Profiling a battery in the nPM PowerUP app

nRF Connect for Desktop

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nRF Connect for Desktop

Complete the following steps to profile a battery and use the generated battery model to initialize and run the fuel gauge in the nPM PowerUP app:

  1. Click the Profile Battery button in the side panel.
  2. Enter the battery data and one or more temperatures for the profiling test. Provide the generic information about the selected battery. Refer to the battery datasheet for information. For further information on profiling, see Guidelines for battery profiling.

    Profile Battery test configuration

  3. Click Select folder to create a new project and store the battery model files.

  4. Follow the instructions in the application to start battery profiling. The following text box is displayed during battery profiling.

    Battery profiling ongoing

    The measurement data is automatically processed in the Nordic battery modeling software to make a single battery model file for each test temperature.

  5. After the temperature profiling at a given temperature is complete, follow the instructions in the application to charge the battery at room temperature before profiling at the next test temperature.

When all the individual temperature models have been completed, they are merged to generate the final battery model file. The final battery model is automatically saved as both a JSON file and an INC file.

To start fuel gauge evaluations using a battery model, see Evaluating a battery model with nPM PowerUP.