SLUUC37C july 2019 – august 2023 BQ75614-Q1 , BQ79616 , BQ79616-Q1 , BQ79656-Q1
The BQ79616-Q1 EVM can be configured to support lower cell count applications, especially for users designing with the BQ79614-Q1/BQ79612-Q1 devices. For these cases, the EVM comes fitted with placeholder 0 ohm resistors for shorting together the VC and CB pins of the topmost cells. These can be found in the schematic at the bottom of this user guide, with a note Resistors for Lower Cell Count Applications. The user needs to populate the 0 ohm resistors depending on the use of 12 or 14 cells. For 14, the user populates only R24, R28, R22, and R26, whereas for 12 the user populates all 8 of the resistors (R24, R28, R22, R26, R21, R23, R25, R27). The GUI is also implemented with a feature to change the active cell configuration. Navigate to the cell monitor page to View Poll Settings and then select their desired active cell configuration by using the dropdown selection below the No. of cells column.