Arbin Instruments With over 20 years of experience in designing and manufacturing energy storage devices, Arbin of ers complete testing solutions for high power bat ery packs in the Electric Vehicle (EV) and Hybrid Electric Vehicle (HEV) markets. Arbin’s EVTS series is designed to meet the needs of R&D and Quality Control testing that requires advanced test schedules and protocols. The EVTS series is a potentiostat/galvanostat test station designed for testing high power EV and HEV bat eries, packs, and modules. The regenerative power circuitry within the system al ows power to be sent back to the grid, providing a more economical testing solution. ■ High Speed Drive Cycle Simulation Control for standard or customized testing ■ Arbin CAN-Bus Communication is used to test bat ery packs with integrated BMS systems ■ Arbin Control er & MITS Pro Testing Software provides flexible control types and streamlined testing ■ Standard & Customizable Solutions ranging in power up to 450kW Arbin’s EVTS Test Station provides high-speed data acquisition, while running user-defined test regimes as wel as standard tests, such FUDS, USABC testing, DST, Life Cycle testing, Sustained Hil -Climb and more. The EVTS is intended to provide a complete test EVTS is capable of advanced charge and discharge regimes using a library of unique control solution for use in R&D testing types. One of the most popular features of EVTS is the simulation control type which al ows that requires advanced test the system to charge or discharge the pack by mimicking the actual vehicle in the lab. schedules and protocols. Simulation control al ows users to easily program advanced test profiles such as Federal Urban Drive Schedule (FUDS) or Dynamic Stress Tests (DST) without writing complex test protocols/schedules. Arbin’s proprietary MITS Pro Software empowers the user to write extremely flexible test schedules based on current, voltage, power and other software based control types. EVTS +1 979 690 2751 www.arbin.com Arbin Instruments 60V 150V 300V 400V 500V 600-800V Number of Channels 2-8 2-4 1-2 1-2 2 1-2 Minimum Voltage 15V, Lower Voltage Options Possible Current Range 100-480A 100-300A 150-400A 200-300A 200-250A 200A Options Number of Ranges 2 to 3 Ranges Available Paral el Capability Up to 8 Up to 4 2 Channels Channels Channels Current & Voltage 0.1% Accuracy Resolution 16 Bit ■ Arbin’s latest circuit regenerative power board design al ows for testing of bat eries, packs, and modules ranging from 10V to 800V, up to 450kW in a single chassis. ■ With a rise time as fast as 10mS, Arbin’s EVTS al ows the ser to switch from a ful charge to discharge in as lit le as 20mS. This al ows for precise testing while simulating real-life drive cycles on your bat ery pack. ■ With a dedicated microcontrol er per channel, the test station can handle 100mS per point during simulation control with data logging as fast as 100mS to precisely record how the device is reacting to the test protocol. ■ Regenerative Power Efficiency: >=90% ■ Multiple Current Ranges and Dual Voltage Ranges can be provided for greater flexibility and accuracy when testing low and high power bat ery packs with the same test station ■ 0.1% Ful Scale Accuracy provided with at 16 Bit Resolution for accurate and detailed result analysis ■ Uninterruptible Power Supply provided inside test station for a control ed start-up and shut-down sequence during normal operation. This UPS also ensures that no damage wil be incurred to the machine in case of power outages. ■ Arbin can provide an optional auxiliary chassis that can be used to house separate auxiliary channels to provide additional data col ection and safety monitoring: Secondary Voltage Measurements Temperature Measurements Digital Input/Output EVTS +1 979 690 2751 www.arbin.com Arbin Instruments Arbin provides CAN-Bus Communication for our EVTS systems that can be used to test bat ery packs with integrated Battery Management System (BMS) systems. The Arbin CAN-Bus device supports reading, writing and sending CAN messages, logging, monitoring, set ing, control ing, and protecting the bat ery pack. For example, if over-voltage occurs the BMS systems protects the bat ery from operating out of safe operating limits. The CAN-Bus communicates this valuable information to Arbin’s MITS Pro Software and the EVTS tester before causing any damage to the bat ery. The il ustration above graphical represents the CAN-Bus communication for Arbin’s EVTS Systems. Arbin’s MITS Pro Software al ows the test equipment to be programmed to both receive CAN Messages from and transmit CAN messages to customers’ CAN devices. Arbin fol ows the standard CAN-Bus specification such as SAE J1939 protocol, CANopen or even user-defined protocols, With Arbin’s CAN-Bus, there is no third party equipment, 3rd party DLL package or 3rd party licenses’ needed to operate. EVTS +1 979 690 2751 www.arbin.com Arbin Instruments Arbin’s MITS Pro Software is the most comprehensive bat ery testing software solution available in the marketplace today. Over the past decade, MITS Pro has been the front end of the Arbin test stations of the BT-2000, MSTAT, SCTS, and the EVTS systems. This has al owed Arbin to refine and simplify the software and user interface for improved stability and ease of use. The power of MITS Pro comes from its capacity to create and implement tests from very simple to very complex al with a simple interface. Using the same software, you can write new test schedules, implement test regimes, as wel as monitor and view real-time data. Menu Driven Test Scheduling Available Control Types MITS Pro al ows for extremely flexible test scheduling due to its broad availability of control types. A simple pul -down menu al ows for easy selection of the available control types which include: ■ Current ■ Load ■ Simulation ■ Voltage ■ Ramp ■ C-Rate ■ Power ■ Internal Resistance ■ Formula Control On-the-Fly Test Modification Arbin’s hardware and software design al ows for real-time changes to be made on test schedules running on the test station. With the ability for the user to modify running test schedules, the requirement to stop and restart tests is not necessary, providing for longer uninterrupted testing. 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Universal Power Supply (UPS) Protects the test station in event of power failure by providing a control ed shut-down sequence of the three phase power and single powered components. Voltage Clamp A unique hardware features that prevents an over or under voltage being applied to the device under test. The voltage clamp reacts at the hardware level. Schedule Safety Limits Each Test Schedule in MITS Pro has its own safety limit set ings on the Global page. This al ows the user to implement dif erent safety limits on each test schedule, and each test channel. Step Limits While writing test schedules, the software al ows for individual step limits. The step limits can be used as a transition from step to step, or as a safety limit by ending a certain test if main channel voltage, auxiliary channel voltage, temperature, or any other set point exceeds safety limits. 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