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New high-accuracy battery monitor and balancer from TI improves performance of wired and wireless battery management systems
Engineers can diagnose battery failures in high-voltage systems in half the time, achieve ASIL D certification and extend driving range in hybrid and electric
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[{"type":"text","content":"Engineers can diagnose battery failures in high-voltage systems in half the time, achieve ASIL D certification and extend driving range in hybrid and electric vehicles\n\n\nDALLAS, Jan. 7, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Texas Instruments (TI) (Nasdaq: TXN) today introduced a new automotive battery monitor and balancer that reports high-accuracy voltage measurements in systems up to 800 V. In addition, the BQ79616-Q1 streamlines Automotive Safety Integrity Level (ASIL) D compliance in hybrid electric vehicles (HEVs) and electric vehicles (EVs). For more information, see www.ti.com/BQ79616-Q1-pr.\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \nFiltering system-level noise to accurately measure battery-cell voltage and temperature and reliably reporting this information to the microcontroller (MCU) are key design challenges for automotive manufacturers. The BQ79616-Q1 addresses both of these challenges to help engineers achieve battery safety goals and maximize distance per charge in wired and wireless battery management systems.\nThe BQ79616-Q1 battery monitor and balancer is the industry's first to include a patented wake-up-at-fault feature. When paired with the BQ79600-Q1 SPI/UART communication interface, it enables total system shutdown when the vehicle is parked or turned off. This helps design engineers conserve battery power, improve cell balancing and support safety requirements. To learn more about TI's wake-up-at-fault feature, read the technical article, \"Conserve battery power in HEV/EVs with automatic host reverse wake-up.\"\nMaximize driving range with high-accuracy battery monitors and balancers\nThe BQ79616-Q1 is the first in a next-generation family of TI battery monitors and balancers to support high-accuracy monitoring for a broad spectrum of battery chemistries, including lithium-iron phosphate (LiFePO4). This enables automotive manufacturers to more precisely measure battery state-of-charge and state-of-health, thereby reducing cost. The BQ79616-Q1's integrated digital low-pass filter and high-precision analog-to-digital converter optimize signal measurement accuracy, delivering cell-voltage measurements with less than 2 mV of error.\nStreamline ASIL D certification with the industry's fastest diagnostics\nTI's new monitor and balancer meets component-level requirements of ISO 26262, supporting ASIL D compliance for voltage measurement, tem...