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Evaluation Software for BQ34Z100-G1

Harsha Lalwani
Intellectual 315 points
Other Parts Discussed in Thread: BQ34Z100-G1, BQ34Z100, BQSTUDIO, BQ34Z110, BQPRODUCTION

Hi all,

We are using battery monitor IC  BQ34Z100-G1  in one of our designs.

We want to do the calibration and optimization of  this fuel gauge. There are Evaluation softwares available for other versions of BQ34Z100,

but not for BQ34Z100-G1. 

Do we need to use the same Evaluation Software for calibrating this fuel gauge ?

Please suggest.

Thanks,

Harsha Lalwani.

  • 0
    TI__Guru 73830 points
    The bq34z100-G1 uses bqStudio as an evaluation tool and it can be downloaded from the bq34z100-G1 website.
  • 0 in reply to ThomasCosby
    Intellectual 315 points

    Thanks for the reply.

    As per your suggestion, we have downloaded  BqStudio for BQ34Z100-G1.

    We were able to configure and calibrate it successfully. We want to generate the .ROM file for flashing the same configuration to other boards. 

    Earlier, we were using BQ34Z110 as fuel gauge and for generating .ROM file, we have used Bq Tester ROM Imager software.

    Below is the snapshot of the software used. 

    But this ROM Imager is not compatible with BQ34Z100-G1 IC.

    Can you please suggest the software which can be used for generating the .ROM file for this fuel gauge ?

    Thanks,

    Harsha

  • 0 in reply to Harsha Lalwani
    TI__Guru 73830 points
    The bq34z100-G1 does not support .dfi or .rom files. The data flash is saved to the .srec file and we also have the .df.fs file option to save the data flash. The .srec file is the Motorola srec format, so the memory addresses are in the file and the file is readable with a text editor.
  • 0 in reply to ThomasCosby
    Prodigy 50 points
    Hi all,

    Recently i've just evaluated the new BQ34z100-G1EVM and created the golden file (.srec, .df and .bq) using bqstudio.
    However i did not see an option to flash in the golden file for production in the bqstudio.

    May i know what is the next step for me to move on to production stage? E.g. what are the software required?

    thanks.

    Kah Wei
  • 0 in reply to Kah Wei Leung
    TI__Guru 73830 points

    Kah Wei

    You can save the golden files using the Golden Image screen and you can program the golden srec back into the device using the Programming screen in baStudio. You can use the bqProduction program to program the srec file into the device and it offers the option to program the entire srec or just the data flash portion. You do not have to program the entire srec into a device, because the instruction flash memory does not need to be updated. The bqProduction program can be downloaded from the TI website. Search for bqProduction.

    Tom