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Require softeware to evaluate BQ2010 (EV2010.exe, AP10A.exe)

Deckerg
Intellectual 685 points
Other Parts Discussed in Thread: BQ2010, BQ2014H, BQ2060A, BQ2019

I'm trying to find software to read and write to the BQ2010 fuel gauge.  The datasheet for the EV2010 evaluation board indicates that there are two programs that can be used to interact with the fuel gauge: EV2010.exe and AP10A.exe.  These programs don't appear to be available for download from the TI website.

 

Where might I locate copies of these executables?

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    TI__Intellectual 940 points

    Deckerg,

    The bq2010EVM is not available.  The dip-packaged version of the IC used on this module hasn't been around for some 10 years.  The software you reference requires a special interface to the computer RS-232 port and it was built as part of the EVM.  The software required a computer running in full DOS mode, not a DOS window, and the speed of modern computers renders this software inoperable for some reason.  We only sell this product to supply existing designs.  We definitely do not recommend it for any new designs.  A somewhat more modern product that is very similar, is the bq2014H.  The communication speed is 16 times faster and some support tools are available.  A much better part for Nickel chemistry batteries is the bq2060A.  If is more than 10 times more accurate than the bq2014H. 

    Bill

  • 0 in reply to Bill J10799
    Intellectual 685 points

    Thanks for the heads up.

     

    I'm supporting a customer that uses the part in a design.  We need to read some address locations to get the status flags and last measured discharge to test a unit that came back damaged.

     

    I tried modifying the bq2019 source code to use the DQ bus to read the locations, but it appears that the 2019 code is HDQ and therefore too fast to read the 2010 registers.

     

    Any chance I could get the source code for the 2010 software so I could try and port it into VB?