The comemso battery cell simulator – powerful for more than a decade

The requirements for testing a battery management system (BMS) now go far beyond the testing of cell voltage parameters. Through years of experience, comemso has established itself as state-of-the-art and sets with its battery cell simulator (BCS) technical data of 0.01 – 8V voltage range per cell, a high precision of +/- 0.3mV in combination with up to 6A in source and sink as standard. Also on customer request, a stack voltage of up to 1500V is possible. Depending on requirements, cells up to 18A can be simulated as source and sink by means of a special mode. The latest feature available is the integrated, own developed comemso battery model. This offers numerous adjustable parameters, such as the current state of charge (SoC), and can be flashed directly onto the hardware to emulate the dynamic behaviour of a real battery for each cell individually.

Central component of a BCS
The core of a BMS hardware-in-the-loop (HiL) system is the cell voltage emulation, with increasing requirements regarding accuracy, error simulation, value ranges, etc.. For a long time, these points alone have been insufficient to meet the high demands of OEMs and Tier1. A BMS-HiL should therefore emulate the temperature sensors in order to test the algorithms for winter conditions but also safety mechanisms, in case of overheating of cells.

Additional testing and simulation options
Since the battery must not be connected to PE (protective earth), there are additional requirements for insulation monitoring, a safety-critical element, which must be reliably tested under a wide range of climatic conditions. In addition, other environmental conditions have to be simulated by other control units, be it through analogue or digital signals or a residual bus simulation.

No valid result without verification
All in all, it is important that the test system also offers verification options and taps in order to make tests, accuracies and results verifiable. This also includes a very good self-diagnosis of the test system in order to be able to mark a test case as “not valid” in case of an error. All tests must be carried out in real time and be fully automated, reproducible and safe. This also includes a safely locked test item and an automatic shut down in case of an attempted access by the test person while testing.

Systems tailored to every requirement
Meeting the demands of car manufacturers and suppliers is always the incentive for comemso. An example of such a customer-specific test stand, with its unique combination of modules, can be seen in the illustrations. The most striking feature is the so-called Breakout-Box with the coloured banana sockets. With the help of these, the customer can pick up any signal separately in order to validate the data of the BCS.

Unusual requirements such as these are comemso’s speciality, for which a very high in-house production depth has been built up with its own electronics production, software development, laser cutting and engraving machines. From the individual transistor to the simulation software – everything from a single source and "100% Invented in Germany".

Über die comemso electronics GmbH

Test and measurement systems for the development of e-mobility worldwide.

With its products for battery cell simulation and charging system analysis for e-mobility, comemso has been offering stationary and mobile test solutions for manufacturers of battery management systems, electric vehicles and charging stations and their operators since 2009. With its in-house development and test departments as well as in-house manufacturing (laser cutting, engraving, automatic placement machines, wiring, testing, etc.), comemso meets the dynamic and high demands of the e-mobility industry and guarantees short delivery times with the highest quality. Worldwide renowned e-mobility customers trust in comemso products. For more information about comemso, please visit www.comemso.com

Firmenkontakt und Herausgeber der Meldung:

comemso electronics GmbH
Karlsbader Str. 13
73760 Ostfildern
Telefon: +49 (711) 982 98-0
https://www.comemso.com

Ansprechpartner:
Anita Athanasas
Vertriebsleitung / Produkt-Management
Telefon: 0711 982 98-201
E-Mail: anita.athanasas@comemso.de
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