Battery pack: cordless power tool

Battery pack for cordless power tools integrated circuits and reference designs

Description

Our integrated circuits and reference designs help you create battery packs and chargers for cordless power tools with highly reliable battery management solutions (BMS) for monitoring, protecting, balancing and gauging.

Modern battery packs for cordless power tools often require:

Accurate voltage and current sensing.
Voltage, temperature and current protection.
Low standby current and ultra-low shipment power consumption.
Capacity indication to accurately track battery charge status and predict available runtime.

Technical documentation

Application notes & user guides

Application Notes (6)

Title	Type	Size (KB)	Date
bq769x0 BMS Configurations for Cordless Appliances	PDF	1.09 MB	23 Mar 2017
BQ77905 Design Considerations in High-Current Applications	PDF	1.72 MB	05 Dec 2016
Bq77905 Using Multiple FETs	PDF	158 KB	15 Jul 2016
bq769x0 Family Top 10 Design Considerations (Rev. A)	PDF	567 KB	02 May 2016
3~6 Cells Battery Management System Based On BQ76925+MSP430G2xx2	PDF	940 KB	20 Mar 2014
Cell balancing buys extra run time and battery life	PDF	575 KB	11 Mar 2009

Technical articles

Design & development

Name	Part #	Company	Software/Tool Type
Battery Management Studio (bqStudio) Software	BQSTUDIO	Texas Instruments	Application software & framework

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