BMS UART protocol?
Posted: Sun Jan 19, 2020 4:45 pm
HI guys,
Short Story: I'm looking for the commands & protocol to directly communicate with the battery BMS. I've searched the internet and tried a couple of things, but no luck yet. What bytes do I need to send to read/write the BMS registers.
Long story: I've gone through 2 Ninebots already. The first one burning out after a couple of weeks, only to wait for a repair so that Ninebot could send me a brand new one. I've had this one for a couple of months, but that motor controller burned out also. Since I'm an electronics student, I thought it would be a good project to actually start from scratch and design my own control board/interface using the existing battery. For that of course, I would like to read/write data using UART to the BMS.
Some things I think about doing: using a waterproof circular touchscreen io the led panel, using a nice display library. Display battery health, mA...; in detail. Maybe also integrating location services from Google... once you start using cortex A, possibilities are limitless. The most important: using high quality parts that don't burn out every x months!
If I don't figure out the BMS protocol, I will be forced to use my own battery cells and creating a custom BMS, which is possible; but these things cost money and I figured the TI ic that is used in the BMS is actually a great quality one. If I were to create my own cells though, I would place them in the bottom of the frame, trying to make the ES more stable.
anyone interested in helping?
thanks!! greetings from Belgium
Short Story: I'm looking for the commands & protocol to directly communicate with the battery BMS. I've searched the internet and tried a couple of things, but no luck yet. What bytes do I need to send to read/write the BMS registers.
Long story: I've gone through 2 Ninebots already. The first one burning out after a couple of weeks, only to wait for a repair so that Ninebot could send me a brand new one. I've had this one for a couple of months, but that motor controller burned out also. Since I'm an electronics student, I thought it would be a good project to actually start from scratch and design my own control board/interface using the existing battery. For that of course, I would like to read/write data using UART to the BMS.
Some things I think about doing: using a waterproof circular touchscreen io the led panel, using a nice display library. Display battery health, mA...; in detail. Maybe also integrating location services from Google... once you start using cortex A, possibilities are limitless. The most important: using high quality parts that don't burn out every x months!
If I don't figure out the BMS protocol, I will be forced to use my own battery cells and creating a custom BMS, which is possible; but these things cost money and I figured the TI ic that is used in the BMS is actually a great quality one. If I were to create my own cells though, I would place them in the bottom of the frame, trying to make the ES more stable.
anyone interested in helping?
thanks!! greetings from Belgium