Hello everyone,
I have a few questions about the Bq2016 Fuel Gauge IC that hope someone may assist me on.
The first questions I have is about the sense resistor. I am using a 14.4 V NiMH rechargeable battery pack that is a 12 cell pack. I have implemented a Smart Charging IC that will safely charge the pack with a sense resistor of 0.5 ohms.
In the datasheet of the BQ2016, it implies that I should be utilizing a significantly smaller resistance. My question is: would it be ok to use the larger sense resistance?