Pickering will present BMS test at Battery Show

The event, held from 7-10 October 2024 at Huntington Place in Detroit, Michigan, USA, is an advanced battery and hybrid & electric vehicle (H/EV) technology exhibition in North America.

Now in its 14th year, The Battery Show, which runs alongside the Electric & Hybrid Vehicle Technology Expo, offers a comprehensive platform for showcasing the latest advancements in battery and H/EV technology. The event's technical conference will cover new methods in battery design and manufacturing, along with market forecasts and regulatory developments. It brings together manufacturers, industry leaders, experts, and academics to address challenges in manufacturing, supply chain, and production. More than 19,000 professionals and decision-makers will have the opportunity to explore the latest products, technologies, and solutions from nearly 1,200 suppliers.

Highlighting Pickering’s EV BMS test rig demonstration, Paul Bovingdon, Simulation Product Manager at Pickering, said: “With the 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 for BMS HIL (hardware-in-the-loop) 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 HIL test demonstration will feature the following Pickering products:

• PXI battery simulator module – for simulating batteries in a stacked configuration
• PXI fault insertion module – to simulate cell shorts and broken wires
• High power, high voltage, and high current PXI switching modules
• Modules housed in an LXI chassis, supported by cables and connectors

In addition to Pickering’s demonstration, its trusted integration partner, DMC, a consulting firm specialising in automated test systems, will also showcase its own HIL BMS test rig. This test rig will utilise Pickering’s PXI-based switching and simulation modules.