SLVAE86B september 2019 – august 2023 BQ75614-Q1 , BQ79612-Q1 , BQ79614-Q1 , BQ79616 , BQ79616-Q1 , BQ79631-Q1
This application note provides an outline for the basic communications between the BQ79616-Q1 device and a host system. This includes communications for a single BQ79616-Q1 device or a stack of BQ79616-Q1 devices. Examples, such as auto-addressing and reverse-addressing, are included to provide the user with simple demonstrations of the basic communications of the device. The information is meant to provide an overview of the communications information outlined in the BQ79616-Q1, BQ79614-Q1, BQ79612-Q1 Functional Safety-Compliant Automotive 16S/14S/12S Battery Monitor, Balancer and Integrated Hardware Protector data sheet.
The communications used in this document are presented in a series of hexadecimal byte values. The actual device communications are sent in standard UART (universal asynchronous receiver-transmitter) format.