SLUUBY1B December 2020 – April 2022 BQ76942
While the cell voltages are digitized sequentially using a single muxed ADC during normal operation, the current is digitized continuously by the dedicated coulomb counter ADC. The current is measured synchronously with each cell voltage measurement, and can be used for individual cell impedance analysis. The ongoing periodic current measurements can be read out through the digital communication interface, while the measurements taken that were synchronized with particular cell voltage measurements are stored paired with the associated cell voltage measurement for separate readout. The synchronous voltage and current data are available in units of raw ADC counts through the 0x0071–0x0073 subcommands. The Cell-1 voltage is measured and stored as Cell 1 Voltage Cnts(), the current is simultaneously measured and stored as Cell 1 Current Cnts(), and similarly done for all other cells. Reading this data from the block subcommands ensures the synchronously aligned voltage and current data are read out together.