BQ25895M

Latest Version: 1.0.0

The BQ25895M is switch-mode battery charge and system power path management device for single-cell Li-Ion and Li-polymer batteries. It supports high input voltage fast charging and communicates over an I²C interface.

You can view the library’s source code on GitHub. Click here to see information on other versions of this library.

This library is deprecated and will no longer be updated. Please upgrade to the BQ25895 library instead

Class Usage

Constructor: BQ25895M(i2cBus [,i2cAddress])

Parameters

Parameter Type Required? Description
i2cBus imp i2c bus object Yes The imp I²C bus that the BQ25895M is connected to. The I²C bus must be pre-configured — the library will not configure the bus
i2cAddress Integer No The BQ25895M's I²C address. Default: 0xD4

Return Value

Nothing.

Example

#require "BQ25895M.device.lib.nut:1.0.0"

// Alias and configure an impC001 I2C bus
local i2c = hardware.i2cKL;
i2c.configure(CLOCK_SPEED_400_KHZ);

// Instantiate a BQ25895M object
batteryCharger <- BQ25895M(i2c);

Class Methods

enable(chargeVoltage, currentLimit[, settings])

This method configures and enables the battery charger with settings to perform a charging cycle when a battery is connected and an input source is available. It is recommended that this function is called immediately after the constructor on cold boots.

Parameters

Parameter Type Required? Description
chargeVoltage Float Yes The desired charge voltage in V. Range: 3.84-4.608V
currentLimit Integer Yes The desired fast charge current limit in mA. Range: 0-5056mA
settings Table No A table of additional settings (see below)
Settings Table Options
Key Type Description
setChargeCurrentOptimizer Boolean Identify maximum power point without overload the input source. Default: true

Return Value

Nothing.

Example

// Configure the charger with charge voltage of 4.2V and current limit of 1000mA
batteryCharger.enable(4.2, 1000);

disable()

This method disables the device's charging capabilities. The battery will not charge until enable() is called.

Return Value

Nothing.

Example

// Disable charging
batteryCharger.disable();

getChargeVoltage()

This method gets the connected battery's current charge voltage.

Return Value

Float — The charge voltage in V.

Example

local voltage = batteryCharger.getChargeVoltage();
server.log("Voltage (charge): " + voltage + "V");

getBatteryVoltage()

This method gets the current battery voltage based on internal ADC conversion.

Return Value

Float — The battery voltage in V.

Example

local voltage = batteryCharger.getBatteryVoltage();
server.log("Voltage (ADC): " + voltage + "V");

getVBUSVoltage()

This method gets the VBUS voltage based on ADC conversion. This is the input voltage.

Return Value

Float — The VBUS voltage in V.

Example

local voltage = batteryCharger.getVBUSVoltage();
server.log("Voltage (VBAT): " + voltage + "V");

getSystemVoltage()

This method gets the system voltage based on the ADC conversion. This the output voltage which can be used to drive other chips in your application. In most impC001-based applications, the system voltage is the impC001 VMOD supply.

Return Value

Float — The system voltage in V.

Example

local voltage = batteryCharger.getSystemVoltage();
server.log("Voltage (system): " + voltage + "V");

getChargingCurrent()

This method gets the measured current going to the battery.

Return Value

Integer — The charging current in mA.

Example

local current = batteryCharger.getChargingCurrent();
server.log("Current (charging): " + current + "mA");

getChargingStatus()

This method reports the battery charging status.

Return Value

Integer — A charging status constant (see below)

Charging Status Constant Value
BQ25895M_CHARGING_STATUS.NOT_CHARGING 0x00
BQ25895M_CHARGING_STATUS.PRE_CHARGE 0x08
BQ25895M_CHARGING_STATUS.FAST_CHARGE 0x10
BQ25895M_CHARGING_STATUS.CHARGE_TERMINATION_DONE 0x18

Example

local status = charger.getChargingStatus();
switch(status) {
    case BQ25895M_CHARGING_STATUS.NOT_CHARGING:
        // Do something
        break;
    case BQ25895M_CHARGING_STATUS.PRE_CHARGE:
        // Do something
        break;
    case BQ25895M_CHARGING_STATUS.FAST_CHARGING:
        // Do something
        break;
    case BQ25895M_CHARGING_STATUS.CHARGE_TERMINATION_DONE:
        // Do something
        break;
}

getChargerFaults()

This method reports possible charger faults.

Return Value

Table — A charger fault report (see below)

Key/Fault Type Description
watchdogFault Bool true if watchdog timer has expired, otherwise false
boostFault Bool true if VMBUS overloaded in OTG, VBUS OVP, or battery is too low, otherwise false
chrgFault Integer A charging fault. See table Charging Faults, below, for possible values
battFault Bool true if VBAT > VBATOVP, otherwise false
ntcFault Integer An NTC fault. See table NTC Faults, below, for possible values

Charging Faults

Charging Fault Constant Value
BQ25895M_CHARGING_FAULT.NORMAL 0x00
BQ25895M_CHARGING_FAULT.INPUT_FAULT 0x01
BQ25895M_CHARGING_FAULT.THERMAL_SHUTDOWN 0x02
BQ25895M_CHARGING_FAULT.CHARGE_SAFETY_TIMER_EXPIRATION 0x03

NTC Fault

NTC Fault Constant Value
BQ25895M_NTC_FAULT.NORMAL 0x00
BQ25895M_NTC_FAULT.TS_COLD 0x01
BQ25895M_NTC_FAULT.TS_HOT 0x02

Example

local faults = batteryCharger.getChargerFaults();
server.log("Fault Report");
if (faults.watchdogFault) server.log("Watchdog Timer Fault reported");
if (faults.boostFault) server.log("Boost Fault reported");

switch(faults.chrgFault) {
    case BQ25895M_CHARGING_FAULT.NORMAL:
        server.log("Charging OK");
        break;
    case BQ25895M_CHARGING_FAULT.INPUT_FAULT:
        server.log("Charging NOT OK - Input Fault reported");
        break;
    case BQ25895M_CHARGING_FAULT.THERMAL_SHUTDOWN:
        server.log("Charging NOT OK - Thermal Shutdown reported");
        break;
    case BQ25895M_CHARGING_FAULT.CHARGE_SAFETY_TIMER_EXPIRATION:
        server.log("Charging NOT OK - Safety Timer expired");
        break;
}

if (faults.battFault) server.log("VBAT too high");

switch(faults.ntcFault) {
    case BQ25895M_NTC_FAULT.NORMAL:
        server.log("NTC OK");
        break;
    case BQ25895M_NTC_FAULT.TS_COLD:
        server.log("NTC NOT OK - TS Cold");
        break;
    case BQ25895M_NTC_FAULT.TS_HOT:
        server.log("NTC NOT OK - TS Hot");
        break;

reset()

This method provides a software reset which clears all of the BQ25895M's register settings.

Note This will reset the charge voltage and current to the register defaults of 4.352V and 2048mA.

Return Value

Nothing.

Example

// Reset the BQ25895M
batteryCharger.reset();

Release History

The Electric Imp Dev Center documents the latest version of the library. For past versions, please see the Electric Imp public GitHub repos listed below.

Version Source Code Notes
1.0.0 GitHub Initial release

License

This library is licensed under the MIT License.

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