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DS40237A-page 5

PS042

5.0

DEVELOPMENT TOOL

SUMMARY

Microchip provides all the necessary hardware and

software to enable easy tailoring of battery control

algorithm parameters and cell performance models to

meet specific application requirements and attain the

highest

accuracy

available

anywhere.

Table 5-1

summarizes the development tool offering from

Microchip to support the P3 and P4 families. Please

refer to the Microchip web site for ordering information

and design documentation (including schematics) at

www.microchip.com.

TABLE 5-1:

MICROCHIP DEVELOPMENT TOOL SUMMARY

Reference Documents

This data sheets provides an overview of the PowerCal

Calibration Board. For further information on the PS401

and development tool operations, please refer to the

following

documents

available

for

download

at

www.microchip.com.

Development Tool

Use

PowerInfo™ hardware with PowerTool™

software (PS041)

Read and write Smart Battery data values, EEPROM programming

PowerCal™ hardware with PowerTool

software (PS042)

Read and write Smart Battery data values, EEPROM programming,

pack and individual calibration, pack test

Document Number

Documents Available

DS40239A

PS401 Smart Battery IC User’s Guide

DS40238A

PS401 Single Chip Battery Manager Data Sheet (IC Products)

DS40234A

PS041 PowerInfo Configuration Interface Product Brief