Part Number:BQ35100
Dear Sir,
1. Is there an interrupt pin to MCU, to trigger when BQ35100 sense/realize it is in EOS mode? Or the communication will go via I2C? The main reason we are asking because we want to save power so we do not want to always get the MCU to pull the I2C message. At least, when BQ35100 realized the LiSoCl2 battery is almost flat.
2. From the data sheet, look like the MCU need to control the GE enable pin in order to save the overall power. By default, if we are using LiSoCl2 primary battery, how long or how many times that BQ35100 need to wake up to read in order to catch the Battery is in EOS mode? My concern is, for example, if we only enable the IC for every 1 hours, is there any possible that the battery get EOS/Flat/Empty before the system receive the EOS message?
3. For our design, we are using TL-5930, LiSoCl2 primary battery, 3.6V with 19Ah capacity. Our system standby current is currently measured at 0.11mA. Our radio will be turned on approx 4 times a day, and during the transmission, the peak current can go up-to 220mA. With the simple circuity from the BQ35100 datasheet, with the sensing resistor value of 0.1oHm, not sure whether it can be apply to our design?
4. Can we use BQ35100 to show indicate the remaining battery capacity? Eg, 100%, 80%, 60% .... 0%, to let user know the remaining capacity, and when the system receive the EOS message, then we can alert user to replace the battery. Again, we are using TL-5930, LiSoCl2 primary battery, 3.6V with 19Ah capacity.
Thanks.
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Sim