A few days ago, Texas Instruments announced the industry‘s smallest full-featured battery fuel gauge integrated circuit for portable consumer, commercial and industrial applications. The BQ3060 transforms ordinary batteries into smart batteries that continuously and accurately measure and record battery available capacity, voltage, current, temperature, and other important parameters for Li-ion battery applications. In addition, the single-chip device provides highly reliable security features that support authentication, circuit breaker, and discharge protection.

In addition to maximizing functionality and safety, TI‘s single-chip BQ3060 can significantly reduce the cost and size of smart batteries. Housed in a 24-pin, 7.8mm x 6.4mm TSSOP package, the device offers a 50% size reduction compared to high-end fuel gauge solutions. The miniaturized design enables the chip to shrink the battery pack form factor for numerous portable designs for portable commercial, medical, and test equipment applications.

Main features of TI‘s single-chip BQ3060:

1. Advanced Compensated End-of-Discharge Voltage (CEDV) monitoring technology provides accurate gas monitoring;

2. Ultra-low power consumption mode (less than 69 µA) can prolong battery operation time and storage time;

3. SHA-1 authentication helps OEMs ensure host and battery compatibility for a high level of security; 4. Supports a two-wire SMBus 1.1 interface with high-speed 400 kHz programming options to speed up battery pack design and integration test.

Availability of TI single-chip BQ3060: You can contact the authorized distributor of TI genuine products, ShenZhen Hao Qi Core Technology, the original authentic products are available in batches, the price is favorable, and the delivery is fast. In addition, samples and application manuals of the BQ3060 are also provided at the same time.