Battery management systems are growing increasingly smarter with innovations in software and hardware that enable more ...

In this course, you will learn how to design balancing systems and to compute remaining energy and available power for a battery pack. Prior knowledge needed: ECEA 5730, ECEA 5731, ECEA 5732, ECEA ...

When using rechargeable lithium-ion cells in large batteries, such as those in an electric vehicle, you encounter unique problems. Bus voltages greater than 100V preclude the use of a standard IC for ...

When designing, specifying, or purchasing a lithium based rechargeable battery pack, a question that should always come up is cell balancing as it relates to safety and long-life for the battery pack.

For the PDF version of this article, click here. Battery management has used digital control for about as long as cost-affordable microcontrollers have been available. There are 20-year-old patents ...

Supercapacitors (SCs) generally operate at low voltages of about 2.7 V. To achieve higher operating voltages, it is necessary to build up a cascade of SC cells connected in series. Due to variations ...