MAX17262 Fuel Gauge Sensor

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Overview

This sample application periodically reads voltage, current and temperature data from the MAX17262 device that implements SENSOR_CHAN_GAUGE_VOLTAGE, SENSOR_CHAN_GAUGE_AVG_CURRENT, and SENSOR_CHAN_GAUGE_TEMP.

Requirements

The MAX17262 is an ultra-low power fuel-gauge IC which implements the Maxim ModelGauge m5 algorithm. The IC monitors a single-cell battery pack and supports internal current sensing for up to 3.1A pulse current. The IC provides best performance for batteries with 100mAhr to 6Ahr capacity.

This sample requires a board which provides a configuration for Arduino connectors and defines node aliases for the I2C interface. For more info about the node structure see samples/sensor/max17262/app.overlay

Building and Running

This sample application uses an MAX17262 sensor connected to a board via I2C. Connect the sensor pins according to the connection diagram given in the max17262 datasheet [1].

west build -b nrf52840dk/nrf52840 samples/sensor/max17262
west flash

Sample Output

To check output of this sample , any serial console program can be used. This example uses picocom on the serial port /dev/ttyUSB0:

$ sudo picocom -D /dev/ttyUSB0

V: 3.626406 V; I: -3.437500 mA; T: 28.011718 °C
V: 3.626406 V; I: -3.437500 mA; T: 28.011718 °C
V: 3.626406 V; I: -3.437500 mA; T: 28.011718 °C

References

See also

Sensor Interface