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BQ28Z610: BQ28z610 is bricked?

Part Number: BQ28Z610
Other Parts Discussed in Thread: BQSTUDIO

Hello,

Is there any way to check on the hardware if the bq28z610 is in shutdown? Everything was working and I left the device overnight, now it's not on anymore even if I I supply 12V to the PACK pin. I can't access bq28z610 through bqstudio, and all the FETs are off. This happened not just once but with a few chips, so it's a serious problem. Have any seen this problem before?

Thanks!

  • My best advice would be to remove power from the IC and then attempt to read 0x0D on both address 0xAA and 0x16. This command is a valid command in both FW mode and ROM mode. In FW mode you will get a response on 0xAA. ROM will respond on 0x16 as well. 

    If you cannot communicate on both.... something is corrupted in the hardware and it cannot be recovered. 

  • So I tried what you said on the ICs that are unconnectable, and I can get a response from either 0xAA or 0x16. The problem is the connection is not consistent (please see the attached screenshot), most of the time I got an NACK after sending the 0xAA address. Do you know what the problem is?

    Also you said to remove power from the IC. I assume you didn't refer to the batteries because that would mean shutting down the IC right?

  • Try this.
    1. Send the command 0x0F00 (ROM Mode) to AltManufacturerAccess()
    2. Read 1 byte from the 0x0D on 0x16 to make sure bq28z610 still stays in the ROM mode.
    3. Go to the Firmware Window to download the default srec file