Pickering to demo EV BMS test rig at Battery Tech Expo

4th April 2023

Sheryl Miles

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Pickering Interfaces, the specialist provider of modular signal switching and simulation products for electronic test and verification, will showcase its Battery Management System (BMS) test demo in Hall 2 at Battery Tech Expo 2023 at The Silverstone Wing International Conference & Exhibition Centre at Silverstone Circuit, UK on 20^th April 2023.

The battery industry is going through a power revolution, with tech companies investing heavily in the next generation of battery development and energy storage. Now in its sixth year, Battery Tech Expo is one of the leading events for the UK’s battery industry, bringing together professionals from across the advanced battery technology and energy storage sectors. The event will showcase the latest products, technologies, and services spanning battery management systems, EV batteries, battery storage, battery development, and commercial and mobile power devices.

Outlining the BMS test demo, Paul Bovingdon, Simulation Product Manager at Pickering explains: “With increasing adoption of electric vehicles (EVs), one significant challenge to be tackled is the effective testing and validation of Battery Management Systems (BMS). Using modular, PXI-based switch and simulation modules offers many advantages in BMS test, including flexibility to optimise the test system to meet exact requirements; simple modification to address evolving needs; and an open, industry-standard architecture that promotes system longevity and mitigates obsolescence, while providing seamless integration of multi-vendor instrumentation modules.”

The BMS test demo includes the following Pickering products:

41-752A-011 PXI battery simulator – simulates batteries in a stacked architecture
40-190B-002 PXI fault insertion – simulates cell shorts and broken wires
40-297A-050 PXI precision resistor – simulates battery load
42-297A-150 PXIe programmable resistor – tests BMS isolation resistance check
41-743-001 PXI programmable power supply – simulates battery charger
43-920-001 PXI embedded controller
42-925-001 PXIe 18-slot chassis

In addition to its BMS test demo, Pickering will also highlight the following products:

PXI & LXI high voltage switching solutions
PXI fault insertion, programmable resistor, and thermocouple simulation modules
Supporting cables and connectors
eBIRST switching system test tools – designed to simplify system fault-finding by quickly testing the system and graphically identifying the faulty relay

Pricing and availability information is supplied on the Pickering website.