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Overview
Features and Benefits
- Measures Accumulated Battery Charge and Discharge
- 3.6V to 20V Operating Range for Multiple Cells
- Integrated 50mΩ High Side Sense Resistor
- ±1A Current Sense Range
- 14-Bit ADC Measures Voltage, Current and Temperature
- 1% Voltage, Current and Charge Accuracy
- High Side Sense
- General Purpose Measurements for Any Battery Chemistry and Capacity
- I2C/SMBus Interface
- Configurable Alert Output/Charge Complete Input
- Quiescent Current Less Than 120μA
- Small 8-Lead 3mm × 3mm DFN Package
Product Details
The LTC2943-1 measures battery charge state, battery voltage, battery current and its own temperature in portable product applications. The wide input voltage range allows use with multicell batteries up to 20V. A precision coulomb counter integrates current through a sense resistor between the battery’s positive terminal and the load or charger. Voltage, current and temperature are measured with an internal 14-bit No Latency ΔΣ™ ADC. The measurements are stored in internal registers accessible via the onboard I2C/SMBus Interface.
The LTC2943-1 features programmable high and low thresholds for all four measured quantities. If a programmed threshold is exceeded, the device communicates an alert using either the SMBus alert protocol or by setting a flag in the internal status register.
Applications
- Power Tools
- Portable Medical Equipment
- Video Cameras
Product Lifecycle
Not Recommended for New Designs
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Evaluation Kits (1)
Documentation
Reliability Data (1)
Evaluation Kit Manuals (1)
Tools & Simulations
LTspice
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Models for the following parts are available in LTspice:
Linduino
Linduino is Analog Devices’ Arduino compatible system for developing and distributing firmware libraries and example code for our integrated circuits. Each Linduino-supported product includes an example main program, defined in the LTSketchbook/Part Number folder and driver code, defined in the LTSketchbook/libraries folder.
Linduino code repository on GitHub and instructions on how to use the code.

Reference Materials
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Design Resources
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Support & Discussions
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Sample & Buy
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