Microchip Technology MCP1630RD-DDBK3 User Manual

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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
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 
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.
• 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.
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.
For the most up-to-date information on development tools, see the MPLAB
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