BQ40Z50-R2: BQstudio statuses definition

Part Number: BQ40Z50-R2
Other Parts Discussed in Thread: BQSTUDIO

Tool/software:

Hi,

been looking at BQstudio much closer can i get some explanation in the difference between:

  1. Battery Status
  2. Charging status
  3. Gauging status
  4. Battery status
  5. Operation status
  6. Manufacturing status

Regards

Jonathan Kabangu

  • Hello Jonathan,

    You can find these registers on the TRM found in the product website.

    https://www.ti.com/lit/ug/sluubk0b/sluubk0b.pdf

    1. The battery status register consists of flags related to the status of the battery including charge/discharge status, battery mode, gauge initialization among other flags.

    2. This consists of flags such as charging voltage/current rate of change, high/low voltage regions etc.

    3. This registers consists of flags for the gauging status, IT gauging, VOK etc.

    4. See point 1.

    5. Operation Status A and B registers consist of flags describing the current operating state of the gauge.

    6. Manufacturing Status consist of flags indicating status of features of the gauge before manufacturing.

    Regards,

    Siddharth