Understanding the TPS65010 Software

The TPS65010 is an integrated, extremely versatile IC. It contains a Li-Ion battery charger,two switching regulators, two linear regulators, two LED drivers, a motor driver, 4 GPIOs, and an assortment of control and status bits. All outputs are configurable by an external processor via an I2C bus. The TPS65010 contains sixteen 8-bit registers that both control the functions of the IC as well as report its status. To aid the user in evaluating this IC, TI provides an easy to use graphical based computer program that allows the user to easily interface to and control the TPS65010 EVM. This application note describes each function in the software and shows how each function is mapped to the TPS65010 registers.