STMicroelectronics EVAL-L9963E-MCU BMS IC Evaluation Board

STMicroelectronics EVAL-L9963E-MCU BMS IC Evaluation Board is a hardware tool for the evaluation of L9963E, an automotive chip for battery management applications. It can be used for the development of a 48V battery management system (BMS) or as the lower stage of a distributed BMS (depending on total battery voltage). Additional stages can be added thanks to the EVAL-L9963E-NDS.

STMicroelectronics EVAL-L9963E-MCU allows the user to connect up to 14 channels for cell voltage sensing, one channel for current sensing, and up to four analog inputs for temperature sensing (plus an additional onboard NTC to sense PCB temperature). The board provides an onboard microcontroller with preloaded GUI (graphical user interface) firmware intended to be used with STSW-L9963E PC GUI.

Features

  • Measures from 4 to 14 cells in series, with 0μs desynchronization delay between samples
  • Supports also busbar connection without altering cell results
  • Coulomb counter supporting pack overcurrent detection in both ignition on and off states
  • Fully synchronized current and voltage samples
  • 16-bit voltage measurement
  • 2.66Mbps isolated serial communication with regenerative buffer, supporting dual access ring
  • Transformer based isolation
  • Up to 4 analog inputs for NTC sensing, plus PCB temperature sensing
  • Onboard microcontroller SPC574S64E3 with 32-bit Power Architecture MCU for automotive chassis and safety applications
  • Onboard L9001 regulator as microcontroller power supply
  • Hot-plug dedicated circuit

Required Equipment

  • Power supply
    • At least three output 0 – 30V (if possible 60V)
    • One output to power L9963E (0:60V)
    • One output to simulate cells common-mode voltage (0:60V)
    • One output to simulate cell voltage (0:5V)
    • 12V power supply with 2.1mm jack output, internal pin +
  • PC with Windows 7.0 or higher
  • Mini USB to USB type A cable

Block Diagram

Block Diagram - STMicroelectronics EVAL-L9963E-MCU BMS IC Evaluation Board

STMicroelectronics EVAL-L9963E-MCU BMS IC Evaluation Board