Dear Friends,

The power Type-C is able to handle today is incredible, especially when you look at its size. I expect it to be the standard for many years!

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Bodo Arlt

USB-C PD + MCU + buck-boost battery charger

Implement USB-C by replacing the main microcontroller, and customize your battery-powered application with Infineon’s EZ-PD™ PMG1-B1, a single-chip solution integrating:

• USB-C PD controller
• High voltage microcontroller (MCU)
• Buck-boost controller
• Battery charger
• Individual cell monitoring
• Protections

Start prototyping

The new EVAL_PMG1_B1_DRP evaluation kit for EZ-PD™ PMG1-B1 is used to sink up to 100W and source up to 27W. It can also be used to charge 2 cell-5 cell batteries, and the battery charging algorithm is implemented as part of EZ-PD™ PMG1-B1 SDK.

Features:

• Supports USB-C PD 3.1 spec up to 100 W
• USB-C PD sink, USB-C PD DRP
• Fully programmable ARM^® Cortex^® M0, 128 KB flash, 16 KB SRAM
• DCDC buck-boost
• Battery charge controller
• Support for CC / CV mode charging
• Support for 2S-5S cells
• Customizable battery charging algorithm
• High voltage protection circuits
• Highly configurable value-added features
• SDK on ModusToolbox™ and PMG1 kits

Benefits:

• Reduced BOM & area
• Simplified development with multiple applications supported in the SDK
• Highly programmable solution
• Simplified customization with proprietary software suite
• Fully interoperable USB-C PD stack
• Hardware protection