Part Number:BQ24610
I need to perform a functional test on the attached battery charging circuit. The battery to be charged is 7.2V, 9.0Ah, 64.8Wh, Li-ion rechargeable. Originally, my customer indicated a 5.1 ohm, 15W resistor would be an acceptable simulation of the battery, however he apparently neglected to account for the battery detection scheme employed by the BQ24610. After I pointed this out, he directed me to simulated the battery load. Should I be able to simulate the battery, and thus test the charging circuit, using something like a NI PXI-4130 SMU, http://www.ni.com/en-us/support/model.pxi-4130.html? Any other recommendations?
Following is an outline of the test procedure employed:
1. Connect an electrical simulation of the Smart Battery at the Power Board battery connector J2.7 (V_BATT) with respect to GND.
2. Apply a 10K resistor across Power Board R27 (NETJ2_5 to GND).
REFERENCE: This will trick the charger into thinking it’s at a constant 25 deg C. and will allow the charger circuit to work.
3. Apply External Power (15.0VDC ±5%) current limited to 2.0ADC with respect to GND.
4. Measure the voltage at the Power Board battery connector J2.7 (V_BATT) with respect to GND. Record the result.
REFERENCE- Battery charger testing does not include charge-rate, or other design verification testing – only checking the charger responds to external power and switches voltage to the battery terminals when voltage is low.
5. Observe the digital state on net ACDRV. Record the result.
6. Measure the voltage on the signal generated by net BATDRV_N (J3.20) with respect to GND. Record the result.
7. Observe the digital state on CHARGING_N. Record the result.
8. Observe the digital state on CHG_COMP_N. Record the result.
9. Observe the digital state on PWR_GOOD_N. Record the result.
10. Observe the digital state on CHARGE_ENABLE. Record the result.
11. Observe the digital state on LOW_CHARGING_LEVEL. Record the result.
12. Disconnect the previous resistor from Power Board R27 (NETJ2_5 to GND) and apply resistor of 3.02k±5%, ≥1/16W Ohm across Power Board R27 (NETJ2_5 to GND).
REFERENCE: This will trick the charger into thinking it is above its high temperature threshold.
REFERENCE: Customer requirement is to only test at valid temperature and one invalid temperature. (“only validate the function once”)
13. Measure the voltage at the Power Board battery connector J2.7 (net V_BATT) with respect to GND. Record the result.
14. Disconnect the previous resistor from Power Board R27 (NETJ2_5 to GND).