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Description

The ISL94216EVKIT1Z evaluation kit and GUI is used to evaluate the features of the ISL94216A 16-cell battery front end (BFE) IC. A battery front end is an essential component of any battery management system (BMS), which periodically scans battery status and the operating environment to optimize battery life and prevent catastrophic failures.

The ISL94216A GUI is built on top of Excel using Visual Basic for Applications (VBA 1.00). It is designed to allow users to perform detailed evaluation of the ISL94216A and also includes a simplified demonstration GUI.

The ISL94216A is a high-side, monolithic, battery protection and monitor IC for 4S to 16S batteries, typically used in e-bikes, energy storage/battery backup, robotics, and mobility applications. This battery front end device supports I2C, SPI and single wire protocols allowing customers to connect an MCU in a proprietary battery management solution. Additionally, the device features internal cell balancing circuitry that provides 8mA of balance current per cell. External cell balancing for higher currents is also supported. The ISL94216A is offered in an efficient 64 Ld QFN package with a thermal pad.

Features

  • High hot plug rating: 62V
  • VCELL accuracy: ±5mV
  • VBAT = 55V
  • IPACK accuracy: ±0.2%
  • 16-bit VCELL and IPACK measurements
  • High-side CFET/DFET drivers
  • Charge/Load wakeup detection circuitry
  • 4-pin GPIO port
  • Integrated 3.3V regulator
  • Supports I2C, SPI and single wire communications

Applications

  • Light electric vehicles such as e-bikes, e-scooters and e-motorcycles
  • Cordless power and gardening tools
  • Home appliances
  • 24V, 36V, 42V, and 48V portable battery packs
  • Telecom and server farms
  • Solar farms
  • Energy storage systems
Type Title Date
Manual - Development Tools PDF 6.92 MB
Manual - Software PDF 438 KB
PCB Design Files ZIP 864 KB
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Software & Tools

Software Downloads

Type Title Date
Software & Tools - Software ZIP 1011 KB
1 item
Part NumberStatusStockBudgetary Price (USD)SampleablePb (Lead) FreeECCN (US)HTS (US)
ISL94216EVKIT1ZActiveIn Stock1u | $286.35AvailableYesEAR998473.30.1180

Support Communities

  1. Can we use ISODONGLE1Z for ISL94216

    I have ISODONGLE1Z to program ISL94216 can i use it. I am trying to use it but the GUI for 94216 is not detecting this dongle

    Aug 26, 2022
  2. ISL94216 GUI for 64-bit version of Excel

    Hello, We got the ISL94216EVKIT1Z evaluation kit and tried to connect to it using the excel GUI that is available in the download page, but the following error message appears: Is there any 64-bit version of this excel or any workaround in order to make the GUI work on ...

    Aug 23, 2022
  3. ISL94216EV1Z board not detected

    Hello Guys, I am using ISL94216EV1Z evolution kit for BMS, I am connect the ISO-DONGLE-EV1Z to ISL94216EV1Z and connect 48V DPS using Register Ladder to ISl94216EV1Z but when I click on Green Connect button in GUI(using VBA 1.0) It display "ISL94216EV1Z board not detected" massage. I ...

    Mar 28, 2021
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