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knc1 · 07-15-2017, 04:55 PM

In the USA, a Li-Ion (or Li-Polymer) battery includes its battery management (protective micro-controller) chip.
So it has to have its own, since it can be unplugged from the device (and that device's battery management).

I don't see any reason why it would have a communications media conversion, the SoC has plenty of I2C ports.

07-15-2017, 04:55 PM	#4
knc1 Going Viral Posts: 17,212 Karma: 18210809 Join Date: Feb 2012 Location: Central Texas Device: No K1, PW2, KV, KOA	In the USA, a Li-Ion (or Li-Polymer) battery includes its battery management (protective micro-controller) chip. So it has to have its own, since it can be unplugged from the device (and that device's battery management). I don't see any reason why it would have a communications media conversion, the SoC has plenty of I2C ports.