2-Wire, Stand-Alone Fuel Gauge Calculates Remaining Battery Capacity, Simplifying Software Development
DALLAS, TX-May 21, 2005-Dallas Semiconductor (NASDAQ: MXIM) augments its stand-alone fuel gauge product line with the DS2782 fuel gauge. The DS2782 uses the industry-standard 2-wire interface to communicate with the host. It calculates remaining capacity for Li+ and Li+-polymer batteries without need for host-side fuel-gauging algorithms, thus greatly simplifying software development. Though it is optimized for single-cell applications, it can accommodate multicell applications with a few circuit modifications. Typical applications for the DS2782 include digital still cameras, subnotebook computers, handheld PC-data terminals, and 3G multimedia wireless handsets.
The DS2782 measures several battery parameters including current, voltage, and temperature. Built-in current-offset correction and user-programmable gain compensation improve current measurement accuracy. Also, the device can be programmed to compensate the current-sense resistor to correct variation in its value over temperature. This enables the use of less accurate, lower cost sense resistors. Voltage measurements are 11-bit with a resolution of 4.88mV over a range of 0V to 4.992V. Temperature measurements are also 11-bits and have a resolution of 0.125 degrees Celsius over the entire -40 degrees Celsius to +85 degrees Celsius operating range of the device.
Cell characterization data and application performance parameters used to calculate the remaining battery capacity are stored in 24 bytes of on-chip nonvolatile memory. An additional 16 bytes of nonvolatile memory are available for use by the host system or pack manufacturer.
The DS2782 is available in a tiny, 8-pin TSSOP package, small enough to fit on the side of a prismatic battery cell. Prices start at $2.60 (1000-up, FOB USA).
1-Wire is a registered trademark of Dallas Semiconductor Corp.
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