Hi, I am trying to modify an old design using bq25010. In the old design, CE is grounded, and it use bq25010 to charge a 3.7v Li battery, as well as generate 3.3v for my board.
for my new design, I need to use a different 6.8v Ni-MH battery with an external charger. But I do not want to change my old board design, so I will keep the bq25010.
so I have two questions:
1. I am thinking of shorting 4 pins: USB, BAT/OUT1, BAT/OUT and CE to the new 6.8v battery, is it OK? basically I am using bq25010 only as a buck converter to generate 3.3v for my board.
2. if I tie EN and CE pin permanently to 6.8v, will it be ok? any long term reliability issue? the datasheet only specify absmax for EN is 7v, but didn't specify absmax for CE pin.
Please advice.
Thanks.
John