5.1.1.1. LTC6804-1-based 12-Cell Slave v1.x.x

5.1.1.1.1. Overview

Important

The following description only applies for the LTC LTC6804-1-based 12 cell BMS-Slave hardware versions 1.x.x.

Hint

All connector pinouts described below follow the Convention for Molex Micro-Fit 3.0 Connector Pin Numbering.

5.1.1.1.1.1. Block Diagram

The block diagram of the BMS-Slave is shown in Fig. 5.1.

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Fig. 5.1 BMS-Slave 12-Cell Block Diagram

5.1.1.1.1.2. Schematic and Board Layout

More information about the board schematic and layout files can be found in section Design Resources.

5.1.1.1.1.3. Mechanical Dimensions

The size of the PCB is 160x100mm.

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Table 5.1 BMS-Master Daisy Chain Connector

Pin

Signal

1

not connected

2

OUT+ (Secondary LTC LTC6804-1)

3

OUT- (Secondary LTC LTC6804-1)

4

not connected

5

not connected

6

OUT+ (Primary LTC LTC6804-1)

7

OUT- (Primary LTC LTC6804-1)

8

not connected

9

not connected

10

not connected

11

not connected

12

not connected

13

not connected

14

not connected

15

not connected

16

not connected

Note

This connector pin out is only valid for use of a foxBMS Master Interface board for the LTC LTC6804-1 monitoring IC.

On the BMS-Slave, the connectors indicated as Primary Daisy Chain connector and Secondary Daisy Chain connector in Fig. 5.1 must be used. Their layout is described in Table 5.2.

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Table 5.2 Primary Daisy Chain Connector

Pin

Daisy Chain

1

IN+ (Primary LTC LTC6804-1)

2

OUT- (Primary LTC LTC6804-1)

3

IN- (Primary LTC LTC6804-1)

4

OUT+ (Primary LTC LTC6804-1)

The OUT+ and OUT- pins of the BMS-Master go to the IN+ and IN- pins of the BMS-Slave. A cable with a receptable on both ends must be crimped correctly to make the connection.

In case a second BMS-Slave must be connected to the daisy chain, the OUT+ and OUT- pins of the first BMS-Slave must be connected to the IN+ and IN- pins of the second BMS-Slave.

5.1.1.1.2. Cell Voltage Connector on the BMS-Slaves

The connector indicated as Battery cell connector (16 pin) in Fig. 5.1 has two purposes:

  • Supply of the BMS-Slave

  • Input of the cell voltages to the LTC LTC6804-1 analog front-end

The layout of the connector is described in Table 5.3. Up to 12 battery cells can be connected in series, between VBAT+ and VBAT-. The BMS-Slave is supplied by VBAT+ and VBAT-. The total voltage of all cells in series must be between 11V and 55V (see [ltc_data_sheet_6804] and [ltc_data_sheet_6811]). 0- correspond to the negative pole of cell 0, 0+ to the positive pole of cell 0, 1- correspond to the negative pole of cell 1, 1+ to the positive pole of cell 1 and so one till 11+, the positive pole of cell 11. As the cells are connected in series, the positive pole of one cell is connected to the negative pole of the next cell: 0+ to 1-, 1+ to 2+ and so on. The poles should be connected to the cell voltage connector as shown in Table 5.3.

If less than 12 battery cells are used, information on how to connect them can be found LTC LTC6804-1 data sheets ([ltc_data_sheet_6804] and [ltc_data_sheet_6811]).

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Table 5.3 BMS-Slave, battery cell voltage connector

Pin

Battery Cell

1

VBAT-

2

0+ (1-)

3

2+ (3-)

4

4+ (5-)

5

6+ (7-)

6

8+ (9-)

7

10+ (11-)

8

not connected

9

0-

10

1+ (2-)

11

3+ (4-)

12

5+ (6-)

13

7+ (8-)

14

9+ (10-)

15

11+

16

VBAT+

In case no cells are available, they can be simulated with a series of voltage divider. A voltage supplied of 30V should be used and 12 resistors with the same value connected in series between the positive and negative connectors of the voltage supply. The positive connector is linked to VBAT+, the negative connector to VBAT- and each pole of a resistor correspond to a pole of a battery cell. The voltage of 30V is chosen so that every simulated cell voltage lies around 2.5V, which lies in the center of the safe operating area defined by default in the foxBMS 2 software.

5.1.1.1.3. Cell Temperature Connector on the BMS-Slaves

The connector indicated as Temperature sensor connector (24 pin) in Fig. 5.1 is used to connect temperature sensors to the BMS-Slave.

Table 5.4 describes the temperature connector.

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Table 5.4 Temperature Sensor Connector

Pin

Temperature Sensor

1, 24

T-Sensor 0

2, 23

T-Sensor 1

3, 22

T-Sensor 2

4, 21

T-Sensor 3

5, 20

T-Sensor 4

6, 19

T-Sensor 5

Fig. 5.2 shows the functioning of a temperature sensor.

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Fig. 5.2 Temperature sensor circuit.

The voltage VREF (3V) is generated by the LTC LTC6804-1 chip. A temperature-dependent resistor must be added to build a voltage divider (drawn as a dashed line in Fig. 5.2, not delivered with the BMS-Slaves). The resulting voltage is measured by the LTC LTC6804-1 chip. Knowing the temperature dependence of the resistor, the relation between measured voltage and temperature can be determined.

A function is present in the code to make the conversion between measured voltage and temperature. It must be adapted to the temperature sensor used. In case temperatures are read incorrectly, this function is the first step to verify.

It must be noted that if no sensor is connected, 3V are measured.

If sensors are added, they must be connected between the connector pins corresponding to the sensors 0 to 5, as shown in Table 5.4.