Microchip Technology MCP1630RD-DDBK3 User Manual
MCP1630V BIDIRECTIONAL 4 CELL
LI-ION CHARGER REFERENCE
DESIGN USER’S GUIDE
© 2006 Microchip Technology Inc.
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Preface
INTRODUCTION
This chapter contains general information that will be useful to know before using the
MCP1630V Bidirectional 4 Cell Li-Ion Charger Reference Design. Items discussed in
this chapter include:
• Document Layout
• Conventions Used in this Guide
• Recommended Reading
• The Microchip Web Site
• Customer Support
• Document Revision History
MCP1630V Bidirectional 4 Cell Li-Ion Charger Reference Design. Items discussed in
this chapter include:
• Document Layout
• Conventions Used in this Guide
• Recommended Reading
• The Microchip Web Site
• Customer Support
• Document Revision History
DOCUMENT LAYOUT
This document describes how to use the MCP1630V Bidirectional 4 Cell Li-Ion Charger
Reference Design as a development tool to emulate and debug firmware on a target
board. The manual layout is as follows:
• Chapter 1. “Product Overview”– Important information about the MCP1630V
Reference Design as a development tool to emulate and debug firmware on a target
board. The manual layout is as follows:
• Chapter 1. “Product Overview”– Important information about the MCP1630V
Bidirectional 4 Cell Li-Ion Charger Reference Design.
• Chapter 2. “Installation and Operation” – Includes instructions on how to get
started with this user’s guide and a description of the user’s guide.
• Appendix A. “Schematics and Board Layouts” – Shows the schematic and
layout diagrams for the MCP1630V Bidirectional 4 Cell Li-Ion Charger Reference
Design.
Design.
• Appendix B. “Bill Of Materials (BOM)” – Lists the parts used to build the
MCP1630V Bidirectional 4 Cell Li-Ion Charger Reference Design.
• Appendix C. “Firmware” – Provides information about the application firmware
and where the source code can be found.
NOTICE TO CUSTOMERS
All documentation becomes dated, and this manual is no exception. Microchip tools and
documentation are constantly evolving to meet customer needs, so some actual dialogs
and/or tool descriptions may differ from those in this document. Please refer to our web site
(www.microchip.com) to obtain the latest documentation available.
documentation are constantly evolving to meet customer needs, so some actual dialogs
and/or tool descriptions may differ from those in this document. Please refer to our web site
(www.microchip.com) to obtain the latest documentation available.
Documents are identified with a “DS” number. This number is located on the bottom of each
page, in front of the page number. The numbering convention for the DS number is
“DSXXXXXA”, where “XXXXX” is the document number and “A” is the revision level of the
document.
page, in front of the page number. The numbering convention for the DS number is
“DSXXXXXA”, where “XXXXX” is the document number and “A” is the revision level of the
document.
For the most up-to-date information on development tools, see the MPLAB
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