Part Number:BQ24773EVM-540
Hello, I'm using BQ24773EVM-540 for charging a 65 mAh Li-ion battery rated 3.7V. As per the battery datasheet, the maximum charge voltage is 4.2V, and the end of discharge voltage is 2.75V. I'm trying to charge it at 1C i.e. 64 mA using the charging IC. Here are some of the issues I'm having:
1) I've grounded the CELL (TP11) pin to indicate that I'm charging 1 cell. The BATPRES pin is supposed to be low when the battery is connected. However, upon reading with DMM, it is showing high.
2) I've set the maximum charge voltage to 4192 mV using EV2400. And, I am trying to set the charge current to 64 mA using the 'charge current limit' dropdown in EV2400. However, upon setting the value to 64mA, the register values change from 0 to the specified value, but after reading the register, it again goes back to zero. Why is that?
3) The BQ24773 IC datasheet mentions that the precharge current is clamped at 384 mA and is operational whenever the battery is below BATLOWV. The 65 mAh battery which I have may not be able to handle 384 mA, so how do I change the values of BATLOWV?
4) Also, it mentions that when the battery voltage is between BATLOWV and SYSMIN, the charge current is set to 2A. Again, how do I adjust the SYSMIN voltage?
5) I'm actually running a life cycle test on the battery, i.e. I'm discharging it and charging it for 100+ cycles and automating the process using LabVIEW. So, I took a pristine battery and discharged it using an electronic load to 2.75V. After this I used the BQ24773EVM-540 to charge it, it charged at 64 mAh till 3V (for a few seconds), and then the charger current went down to zero. And now, whenever I'm trying to charge the battery using the charger IC, the battery current shows 0mA (I'm using BQ34z100-G1fuel gauge EVM to measure the current). Why is this happening?
6) I haven't changed the values of any registers in BQ24773EVM except the max charge voltage and the charge current? What values should I set the other registers too? Such as the charge options 0, 1 and 2? And also the minimum charge voltage?
I haven't studied electronics much so I don't know how to get ICs to work. Thanks for any and all the help!