Scienlab to Demo BMS Development Solutions at Hannover Show

Scienlab will present its engineering services and products for the entire development chain of battery management systems (BMS) at Hannover Messe, Linear Technology Stand H23, Hall 9.

At Hannover Messe, Scienlab is showing newly developed Module Monitoring Electronics using Linear Technology’s LTC6804 multi-cell battery monitor. Source: Linear Technology.

In addition to its energy-storage test system for characterization of cells, Scienlab will also present a BMS test environment for BMS development and validation, as well as newly developed Module Monitoring Electronics using Linear Technology’s LTC6804 multi-cell battery monitor.

The LTC6804 is a third-generation multi-cell battery stack monitor that measures up to 12 series-connected battery cells with a total measurement error of less than 1.2 mV. The cell measurement range of 0 V to 5 V makes the LTC6804 suitable for most battery chemistries. With six programmable third-order low-pass filter settings, the LTC6804 data acquisition rate and noise reduction can be optimized for the application. In the fastest ADC mode, the LTC6804 can measure all 12 cells within 290 µs.

Alongside its own BMS, Scienlab also offers specific tailor-made solutions for customer applications. For this purpose the company determines the necessary BMS functions, taking into account the individual customer application, compliance with applicable standards and safety requirements. Specifications are then defined for development as well as the software and hardware.

For model-based development, Scienlab also has a model-based test environment. In this environment, the BMS software can be tested in the very early stages of development with the aid of cell models and simulation of the other BMS peripheral devices (e.g., a charger). Scienlab also realizes the corresponding BMS hardware for the specific customer application.