I'm working on an application which will have two Li-Ion batteries in a holder, where the mechanical constraints on my system prevent me from adding protection circuits within the batteries and also prevent me from accessing the center tap between the cells.
The BQ28Z610 seems to meet my needs for battery protection and a gas gauge, but I'm not sure how to connect the cells given that I can't do cell balancing. Do I connect the series cells to VC1, short VC1 to VC2, and turn off battery balancing? Do I connect the series cells to only VC2 instead?