- Config register (ALSC bit) needs to be set in order to check for SOC 1% change? Or does it get set by IC itself when the change occurs?
[Ans]: CONFIG.ALSC is not set (‘0’) by default. Customer will need to set CONFIG.ALSC to ‘1’ in order to get alert when the SOC changed by 1%. It will not be auto-set by the IC.
- Status register bits are the one to check on what kind of alert IC has caused, correct?
[Ans]: Yes. Whenever an alert is issued by MAX17048 (/ALRT trigger from High to Low), customer can check STATUS Register (0x1A) to understand the alert descriptions.
- Once the IC is in sleep mode, to my understanding, it will not recognize any interrupt unless the IC is out of sleep mode? So, once IC is in sleep mode, everything shuts down, correct?
[Ans]: In Sleep Mode, the IC will halt all the operations, meaning it will no longer track the battery SOC. Only I2C interface is active & the registers’ values will remain.