Title: Li-Ion Battery Safety, Maintenance, Charging and Fuel Gauging
Presented by: Texas Instruments
When: November 10th , 1:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Cost: $49.00 registering before August 4th, $99.00 registering after August 4th.

This half-day workshop will start by covering Li-Ion battery characteristics including self-discharge, useable capacity and battery impedance, Li-Ion battery cell safety and UL testing and Li-Ion battery safety requirements. Basic battery maintenance and transportation will be discussed, as well as Li-Ion battery pack electronics safety and design. Attendees will also learn about front-end safety and power path management charging, which allows charging the battery while powering the system simultaneously. We will present how to charge the battery faster from USB and support USB On-The-Go by using a 3 MHz bidirectional switching charger. Finally, we will review voltage based on coulomb counting fuel gauges and also talk about the system-side fuel gauging techniques and design challenges in battery powered portable devices.

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Title: Developing Flexible Linear and Switching Charger Designs
Presented by: Microchip Technology Inc
When: November 10th, 1:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Cost: $49.00 registering before August 4th, $99.00 registering after August 4th.

Designing battery systems for portable applications, topology selection and feature set can make or break the success of new products. This four-hour seminar will explain the development of flexible linear and switching charger designs.  Embedded charger design and the advantages of certain topologies over others will be discussed, in light of how to meet the many new global standards of today.

Attendees will receive the MCP1631 Multi-Chemistry Battery Charger Reference Design (Part # MCP1631RD-MCC1), a complete stand-alone, constant-current battery charger for NiMH, NiCd or constant-current/constant-voltage Li-Ion battery packs. With an input voltage range of 5.5 to 16 V, the reference design utilizes Microchip’s MCP1631HV high-speed Pulse-Width Modulation (PWM) device and a PIC16F883 microcontroller.

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If you are interested in hosting a workshop, please contact Shannon Given at
720-528-3770 ext 104 or e-mail.