SLUS987C January 2011 – December 2019 BQ33100
PRODUCTION DATA.
The BQ33100 has two separate modes, NORMAL mode and STACK mode, where measurements are taken and managed differently. Setting Operation Cfg[STACK] to 1 enables STACK mode; otherwise, the BQ33100 operates in NORMAL mode.
The BQ33100 updates the individual series capacitor voltages and stack voltage at one (1) second intervals when in NORMAL mode and measures the stack voltage at one (1) second intervals when in STACK mode. The internal ADC of the BQ33100 measures the voltage, scales, and offsets, and calibrates it appropriately. To ensure an accurate differential voltage sensing, the IC ground must be connected directly to the most negative terminal of the super capacitor stack, not to the positive side of the sense resistor. This minimizes the voltage drop across the PCB trace.