The design utilises an integrated multi-phase bidirectional controller, LM5170, combined with a high precisiondata converters and instrumentation amplifiers to achieve charge and discharge accuracies of 0.01% full scale.
To maximise battery capacity and minimise battery formation time, the design uses highly-accurate constant current (CC) and constant voltage (CV) calibration loops with a simplified interface. All key design theories are described guiding users through the part selection process and optimisation. Finally, schematic, board layout, hardware testing, and results are also presented.
Features
- Battery test subsystem with calibration control achieving 0.01% full scale current control accuracy
- Supports up to 50A applications with an input voltage (bus) from 8V–16V and output load (battery) from 0V–4.5V (5V max)
- LM5170 bidirectional buck, boost controller
- Programmable high-precision reference supplied by DAC80004
- Voltage and current monitoring provided by the ADS131A04 24 bit delta-sigma
- User friendly control interface
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