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Lithiumate™ Demo Board

Table of Contents

This page covers only information that applies just to the Demo Board. For information that is common to the Lithiumate product line, please see the Lithiumate manual.

• Contents

  1. Lithiumate™ Demo Board
     1. Table of Contents
     2. Description
        1. Battery
     3. Specifications
     4. Use
        1. Power
        2. Battery terminals
        3. RS232 port
        4. CAN port
        5. Fan
        6. HLIM, LLIM, FLT lines
        7. Coils, Interlock, Ext Curr Snsr connectors

Description

The Lithiumate Demo Board is a system designed to demonstrate the Lithiumate Battery Management System (BMS).

It includes:

• A BMS controller
• A small battery with BMS cell boards
• A power supply
• A low current sensor
• A CAN connector
• A 3-position power switch: Source power / Off / Load power
• A fan

Battery

The battery uses 12 each K2 LFP26650EV cells, in a 6S2P arrangement.

Each set of parallel cells has a 1SC0100 cell board.

The battery is divided into 2 banks of 3 cells in series each. Each bank communicates to the BMS controller through a cable. Those cables are plugged into bank 0 and bank 1 of the BMS controller.

The demo board does not include provisions for charging and discharging the battery: the customer is expected to do so.

• Functional description

Specifications

• 110 Vac in
• 6S2P cell arrangement
• 5 A max current (in or out)

• Description and specifications

Use

Please see the Lithiumate manual.

In addition:

Power

• Plug the power supply in a 110 Vac outlet
• Use the 3-position power switch to power the BMS controller
  • Source power: power the controller as if it were being powered by a source (i.e. a charger)
  • Off
  • Load power: power the controller as if it were being powered by a load

  • See the Lithiumate manual for more information

Battery terminals

• Optionally, connect a source (charger) and/or a load to the battery terminals, on the terminal block
  • black = negative
  • blue = positive
• A 24 V supply is included for your convenience, which may be used as a charger

• you MUST add a way for the BMS to shut down the charger and the load through its HLIM and LLIM outputs respectively

• See the Lithiumate manual for more information

RS232 port

• Connect an RS232 cable to the RS232 port on the BMS controller
• An RS232 to USB adapter is included for your convenience

• See the Lithiumate manual for more information

CAN port

• Optionally, connect a CAN bus to the CAN connector

• See the Lithiumate manual for more information

Fan

• The fan is connected to the FAN output of the BMS controller

• See the Lithiumate manual for more information

HLIM, LLIM, FLT lines

• The HLIM, LLIM, FLT lines on the BMS controller are not wired

• If you wish to use them, wire them using Molex Minifit Jr socket pins

• See the Lithiumate manual for more information

Coils, Interlock, Ext Curr Snsr connectors

• The Coils, Interlock and Ext Curr Snsr connectors on the BMS controller are not wired

• If you wish to use them, wire them using Molex C-Grid housings and socket pins

• See the Lithiumate manual for more information