JAJSL83D August 2020 – September 2022 BQ79612-Q1 , BQ79614-Q1 , BQ79616-Q1
PRODUCTION DATA
A small current can sink through GPIO as a way to balance the module voltage. The host can connect a loading resistor on the GPIO and configure the GPIO as digital output high which then loading current through CVDD that is regulated from the module stack. Such control can be turned on or off manually by the host.
Alternatively, the device can control this loading path through a function called module balancing (MB). The concept remains the same as depleting module voltage through a loading resistor connected to a GPIO (MB takes over GPIO3 for this function). However, host can set a module balancing timer and a stop threshold to automatically turn off the loading path through the module balancing function.