• Design a battery fuel gauge for 2S battery packs

  

  Kalpana Mahesh

  From the perspective of cell numbers in series, the battery fuel-gauge world has always been binary. You could either opt for a single-cell gauge or a 2-4 series multi-cell gauge in your designs. The binary world works great if all of your designs fall…

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• How to run an Impedance Track gas gauge learning cycle

  

  Kang Kang

  Other Parts Discussed in Post: BQSTUDIO If you have just designed in an Impedance Track™ gas gauge, this post will help you get started with the essential learning cycle you’ll need to achieve the best accuracy. A learning cycle is when you cycle your…

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• Batteries get smarter with intelligent gauges

  

  ThomasCosby

  Other Parts Discussed in Post: BQ40Z50-R1 When you hear the term “gas gauge,” the first thought that comes to mind might be the gauge in your car. You depend on the accuracy of that gauge to keep you from getting stuck on the side of the road. Likewise…

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• Maintain battery gauging accuracy even in cold weather

  

  Kang Kang

  Predicting the remaining capacity of lithium-ion batteries can be difficult given the many factors influencing gas-gauge ICs; cold temperatures are one of those factors. There are several gas-gauging ICs on the market that have several features to provide…

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• Unboxing high end gas gauges

  

  Kang Kang

  Small gas gauging devices have found their way into many consumer, industrial, and medical applications. In a previous blog post , we introduced our bq274xx series of Li-Ion gas gauges. In this video, we introduce the bq27xx series of gas gauges. The biggest…

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• Configuring a battery fuel gauge by reading the label on the back of your battery

  

  ivomarocco

  Other Parts Discussed in Post: BQ27426 You might have heard of phrases like “gauge made easy,” “easy-to-use gauge,” “value-gauge products” or even “gauge in a few clicks.” The truth is that there is no easy way to make a “good” battery fuel gauge, but…

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• バッテリ・バックアップシステムにおけるバッテリ残量計測の考慮事項 (Fuel-gauging considerations in battery backup storage systems)

  

  Uda, Tatsuhiro

  この記事は Fuel-gauging considerations in battery backup storage systems より翻訳転載されました。

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• Gas gauging for lithium-ion batteries

  

  Kang Kang

  Even if you don’t need the highest accuracy from your lithium-ion (Li-ion) battery gauge, some insights into the electrochemical process inside the cells will help you understand the suitability and limits of various approaches to gauging. Gauging…

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• Where’s the gauge? Part 3

  

  dMax

  Other Parts Discussed in Post: BQ27421-G1 Once you realize that you need to at least give your user some basic indication of your Li-Ion battery’s state-of-charge, you might also realize other features and benefits that a fuel gauge can offer. Let’s…

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• Where’s the gauge? Part 2

  

  dMax

  Other Parts Discussed in Post: BQSTUDIO Previously, I wrote about why your battery-powered product needs a fuel gauge. If you identified with this need, then you might have looked around to see what gauges are available and thought about dropping one into…

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