SLUUBW5A July 2018 – September 2021 BQ34Z100-G1
The device supports high current and high capacity batteries above 32.76 Amperes and 29 Ampere-Hours indirectly by scaling the actual sense resistor value compared with the calibrated value stored in the device. The need for this is due to the standardization of a 2-byte data command having a maximum representation of +/–32767. When [SCALED] is set in the Pack Configuration register, this indicates that the current and capacity data is scaled.
It is important to know that setting the SCALED flag does not actually change anything in the operation of the gauge. It serves as a notice to the host that the various reported values should be reinterpreted based on the scale used. Because the flag has no actual effect, it can be used to represent other scaling values. See Section 4.2.5.
It is recommended to only scale by a value between 1 and 10 to optimize resolution and accuracy while still extending the data range.