SLVAE87A December 2020 – October 2023 BQ79600-Q1 , BQ79612-Q1 , BQ79614-Q1 , BQ79616-Q1 , BQ79652-Q1 , BQ79654-Q1 , BQ79656-Q1
Manual balancing control is configured by setting [AUTO_BAL] = 0. In manual balancing control mode, the host can enable two consecutive CBFETs, and a maximum of eight total CBFETs can be enabled (see Figure 4-4).
However, when two adjacent channels are enabled, the balancing current is twice as high or higher than the non-adjacent channel balancing current. The system designer shall take this into account if adjacent cell balancing is used. See Equation 4 to select the right adjacent cell balancing series resistor (RCB).