STEVAL-L99615C

Data brief

Up to 5 cells BMS for industrial applications based on L9961

Features
• Measures up to 5 cells in series, with no desynchronization delay between
samples
• Coulomb counter supporting pack overcurrent detection
• Fully synchronized current and voltage samples
• Analog input for NTC sensing
• Embedded battery simulator
• Onboard fuse emulator
• Onboard charge and discharge MOSFET
• NUCLEO-G071RB development board with downloaded firmware

Description

Product summary The STEVAL-L99615C is an evaluation kit composed of an expansion board

containing the L9961 IC device for battery pack monitoring solution, and the
Up to 5 cells BMS for
NUCLEO-G071RB STM32 Nucleo-64 development board.
industrial applications STEVAL-L99615C
based on L9961 The evaluation kit demonstrates the performance and the ease of integration of ST
technology for BMS applications.
Software GUI for
L9961 evaluation STSW-L99615C The STEVAL-L99615C exploits the characteristics of the L9961 able to monitor
board up to five Li-ion battery cells in series configuration, communicating with the
STM32G071RB microcontroller, through an I²C interface.
Chip for industrial
battery management The expansion board has been specifically developed to be stacked on the
L9961 NUCLEO-G071RB development board through the morpho connectors. It embeds
applications up to 5
cells a power connector for the connection to a 5-cell battery pack or, alternatively to an
external power supply to emulate the battery pack.
Mainstream Arm
Cortex-M0+ MCU A dedicated software package containing firmware program for the STM32G071RB
STM32G071RBT6
with 128 Kbytes of microcontroller and a GUI for the PC (STSW-L99615C), has been released to permit
Flash memory the users to take benefit from the demonstration.
Applications Power Tools Major characteristics described by STSW-L99615C are: cell voltage and stack
voltage monitoring, stack current monitoring, temperature conversion via external
NTC, OV, and UV thresholds management.

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For further information contact your local STMicroelectronics sales office.
 1 Board schematics
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Note: The schematic diagrams below refer to the expansion board included in the STEVAL-L99615C evaluation kit. For the schematic diagrams of the
NUCLEO-G071RB development board, see the related web page.

Figure 1. STEVAL-L99615C expansion board schematic (1/5)

U_L9961 U_Connectors
L9961.SchDoc Connectors.SchDoc

I2C I2C

GPIO GPIO

NTC NTC

Charge Charge

BATT_PACK BATT_PACK

U_Battery Simulator
Battery Pack.SchDoc
BATT_PACK

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 Figure 2. STEVAL-L99615C expansion board schematic (2/5)
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VIO

VREG VDD
2
3 1
J2
VIO

R7 R8
4.7K 4.7K

I2C
SCL
TB+
I2C SDA
B+ BATT_PACK
J1
B+
NTC GND GND TC5
NTC OD
NTC R2
C5
39R TC4
TVB C2 C3 C4
VB 10uF 220nF 470nF R3
L1 C4
39R TC3
C5
1uH R4
470nF
C3
U1 39R TC2
26 C6
R10 R12 VB R5
1 2 1 2 1 3 28 470nF
VIO C5 C2
C7 29 39R TC1
C4 C8
33kR 0R 68nF 25 30
VCP C3 R6 BATT_PACK

2
31 470nF
C2 C1
R15 32 39R TC0
C1 C9
VCP 1
CO R9
5 4 470nF U_Charge Discharge
SCL GND C0
6 33 39R Charge Discharge.SchDoc
SDA EP GND
13
GND TM_ENTER
TOD 27
TM1 GND B- BATT_PACK Charge Charge
TNSHIP TISENSEN
SW1 C10 R13 FUSE
B+ 10 ISENSE_N NT1
R17 OD 4.7uF ISENSEN CHG_DCHG
1 2 TNTC 3
ISENSEN 22
SPST-NO 1K R14 C11 C23
R18 9
J6A C14 NTC 4.7uF 22nF
1 2 10K 21 2
10K C16 VCP1M ISENSEP R16
100nF ISENSE_P NT2
C13 ISENSEP
10nF C12 GND
22
6.8nF 22 4.7uF
VCP1P TISENSEP
GND GND
GND 23
J6C VCP2M C1
5 6 GND FUSE
C15
D3 2.2nF
6.8nF
24 16
J6B VCP2P FUSE
1 3 4 3
15 CHG_DCHG
NSHIP
14 18
WAKEUP VSD VSD
BAT54SFILM 17
DCHG DCHG
D2 TWAKEUP 7 20
RDY CHG CHG
12 19
FAULTN VSC VSC
1 3 11 8
FAULTN_SAFE VREG
TVREG VREG
L9961
NSHIP
BAT54SFILM
WAKEUP R21 R22 C17
GPIO RDY
10K 10K 4.7uF
GPIO FAULTN
FAULTN_SAFE
VIO GND

TP24TP25TP26TP27

GND

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 Figure 3. STEVAL-L99615C expansion board schematic (3/5)
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GND

R1
FUSE

1
2.2K

S
3

4
D1
MMSZ4701T1G M1
STL7N6F7

2
GND

1
2
5
6
D

5
6
7
8

8
7
6
5
M2 M3
STL210N4F7 STL210N4F7

2
J13 J14

BATT_PACK

1
3

3
2

2
4

4
1 3
B+
R28 R29
ITV4030L2015NR
2M 2M

TVSD

1
C5

2
VSD
J15
C4
BATT_PACK

3
TDCHG

1
C3 Charge

2
DCHG CH+
J16
Charge
C2 CHG_DCHG
CH-

3
CHG_DCHG
TVSC
C1 1
2
VSC
J17
C0
3

TCHG
1
2

CHG
J18
B-
TSHUNT_N
3

ISENSEN
R11
R30 R31
10m
2M 2M
ISENSEP

1
2
3
4

4
3
2
1
TSHUNT_P M4 M5
STL210N4F7 STL210N4F7
J19 J20

STEVAL-L99615C
5
6
7
8

8
7
6
5

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 Figure 4. STEVAL-L99615C expansion board schematic (4/5)
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BATT_PACK BATT_PACK
CN1
1 2
C5 C4
3 4
BATT_PACK C3 C2
5 6
C1 C0
7 8
ISENSEN ISENSEP
9 10
ISENSEP ISENSEN
10-Pin Male
B+ B+
I2C CN3
B- NTC B-
1 2
C0 NTC NTC C1 SCL SCL GND GND
3 4
C2 OD C3 SDA SDA NC/+5V
CN2 5 6
C4 C5 MISO NC/+5V
7 8
1 SCLK/MDC MOSI/MDIO
9 10
2 SS GND
3
AARDVARK 10-Pin Male
4
Charge
CH+
Charge CH-

FAULTN_SAFE
GPIO
FAULTN
RDY
WAKEUP
CN10
NSHIP
1 2
PC9 PC8
3 4
PB8 PC6
5 6
NSHIP PB9 PA3
GPIO 7 8
VREG AVDD5VUSB
9 10
GND AGND PD6
11 12
WAKEUP PA5 PA12
13 14
FAULTN PA6 PA11 GPIO
15 16
FAULTN_SAFE PA7 PC1
17 18
RDY PB0 PC0
19 20
PC7 GND GND
21 22
PA9 PB2
23 24
PA8 PB6
I2C 25 26 I2C
SDA PB14 PB15
27 28
SCL PB4 PB10 SDA
29 30
PB5 PB13 SCL I2C
31 32
PB3 AGND GND
33 34
PA10 PA2
35 36
PC4 PD8
37 38
PC5 PD9

CN7
1 2
PC10 PC11
VREG VDD 3 4
J4 PC12 PD2
5 6
VDD E5V
7 8
PA14 GND GND
9 10
PD0 PD1
11 12
PD3 3V3
13 14
PA13 NRST
15 16
PD4 3V3
17 18
PA15 5V
19 20
GND GND GND GND
21 22
PB7 GND
23 24
PC13 VIN
25 26
PC14 PD5
27 28
PC15 PA0
29 30
PF0 PA1
31 32
PF1 PA4
33 34
VBAT PB1
35 36

STEVAL-L99615C
PC2 PB11
37 38
PC3 PB12

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 Figure 5. STEVAL-L99615C expansion board schematic (5/5)
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BATT_PACK Battery Simulator

i

NT3
R23 C18
1K 470nF

J5
2 1 R24 C19
B+
4 3 1K 470nF
C5
6 5
C4
8 7
C3
BATT_PACK 10 9
C2
12 11
C1 R25 C20
14 13
C0
16 15 1K 470nF
B-

R26 C21
1K 470nF
ISENSEN

R27 C22
ISENSEP
NT4 1K 470nF

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 STEVAL-L99615C
Kit versions

2 Kit versions

Table 1. STEVAL-L99615C versions

Finished good Schematic diagrams Bill of materials

STEVAL$L99615CA (1) STEVAL$L99615CA schematic diagrams STEVAL$L99615CA bill of materials

1. This code identifies the STEVAL-L99615C evaluation kit first version. The kit consists of a STEVAL-L99615CX whose
version is identified by the code STEVAL$L99615CXA and a NUCLEO-G071RB whose version is identified by the code
NUG071RB$AU2.

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Revision history
Table 2. Document revision history

Date Revision Changes

18-Apr-2023 1 Initial release.

03-May-2023 2 Updated figure in cover page.

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