SLVAE87A December 2020 – October 2023 BQ79600-Q1 , BQ79612-Q1 , BQ79614-Q1 , BQ79616-Q1 , BQ79652-Q1 , BQ79654-Q1 , BQ79656-Q1
In the stacked configuration, the main microcontroller first communicates through a BQ79616-Q1 base device using the UART communications interface. Communication is then relayed up the chain of connected slave BQ79616-Q1 devices using a proprietary differential communications protocol over AC-coupled differential links interconnected by the COMMH± and COMML± pins. A high level diagram of this can be seen in Figure 9-1.
In the case of BQ79616 -Q1 working with a BQ79600-Q1 communication extender, the host microcontroller first communicates through a bridge device by UART or SPI. A command is then moved up the chain of connected slave BQ79616-Q1 devices through COML and COMH pins vertically as described in Figure 9-2.