Read Charge Current via I2C on Electron bq24195 PMIC?

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I’m interested to see if it’s possible to read the current into Vin or the battery charge current from the bq24195 PMIC over I2C. The data sheet only shows (or at least all I can find) ways to set current limits, but does not show any methods for current value retrieval. Does anyone know if reading the actual current values is possible from the PMIC? I just wanted to check before I resort to implementing the solution externally.

Thanks!

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The PMIC does not have this feature.

You would need something like the INA219 sensor to measure voltage and current.

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