ST reveals precision digital power monitor with MIPI I3C support for optimum energy use and reliability

STMicroelectronics has introduced the TSC1641 precision digital current, voltage, and power monitor with high-precision input channels and support for the MIPI I3C advanced bus interface.

The TSC1641 helps optimize energy use and reliability in industrial battery packs, power inverters, DC power supplies, data-center and telecom equipment, and power tools, among other applications. The IC monitors DC current and DC voltage simultaneously through a dual-channel 16-bit analog-to-digital converter (ADC) and computes power internally. Synchronizing the current and voltage measurements allows highly accurate power calculations.

With I2C and SMBus host communications, in addition to MIPI I3C, the new device reports measurements and warns of excessively high or low current, voltage, power, and temperature to prevent circuit damage. The IC also provides an alert pin to indicate warnings and saves external components by integrating the sensor for temperature monitoring.

With a voltage-measurement range up to 60V, the TSC1641 can be used in a wide variety of industrial settings. Monitoring current with an external shunt resistor allows flexibility to perform high-side, low-side, and bi-directional measurements. Drawing just 50nA in shutdown mode ensures minimal impact on the overall system power consumption (more info).