-HI-CELL-SW Production software for hi-cell count battery fuel (gas) gauges

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Latest version
Version: 2.05
Release date: 28 Oct 2022

BQ-PRODUCTION-HI-CELL-SW Windows installer for bq34110

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BQ-PRODUCTION-HI-CELL-SW Windows installer for bq34z100

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BQ-PRODUCTION-HI-CELL-SW Windows installer for bq78350

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Products
Battery fuel gauges
BQ34Z100 1-s to 16-s Impedance Track™ fuel gauge | battery gas gauge BQ34Z100-G1 Multi-chemistry Impedance Track™ standalone fuel gauge | battery gas gauge BQ34Z100-R2 Multichemistry Impedance Track™ stand-alone fuel gauge BQ78350 Companion CEDV Fuel Gauge Battery Management Controller for bq76940 Monitor Family BQ78350-R1 CEDV li-ion gas gauge and battery management controller BQ78350-R1A CEDV li-ion gas gauge and battery management controller BQ34110 Multi-chemistry high-cell Count battery fuel gauge with integrated rarely discharged module
Hardware development
Evaluation board
BQ34Z100EVM Bq34z100EVM 1s to 16s Impedance Track Fuel Gauge Battery Evaluation Module | Gas Gauge Battery MKST-3P-ALT-EV2300 MKS Technology alternative for EV2300 communications transceiver BQ76920EVM BQ76920 evaluation board with BQ78350  BQ76930EVM BQ76930 evaluation board with BQ78350 BQ34110EVM-796 bq34110 Multi-Chemistry CEDV Battery Gas Gauge for Rarely Discharged Applications Evaluation Module

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Overview

bqProduction Hi-cell software offers a full suite of robust tools to assist with the process of configuring, calibrating, manufacturing and tracking printed circuit boards utilizing TI Battery management products. This includes features that allow writing a golden image followed by different types of calibration to provide desired levels of accuracy, writing date of manufacture, writing unique serial numbers, and finally validating limits for calibration parameters to spike out any inconsistencies in material. bqProduction Hi-cell software offers three (3) levels of access to allow strict control over the manufacturing process with the assembly line operator only having access to the "Start" button. bqProduction Hi-cell software supports a single station from a single computer and has inbuilt capability to maintain log files for the processed printed circuit boards.

Requires

MKST-3P-ALT-EV2300

Mode of operation dependent: Requires 1mV, 1mA accurate external power supplies able to supply current required for calibration.

Features

  • Support for MKST-3P-ALT-EV2300
  • Uses industry standard Motorola SREC format golden image programmer
  • Calibration and test automation
  • Unique serial number assignment/programming
  • Supports bq34z100-G1, bq34110, bq78350

MKST-3P-ALT-EV2300 is used as a substitute for EV2300. Separate installers may be provided for each family of products and build numbers may vary by device family.

Limitations: Recommended display resolution is 1920x1080 with maximum 125% scaling. The GUI may not show password fields and/or buttons may be moved out of the visible area when using other display settings.

 

What's new

  • Uses MKST-3P-ALT-EV2300 instead of EV2300
  • Adds support for bq78350 family of gauges
  • Separate installers for each family of products
Software programming tool

BQ-PRODUCTION-SINGLE-CELL-SW Production software for single cell battery fuel (gas) gauges

Supported products & hardware

Supported products & hardware

Products
Battery fuel gauges
BQ27320 Single cell pack/System-side CEDV battery fuel (gas) gauge BQ27Z561 Impedance Track™ integrated circuit gas gauge solution for 1-series BQ27Z561-R1 Impedance Track™ battery gas gauge solution for 1-series cell Li-ion battery packs BQ27Z561-R2 Impedance track battery gas gauge solution for 1-series cell li-ion battery packs
Hardware development
Evaluation board
BQ27320EVM-766 bq27320 System-Side Fuel Gauge with Integrated LDO Evaluation Module BQ27Z561EVM-011 BQ27Z561 1S-cell programmable battery manager Evaluation module
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BQ-PRODUCTION-SINGLE-CELL-SW Production software for single cell battery fuel (gas) gauges

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Version: 3.0.2
Release date: 30 Nov 2022

Single Cell bqProduction software for bq27320

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Single Cell bqProduction software for bq27z561

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Products
Battery fuel gauges
BQ27320 Single cell pack/System-side CEDV battery fuel (gas) gauge BQ27Z561 Impedance Track™ integrated circuit gas gauge solution for 1-series BQ27Z561-R1 Impedance Track™ battery gas gauge solution for 1-series cell Li-ion battery packs BQ27Z561-R2 Impedance track battery gas gauge solution for 1-series cell li-ion battery packs
Hardware development
Evaluation board
BQ27320EVM-766 bq27320 System-Side Fuel Gauge with Integrated LDO Evaluation Module BQ27Z561EVM-011 BQ27Z561 1S-cell programmable battery manager Evaluation module

Documentation

Release Information

Overview

SingleCellbqProduction offers a full suite of robust tools to assist with the process of configuring, calibrating, manufacturing and tracking printed circuit boards utilizing TI Battery Battery management products. This includes features that allow writing a golden image followed by different types of calibration to provide desired levels of accuracy and finally validating limits for calibration parameters to spike out any inconsistencies in material. SingleCellbqProduction offers three(3) levels of access to allow strict control over the manufacturing process with the assembly line operator only having access to the "Start" button. SingleCellbqProduction supports 1 station from a single computer and has inbuilt capability to maintain log files for the processed printed circuits boards. The bqMTester hardware is incompatible with some single cell gauges.

Operating systems: Windows XP, Windows 7, Windows 10

Requires: MKST-3P-ALT-EV2300 (MKS-SAI-001), Precision voltage and current source/sink for calibration.

Features

  • Support for MKST-3P-ALT-EV2300
  • Control from a graphical user interface
  • Run 1 station from a single computer
  • Uses industry standard Motorola srec format Golden image programmer
  • Calibration and test automation/programming
  • Calibration limits filter to detect anomalies

What's new

  • Support for BQ27Z561 as a target
  • Support for MKST-3P-ALT-EV2300 as the USB interface board
  • Separate installers for BQ27320 and BQ27z561
Software programming tool

BQ-BMS-PROGRAMMER-SW Command line programmers for BQ products

Supported products & hardware

Supported products & hardware

Products
Battery fuel gauges
BQ20Z40 SBS Compliant Gas Gauge with Impedance Track Technology for use with BQ29330 BQ20Z40-R1 SBS 1.1 compliant Gas Gauge with Impedance Track™ Technology BQ20Z70-V150 SBS 1.1-compliant gas gauge enabled with Impedance Track™ technology BQ20Z70-V160 SBS 1.1-compliant gas gauge enabled with Impedance Track™ technology for use with the bq29330 BQ20Z80 SBS 1.1-compliant gas gauge enabled with Impedance Track™; technology for use with the bq29312 BQ20Z80-V102 SBS 1.1-compliant gas gauge enabled w/Impedance Track™ technology BQ20Z80-V110 SBS 1.1-compliant gas gauge enabled w/Impedance Track™ technology with FW v1.10 BQ20Z80A-V110 SBS 1.1 compliant gas gauge enabled with Impedance Track™; technology for use with the bq29312A BQ27505-J2 System-side Impedance Track™; fuel gauge with FW v2.15 BQ27505-J3 System-side Impedance Track™; fuel gauge with FW v2.20 BQ27505-J4 System-side Impedance Track™; fuel gauge with FW v2.24 BQ27505-J5 System-side Impedance Track™; fuel gauge with FW v2.29 BQ27520-G4 System side Impedance Track™ fuel gauge with integrated LDO. BQ27530-G1 System-side Impedance-Track fuel (gas) gauge with direct battery connection BQ27531-G1 Battery management unit Impedance Track™ fuel (gas) gauge for bq2419x charger controller BQ27532-G1 Battery management unit Impedance Track™ fuel gauge for bq2425x charger BQ27545-G1 Single cell, pack side, Impedance Track™ fuel gauge BQ27546-G1 Single cell Impedance Track™ pack side fuel gauge with DSBGA package BQ27741-G1 Pack-side Impedance Track™(tm) fuel (gas) gauge with integrated protector BQ27742-G1 Single cell Li-ion battery fuel gauge with integrated protection | battery gas gauge BQ27Z561 Impedance Track™ integrated circuit gas gauge solution for 1-series BQ27Z561-R1 Impedance Track™ battery gas gauge solution for 1-series cell Li-ion battery packs BQ27Z561-R2 Impedance track battery gas gauge solution for 1-series cell li-ion battery packs BQ27Z746 Pack-side, single-cell Impedance Track™ technology fuel gauge with integrated protector BQ28Z610 Battery fuel gauge with integrated protector for 1-2 series packs BQ28Z610-R1 Battery fuel gauge with integrated protector for 1-2 series packs BQ28Z620 Battery fuel gauge with integrated protector for 1-series to 2 series packs with 1.2-V I/O BQ3050 SBS 1.1-compliant 2-s to 4-s battery gas gauge & protection BQ3055 2-series, 3-series, and 4-series Li-ion battery pack manager BQ3060 SBS 1.1-compliant gas gauge and protector BQ30Z554-R1 2 series, 3 series, and 4 series Li-ion battery pack manager BQ34110 Multi-chemistry high-cell Count battery fuel gauge with integrated rarely discharged module BQ34210-Q1 Automotive Qualified Single cell system-side CEDV fuel gauge BQ34Z100 1-s to 16-s Impedance Track™ fuel gauge | battery gas gauge BQ34Z100-G1 Multi-chemistry Impedance Track™ standalone fuel gauge | battery gas gauge BQ34Z100-R2 Multichemistry Impedance Track™ stand-alone fuel gauge BQ34Z110 Wide range fuel gauge with Impedance Track™; for lead acid batteries | battery gas gauge BQ35100 Battery fuel gauge for non-rechargeable batteries (lithium primary) and end-of-service monitor BQ4050 1-4 series CEDV battery fuel (gas) gauge BQ40Z50 1-4 series Li-ion battery pack manager | battery fuel (gas) gauge BQ40Z50-R1 1-4 series Li-ion battery pack manager supporting Turbo Mode 1.0 BQ40Z50-R2 1-4 series Li-ion battery pack manager supporting Turbo Mode 2.0 BQ78350 Companion CEDV Fuel Gauge Battery Management Controller for bq76940 Monitor Family BQ78350-R1 CEDV li-ion gas gauge and battery management controller BQ78350-R1A CEDV li-ion gas gauge and battery management controller
Hardware development
Evaluation board
ADVANCED-BQMTESTER Texas Instruments Advanced bqMTester Multi-Station Test and Program Board BQ27510EVM System-Side Single-Cell Impedance Track™ Technology Evaluation Module  | Battery Fuel Gauge BQ27520EVM System-Side Impedance Track™ Battery Fuel Gauge Evaluation Module | Gas Gauge BQ27530EVM BQ27530EVM System-Side Impedance-Track Fuel (Gas) Gauge Direct Battery Connection Evaluation Module BQ27531EVM Battery Management Unit Impedance Track Fuel (Gas) Gauge Charger Controller Evaluation Module BQ27532EVM-656 Battery Charging Solution Evaluation Module BQ27542EVM Li-ion Battery Fuel Gauge Evaluation Module BQ27545EVM BQ27545EVM Single Cell, Pack Side, Impedance Track Fuel Gauge Evaluation Module BQ27546EVM-702 bq27546 Gas Gauge with Impedance Track™ Technology BQ27741EVM BQ27741EVM Pack-Side Impedance Track Fuel (Gas) Gauge Integrated Protector Evaluation Module BQ27742EVM bq27742-G1 Single Cell Li-ion Battery Fuel (Gas) Gauge Programmable Evaluation Module BQ27750EVM-837 BQ27750 1-Cell Programmable Battery Manager Evaluation Module BQ27Z561EVM-011 BQ27Z561 1S-cell programmable battery manager Evaluation module BQ27Z746EVM-047 BQ27Z746 evaluation module Impedance Track™ technology battery gas gauge with protection solution BQ28Z610EVM-532 BQ28Z610 1-Cell to 2-Cell Programmable Battery Manager Evaluation Module BQ28Z620EVM-071 BQ28Z620 evaluation module for one- or two-series cell Li-Ion Impedance Track™ battery fuel gauge BQ3050EVM-001 bq3050EVM SBS 1.1 Compliant Advanced Gas Gauge EVM BQ34110EVM-796 bq34110 Multi-Chemistry CEDV Battery Gas Gauge for Rarely Discharged Applications Evaluation Module BQ34210IQ1EVM-826 bq34210-Q1 Evaluation Module for System Side CEDV Fuel Gauge BQ34Z100EVM Bq34z100EVM 1s to 16s Impedance Track Fuel Gauge Battery Evaluation Module | Gas Gauge Battery BQ35100EVM-795 bq35100 Lithium Primary Cell Evaluation Module Using End-of-Service Monitor Gas Gauging BQ4050EVM-561 1 Series, 2 Series, 3 Series, and 4 Series Li-Ion Battery Pack Manager Evaluation Module BQ40Z50EVM-561 BQ40Z50 evaluation board  BQ40Z60EVM-578 2 Series, 3 Series, and 4 Series Li-Ion Battery Pack Manager Evaluation Module BQ40Z80EVM-020 BQ40Z80 2s-7s Battery Gauge Evaluation Module BQMTESTER BQMTESTER Multi Channel Test and Program Board MKST-3P-ALT-EV2300 MKS Technology alternative for EV2300 communications transceiver
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BQ-BMS-PROGRAMMER-SW Command line programmers for BQ products

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Version: 1.0.1
Release date: 15 Sep 2023

SDK, API, and Programmer installer

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Products
Battery fuel gauges
BQ20Z40 SBS Compliant Gas Gauge with Impedance Track Technology for use with BQ29330 BQ20Z40-R1 SBS 1.1 compliant Gas Gauge with Impedance Track™ Technology BQ20Z70-V150 SBS 1.1-compliant gas gauge enabled with Impedance Track™ technology BQ20Z70-V160 SBS 1.1-compliant gas gauge enabled with Impedance Track™ technology for use with the bq29330 BQ20Z80 SBS 1.1-compliant gas gauge enabled with Impedance Track™; technology for use with the bq29312 BQ20Z80-V102 SBS 1.1-compliant gas gauge enabled w/Impedance Track™ technology BQ20Z80-V110 SBS 1.1-compliant gas gauge enabled w/Impedance Track™ technology with FW v1.10 BQ20Z80A-V110 SBS 1.1 compliant gas gauge enabled with Impedance Track™; technology for use with the bq29312A BQ27505-J2 System-side Impedance Track™; fuel gauge with FW v2.15 BQ27505-J3 System-side Impedance Track™; fuel gauge with FW v2.20 BQ27505-J4 System-side Impedance Track™; fuel gauge with FW v2.24 BQ27505-J5 System-side Impedance Track™; fuel gauge with FW v2.29 BQ27520-G4 System side Impedance Track™ fuel gauge with integrated LDO. BQ27530-G1 System-side Impedance-Track fuel (gas) gauge with direct battery connection BQ27531-G1 Battery management unit Impedance Track™ fuel (gas) gauge for bq2419x charger controller BQ27532-G1 Battery management unit Impedance Track™ fuel gauge for bq2425x charger BQ27545-G1 Single cell, pack side, Impedance Track™ fuel gauge BQ27546-G1 Single cell Impedance Track™ pack side fuel gauge with DSBGA package BQ27741-G1 Pack-side Impedance Track™(tm) fuel (gas) gauge with integrated protector BQ27742-G1 Single cell Li-ion battery fuel gauge with integrated protection | battery gas gauge BQ27Z561 Impedance Track™ integrated circuit gas gauge solution for 1-series BQ27Z561-R1 Impedance Track™ battery gas gauge solution for 1-series cell Li-ion battery packs BQ27Z561-R2 Impedance track battery gas gauge solution for 1-series cell li-ion battery packs BQ27Z746 Pack-side, single-cell Impedance Track™ technology fuel gauge with integrated protector BQ28Z610 Battery fuel gauge with integrated protector for 1-2 series packs BQ28Z610-R1 Battery fuel gauge with integrated protector for 1-2 series packs BQ28Z620 Battery fuel gauge with integrated protector for 1-series to 2 series packs with 1.2-V I/O BQ3050 SBS 1.1-compliant 2-s to 4-s battery gas gauge & protection BQ3055 2-series, 3-series, and 4-series Li-ion battery pack manager BQ3060 SBS 1.1-compliant gas gauge and protector BQ30Z554-R1 2 series, 3 series, and 4 series Li-ion battery pack manager BQ34110 Multi-chemistry high-cell Count battery fuel gauge with integrated rarely discharged module BQ34210-Q1 Automotive Qualified Single cell system-side CEDV fuel gauge BQ34Z100 1-s to 16-s Impedance Track™ fuel gauge | battery gas gauge BQ34Z100-G1 Multi-chemistry Impedance Track™ standalone fuel gauge | battery gas gauge BQ34Z100-R2 Multichemistry Impedance Track™ stand-alone fuel gauge BQ34Z110 Wide range fuel gauge with Impedance Track™; for lead acid batteries | battery gas gauge BQ35100 Battery fuel gauge for non-rechargeable batteries (lithium primary) and end-of-service monitor BQ4050 1-4 series CEDV battery fuel (gas) gauge BQ40Z50 1-4 series Li-ion battery pack manager | battery fuel (gas) gauge BQ40Z50-R1 1-4 series Li-ion battery pack manager supporting Turbo Mode 1.0 BQ40Z50-R2 1-4 series Li-ion battery pack manager supporting Turbo Mode 2.0 BQ78350 Companion CEDV Fuel Gauge Battery Management Controller for bq76940 Monitor Family BQ78350-R1 CEDV li-ion gas gauge and battery management controller BQ78350-R1A CEDV li-ion gas gauge and battery management controller
Hardware development
Evaluation board
ADVANCED-BQMTESTER Texas Instruments Advanced bqMTester Multi-Station Test and Program Board BQ27510EVM System-Side Single-Cell Impedance Track™ Technology Evaluation Module  | Battery Fuel Gauge BQ27520EVM System-Side Impedance Track™ Battery Fuel Gauge Evaluation Module | Gas Gauge BQ27530EVM BQ27530EVM System-Side Impedance-Track Fuel (Gas) Gauge Direct Battery Connection Evaluation Module BQ27531EVM Battery Management Unit Impedance Track Fuel (Gas) Gauge Charger Controller Evaluation Module BQ27532EVM-656 Battery Charging Solution Evaluation Module BQ27542EVM Li-ion Battery Fuel Gauge Evaluation Module BQ27545EVM BQ27545EVM Single Cell, Pack Side, Impedance Track Fuel Gauge Evaluation Module BQ27546EVM-702 bq27546 Gas Gauge with Impedance Track™ Technology BQ27741EVM BQ27741EVM Pack-Side Impedance Track Fuel (Gas) Gauge Integrated Protector Evaluation Module BQ27742EVM bq27742-G1 Single Cell Li-ion Battery Fuel (Gas) Gauge Programmable Evaluation Module BQ27750EVM-837 BQ27750 1-Cell Programmable Battery Manager Evaluation Module BQ27Z561EVM-011 BQ27Z561 1S-cell programmable battery manager Evaluation module BQ27Z746EVM-047 BQ27Z746 evaluation module Impedance Track™ technology battery gas gauge with protection solution BQ28Z610EVM-532 BQ28Z610 1-Cell to 2-Cell Programmable Battery Manager Evaluation Module BQ28Z620EVM-071 BQ28Z620 evaluation module for one- or two-series cell Li-Ion Impedance Track™ battery fuel gauge BQ3050EVM-001 bq3050EVM SBS 1.1 Compliant Advanced Gas Gauge EVM BQ34110EVM-796 bq34110 Multi-Chemistry CEDV Battery Gas Gauge for Rarely Discharged Applications Evaluation Module BQ34210IQ1EVM-826 bq34210-Q1 Evaluation Module for System Side CEDV Fuel Gauge BQ34Z100EVM Bq34z100EVM 1s to 16s Impedance Track Fuel Gauge Battery Evaluation Module | Gas Gauge Battery BQ35100EVM-795 bq35100 Lithium Primary Cell Evaluation Module Using End-of-Service Monitor Gas Gauging BQ4050EVM-561 1 Series, 2 Series, 3 Series, and 4 Series Li-Ion Battery Pack Manager Evaluation Module BQ40Z50EVM-561 BQ40Z50 evaluation board  BQ40Z60EVM-578 2 Series, 3 Series, and 4 Series Li-Ion Battery Pack Manager Evaluation Module BQ40Z80EVM-020 BQ40Z80 2s-7s Battery Gauge Evaluation Module BQMTESTER BQMTESTER Multi Channel Test and Program Board MKST-3P-ALT-EV2300 MKS Technology alternative for EV2300 communications transceiver

Documentation

Quick Tips text document for Command line programmers

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Description:

BQ-BATTERY-PROGRAMMER-SW software development kit (SDK) is a collection of robust software command line tools that assist with the process of programming, testing, or assembling packs that use TI Battery management products. The executables in this software work with the MKST-3P-ALT-EV2300 MKS Technology alternative for EV2300 communications transceiver. The executables work with a single station but can be extended to multiple stations by using additional software and GUI from MKS Technology Inc. . Support for multiple stations is not included in this software.

There are multiple executables in the download, usually one per family of products. Older products such as BQ20xxx and BQ30xxx are also supported.  Examples using  the C++ programming language API and Python® programming language are provided for custom development.

Requirements:

  • Hardware: MKST-3P-ALT-EV2300
  • Supported operating systems: Windows (32 and 64 bits)
  • Software: Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 C++ Runtime redistributable

Features:

  • Collection of command line executables for Windows
  • Small executable size with few dependencies
  • Fast programming
  • Supports BQFS/DFFS and SREC file formats
  • Provides C API for custom code development
  • Callable from other programs for automation
  • Portable design simplifies deployment
  • Separately downloadable support software to enable legacy software like BQEVSW and ADVANCED-BQMTESTER to work with MKST-3P-ALT-EV2300

Getting started:

1. Download the software

2. Run the installer

3. The executables, C API and Python API files can be found in the install location

4. Run the command line executable without arguments to get usage help. Refer to Readme.txt in the install folder for more information and how to get help using the command line.

What's new

  • Added support for BQ78350 and BQ34Z100
Design tool

GASGAUGECHEM-SW Gas gauge chemistry updater

Supported products & hardware

Supported products & hardware

Products
Battery fuel gauges
BQ20Z40-R1 SBS 1.1 compliant Gas Gauge with Impedance Track™ Technology BQ20Z70-V160 SBS 1.1-compliant gas gauge enabled with Impedance Track™ technology for use with the bq29330 BQ20Z80A-V110 SBS 1.1 compliant gas gauge enabled with Impedance Track™; technology for use with the bq29312A BQ27505-J2 System-side Impedance Track™; fuel gauge with FW v2.15 BQ27505-J3 System-side Impedance Track™; fuel gauge with FW v2.20 BQ27505-J4 System-side Impedance Track™; fuel gauge with FW v2.24
Hardware development
BQEVSW BQ evaluation software (BQEVSW) v0.0.92 for BQ30Z554-R1
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GASGAUGECHEM-SW Gas gauge chemistry updater

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Version: 1077
Release date: 21 Feb 2024
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Products
Battery fuel gauges
BQ20Z40-R1 SBS 1.1 compliant Gas Gauge with Impedance Track™ Technology BQ20Z70-V160 SBS 1.1-compliant gas gauge enabled with Impedance Track™ technology for use with the bq29330 BQ20Z80A-V110 SBS 1.1 compliant gas gauge enabled with Impedance Track™; technology for use with the bq29312A BQ27505-J2 System-side Impedance Track™; fuel gauge with FW v2.15 BQ27505-J3 System-side Impedance Track™; fuel gauge with FW v2.20 BQ27505-J4 System-side Impedance Track™; fuel gauge with FW v2.24
Hardware development
BQEVSW BQ evaluation software (BQEVSW) v0.0.92 for BQ30Z554-R1

Documentation

Release Information

Important Note: The latest chemistry updater for bqStudio requires bqStudio 1.3.86 or higher.

 

Instructions for bqStudio Chemistry database update:

  • 1. Download the "bqStudio Chemistry Update zip" file and save with extension *.zip
  • 2. Connect an impedance track(IT) enabled gauge to the PC and open Battery Management Studio(bqStudio). bqStudio must autodetect the gauge. Alternatively select impedance track enabled gauge from selection list.
  • 3. From bqStudio "Help" menu select "Update Chemistry". When prompted point bqStudio to the downloaded zip file. Upon successful update, a confirmation message will be shown.

Instructions for bqEVSW Chemistry database update:

  • Run the installer to update the chemistry database used by bq Evaluation / bqEasy software

Step by step instructions for bqStudio and bqEVSW

Supported products & hardware

Battery charger ICs
BQ24296M 1-cell, 3-A, I2C controlled buck charger with USB OTG and min system regulation BQ24298 I2C controlled single cell 3A USB charger with NVDC Power Path and adjustable voltageUSB OTG BQ24773 I2C 1-4 cell NVDC Buck battery charge controller with system monitor & processor hot indicator BQ24780S SMBus 1-4 cell Buck battery charge controller to support hybrid power boost mode BQ24800 SMBus 1-4 cell Buck battery charge controller to support hybrid power boost and battery boost mode BQ25150 I2C controlled 500-mA linear battery charger with Power Path,  Low Iq, integrated LDO and 16-bit ADC BQ25600 I2C 1cell 3A Buck battery charger with power path and OTG in WCSP BQ25600C I2C 1cell 3A Buck battery charger for Parallel Charging Applications BQ25600D I2C 1cell 3A Buck battery charger with power path, USB detection and OTG in WCSP BQ25601 I2C 1cell 3A Buck battery charger with power path and OTG BQ25601D I2C 1cell 3A Buck battery charger with power path, USB detection and OTG BQ25700A SMBus 1-4 cell NVDC Buck-Boost battery charge controller with system power monitor & processor BQ25703A I2C 1-4 cell NVDC Buck-Boost battery charge controller with system power monitor & processor BQ25708 SMBus Multi-Chemistry battery Buck-Boost charge controller BQ25710 SMBus 1-4 cell Buck-Boost battery charge controller w/ system power monitor & processor hot monitor BQ25713 I2C 1-4 cell NVDC Buck-Boost battery charge controller with USB type C PD support BQ25713B Address 2 I2C 1-4 cell NVDC Buck-Boost battery charge controller with USB type C PD support BQ25720 SMBus 1- to 4-cell NVDC buck-boost battery charge controller with power path and USB-C® PD OTG BQ25723 I²C 1-4 cell NVDC buck-boost battery charge controller with power path and USB-C® PD OTG BQ25731 I2C 1-5 cell NVDC buck-boost battery charge controller with USB type-C PD support BQ25790 Integrated, NVDC, 5-A 1-cell to 4-cell switch-mode buck-boost battery charger BQ25792 I2C controlled, 5-A, 1-4 cell buck-boost charger with dual-input selector and USB PD 3.0 OTG output BQ25890 I2C 1cell 5A buck battery charger Maxcharge™ tech for high input with D+/D- BQ25892 I2C 1cell 5A buck battery charger with NVDC Power Path and PSEL BQ25895 I2C 1cell 5A buck battery charger with high input voltage and 3.1-A boost with HVDCP enabled BQ25898 I2C 1cell 4A buck battery charger with power path and MaxchargeTM for High input BQ25898C I2C 1cell 3A buck battery charger for Parallel Charging Applications BQ25898D I2C 1cell 4A buck battery charger with power path and HVDCP
Battery fuel gauges
BQ27220 Single cell pack/system-side CEDV battery fuel (gas) gauge w/pre-programmed chemistry profiles BQ27320 Single cell pack/System-side CEDV battery fuel (gas) gauge BQ27411-G1 Pack-side Impedance Track™ fuel gauge | battery gas gauge BQ27421-G1 System-side(tm) fuel gauge with integrated Sense Resistor | battery gas gauge BQ27425-G2A System-side Impedance Track™; fuel gauge for LiCoO2 battery BQ27425-G2B System-side Impedance Track™; fuel gauge LiMn2O4 battery BQ27426 Single cell System-side battery fuel (gas) gauge w/Pre-programmed chemistry Profile BQ27427 Single-cell battery fuel gauge with pre-programmed chemistry and integrated sense resistor BQ27441-G1 System-side Impedance Track™ battery fuel (gas) gauge BQ27520-G4 System side Impedance Track™ fuel gauge with integrated LDO. BQ27532-G1 Battery management unit Impedance Track™ fuel gauge for bq2425x charger BQ27546-G1 Single cell Impedance Track™ pack side fuel gauge with DSBGA package BQ27621-G1 System-side fuel gauge with Dynamic Voltage Correlation, battery gas gauge BQ27742-G1 Single cell Li-ion battery fuel gauge with integrated protection | battery gas gauge BQ27Z561 Impedance Track™ integrated circuit gas gauge solution for 1-series BQ27Z561-R1 Impedance Track™ battery gas gauge solution for 1-series cell Li-ion battery packs BQ27Z561-R2 Impedance track battery gas gauge solution for 1-series cell li-ion battery packs BQ28Z610 Battery fuel gauge with integrated protector for 1-2 series packs BQ28Z610-R1 Battery fuel gauge with integrated protector for 1-2 series packs BQ28Z620 Battery fuel gauge with integrated protector for 1-series to 2 series packs with 1.2-V I/O BQ34110 Multi-chemistry high-cell Count battery fuel gauge with integrated rarely discharged module BQ34210-Q1 Automotive Qualified Single cell system-side CEDV fuel gauge BQ34Z100-G1 Multi-chemistry Impedance Track™ standalone fuel gauge | battery gas gauge BQ34Z100-R2 Multichemistry Impedance Track™ stand-alone fuel gauge BQ35100 Battery fuel gauge for non-rechargeable batteries (lithium primary) and end-of-service monitor BQ4050 1-4 series CEDV battery fuel (gas) gauge BQ40Z50-R1 1-4 series Li-ion battery pack manager supporting Turbo Mode 1.0 BQ40Z60 Complete multi-cell battery manager | battery fuel (gas) gauge BQ40Z80 2-s to 6-s battery pack manager with Impedance Track™ gas gauging BQ78350-R1 CEDV li-ion gas gauge and battery management controller BQ78350-R1A CEDV li-ion gas gauge and battery management controller
Battery monitors & balancers
BQ76942 3-series to 10-series multicell battery monitor and protector BQ76952 3-s to 16-s high-accuracy battery monitor and protector for Li-ion, Li-polymer and LiFePO4 BQ76972 3s-to-16s high-accuracy battery monitor and protector for Li-ion, Li-poly and LiFePO4
Evaluation board
BQ25620EVM BQ25620 evaluation module for I²C-controlled, 18-V input, single-cell 3.5-A buck battery charger BQ25628EVM BQ25628 evaluation module for single-cell 2-A buck battery charger with low IQ and current limit pin BQ25629EVM BQ25629 evaluation module for single-cell 2-A buck battery charger with USB input detection BQ25638EVM BQ25638 evaluation module for single-cell 5-A buck battery charger with NVDC power path management BQ27421EVM-G1A BQ27421EVM-G1A System-Side Battery Fuel (Gas) Gauge Evaluation Module Board BQ27421EVM-G1B BQ27421EVM-G1B System-Side Battery Fuel (Gas) Gauge Evaluation Module BQ27621EVM-G1 System-Side Fuel (Gas) Gauge Dynamic Voltage Correlation Evaluation Module BQ27741EVM BQ27741EVM Pack-Side Impedance Track Fuel (Gas) Gauge Integrated Protector Evaluation Module BQ27742EVM bq27742-G1 Single Cell Li-ion Battery Fuel (Gas) Gauge Programmable Evaluation Module BQ27Z558EVM-084 BQ27Z558 evaluation module for single-cell Impedance Track™ technology gas gauge
Interface adapter
EV2400 USB-Based PC Interface Board for Battery Fuel (Gas) Gauge Evaluation Module

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Application note Start Guide for BQ Products 05 Oct 2020

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