Freescale Semiconductor introduced the MM9Z1J638, AEC-Q100 qualified intelligent battery sensors with three measurement channels, a 16/32-bit MCU and a CAN protocol module in one 7 x 7 mm 48-pin QFN ...

A battery management system (BMS) monitors and controls batteries in vehicles such as more-electric aircraft and electric cars. It needs to undergo rigorous tests under nominal and extreme conditions ...

Battery preconditioning—or simply put, battery preheating—is critical before a DC fast charging session, especially in the cold season that we now have in the northern hemisphere. Bringing the battery ...

Once a manufacturer knows its chosen tier-one cell design is compliant with ECE R38.3, it incorporates it into modules and battery packs, and testing of these falls under UN ECE 100, which uses very ...

When testing cells, temperature can influence many of the cell properties. Therefore, when connecting a cell to a piece of cell test equipment, along with connecting voltage sense leads and ...

In today’s boats, electric power rivals the importance of engine horsepower. Even the electronic control unit on today’s marine engines—that brain that makes outboards and inboards do what we want ...