This is not a bug because the Murata thermistor chooses the default values of the TGAIN and TOFF. When the default values are chosen, the nTGAIN and nTOFF registers are cleared to make the NV memory space…
The NCELLS bits in PackCfg register can only be programmed for a maximum of 15 cells in series; however, the MAX17205 can still monitor 16 or greater cells in series if the master ignores the NCELLS bits…
An 8-cell lithium iron phosphate battery power can be measured by the MAX17205. However, the characteristics of different LiFePO4 batteries may vary by a lot. Before using the MAX17205, models need to…
MAX17205 is designed for lithium batteries and does not support fuel gauging of Nickel-cadmium batteries or Nickel-metal-hydride batteries. Please consider using Maxim's earlier product, DS2438, for fuel…
Current register format is in 2's complement. The LSB size is 1.5625uV/RSENSE, where RSENSE is the sense resistor.
For example, for MAX17201evkit, the default sense resistor is 0.01ohm. Thus the LSB…
When multiple cells are introduced one by one as mentioned in page 29 figure 3 in the datasheet, during insertion of the first cell, the micro-controller IC boots as voltage is induced across the pin and…
In the MAX17205 the status of nPackCfg Register has to be configured as mentioned in Page 59 in the data sheet.
nPackCfg Register has to be set to suit the configuration selected for the number of cells…
To load a battery model without triggering an NV write cycle, please follow steps below:
1. Load the fuel gauge model to the ModelGauge m5 registers (180h to 1DFh)
2. Reset IC fuel guage operation…
