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BQ40Z50: BQ40Z50

Part Number: BQ40Z50

Tool/software:

Hi,

I want to use the BQ40z50 gauge and balancer for a two cell LiFePo4 battery.

I want to increase the balancing current with external mosfets.

My question is:

Do I have to connect the cells, filling up the VC1-VC4 from ground up (fill sequentialy the slots) and short the remaining ones, or can I put the cells at any "slot", making the correct configurations internally?

I do not want to put one cell between VSS and VC1, because I have no way to excite the gate of the external mosfet. I hope I am not wrong in my diagnostics.

Regards

Thomas