Smart battery charger
A smart battery charger is mainly a switch mode power supply (also known as high frequency charger) that has the ability to communicate with a smart battery pack's battery management system (BMS) in order to control and monitor the charging process.[1] Most comonly used type of communication is the CAN bus communication between charger and BMS. The charge process is controlled by the BMS and NOT by the charger this increases security in the system. Not all the chargers has this type of communication and is commonly used for lithium batteries.
Besides the usual plus (positive) and minus (negative) terminals, a smart battery charger also has multiple terminals to connect to the smart battery pack's BMS. The Smart Battery System standard is commonly used to define this connection, which includes the data bus and the communications protocol between the charger and battery. There are other ad-hoc specifications also used.
Hardware
Smart battery controller integrated circuits are available. For example, Linear Technology manufactures the LTC4100[2] and the LTC4101[3] Smart Battery System-compatible products.
Microchip Technology provides an application note for a smart battery charger based on the PIC16C73.[4] The PIC16C73 source code is available for this application.
References
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ direct link, Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
