The Texas Instruments bq78350 Li-Ion and LiFePO4 Battery Management Controller and companion to the bq769x0 family of Analog Front End (AFE) protection devices provides a comprehensive set of Battery Management System (BMS) subsystems, helping to accelerate product development for faster time-to-market.
The bq78350 controller and the bq769x0 AFE support from 3-series to 15-series cell applications. The bq78350 provides an accurate fuel gauge and state-of-health (SoH) monitor, as well as cell balancing and a full range of voltage-, current-, and temperature-based protection features.
The bq78350 offers optional LED or LCD display configurations for the 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.
| Type | Title | Date | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| * | Data sheet | bq78350 CEDV Li-Ion Gas Gauge and Battery Management Controller Companion to the bq769x0 Battery Monitoring AFE datasheet | PDF | HTML | 14 Jun 2012 |
| User guide | bq76930 and bq76940 Evaluation Module (Rev. C) | 10 Dec 2018 | ||
| EVM User's guide | bq76920 Evaluation Module User's Guide (Rev. D) | 12 Nov 2018 | ||
| User guide | bq78350 Technical Reference Manual (Rev. B) | 22 Jul 2015 | ||
| Application note | bq78350 Data Memory Programming for Mass Production | 16 Apr 2015 | ||
| Application note | Using the bq78350 (Rev. A) | 04 Aug 2014 | ||
| Application note | Using the bq78350 | 25 Jun 2014 |
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BQ-PRODUCTION-HI-CELL-SW Windows installer for bq34110
BQ-PRODUCTION-HI-CELL-SW Windows installer for bq34z100
BQ-PRODUCTION-HI-CELL-SW Windows installer for bq78350
General notes
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:
Mode of operation dependent: Requires 1mV, 1mA accurate external power supplies able to supply current required for calibration.
Features
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.
Download Chemistry zip file for bqStudio & use bqStudio Help menu to import the latest chemistries.
Battery Management Studio (bqStudio) Documentation
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 specific evaluation software from the appropriate product page.
Requires: EV2400 or MKST-3P-ALT-EV2300
SDK, API, and Programmer installer
Quick Tips text document for Command line programmers
Software Manifest
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:
Features:
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.
BQ78350-R3 Device firmware bundle installer
Technical reference manual addendum for BQ78350-R3
Software Manifest
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.
Windows Installer for Battery Management Studio (bqStudio)
Use this file with Battery Management Studio (bqStudio) Help menu to import the latest chemistries.
Battery Management Studio (bqStudio) Documentation
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 specific evaluation software from the appropriate product page.