Reference designs simplify, speed development of battery charging apps

RENESAS ELECTRONICS Reference designs simplify and speed the development of USB Power Delivery (PD3.0) and USB-C battery charging applications such as USB-C computing hubs, power banks, car chargers, SSD enclosures, point of sale (POS) printers, and desktop displays. The RTK-251-1PowerBank3 and RTK-251-BuckBoostConverter2 are USB-IF PD3.0 certified design kits, and represent the first in a new series of reference designs for applications implementing the USB Type-C™ power and data connection standard. The RTK-251-1PowerBank3 board is a 3-cell (series connected) Li-ion battery power bank reference design that employs the R9A02G011 USB PD3.0 controller and ISL95538B buck-boost Narrow Voltage Direct Charging (NVDC) battery charger.