Hello
When we power on the MAX17211X+T Gauge chip, there is a chance that the SOC will display 1%. Is this a normal phenomenon? If so, what is the cause of this phenomenon? Thank you.
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Hello
When we power on the MAX17211X+T Gauge chip, there is a chance that the SOC will display 1%. Is this a normal phenomenon? If so, what is the cause of this phenomenon? Thank you.
The Fuel gauge is initialized based on the initial voltage measurement which is translated through a variety of internal calculations to determine the initial RepSOC. If the VCell Register (battery voltage) is ~3.0V, there will be a very low RepSOC at start up. A h igher voltage should result in a higher starting RepSOC.
HI,
The voltage we provide is 3.8V, and the normal SOC should be around 30%, not 1%.
Can you provide a brief datalog from the EVKIT GUI and we may can see what is happening. The VFOCV/VFSOC may be getting initialized low at start up. You also can use the fuel gauge reset command to get a fresh RepSOC reading by sending Config2.POR_CMD (Bit D0). This bit will self clear after the fuel gauge is reset. This shouldn't be used normally, but is ok for testing and getting things up and running.