Other Parts Discussed in Thread: BQSTUDIO, , EV2400
Hi all,
I'm trying to get started on a prototype board with a bq40Z50-R2, but due to company security policy we aren't allowed to use Microsoft Windows. I can run bqStudio under wine, but it doesn't find any adapters because Wine doesn't support direct USB access. (The FTDI driver works because it has special Wine support, but that's only for bq79606... the EV2300/EV2400 drivers don't work/detect no devices.)
Is there some way to get the raw SMBus commands in/out of bqStudio? Golden/production export or something?
I do have working development access to the I2C/SMBus on my board through the standard Linux I2C API; I get a response from the bq40Z50-R2 (I can even load standard Linux "sbs-battery" driver and it shows with default/unprogrammed values), but I'm having a very hard time figuring out how to program it for my cells. Right now I only need Samsung/SDI INR18650-35E (in 2S), and it's listed in bqStudio under ID 2123, but what SMBus commands do I need to send to bq40Z50-R2 to get this running?
Any help appreciated,
David
