Hello,
I want to use BQ77908A for battery protection. TI says the device is not recommended for new designs any longer. But BQ77908A would provide all features I'm looking for (protection FET's, automatic cell balancing, I2C interface). What’s the actual reason for not recommending it?
TI suggests using BQ78350 & BQ769x0 instead but the only issue that keeps me from using is the SMBus interface. I would like to use I2C interface for communication between BQ78350 and an Arduino. I’m not sure if SMBus is compatible with I2C without any additional efforts/problems?
Can anyone help me with this issue?
Best
Stefan