Battery knowledge · Data, communication and electronics

Cloud BMS

Battery estimation and diagnostics run on servers from data sent by the vehicle or site, alongside the on-board BMS rather than replacing it. With more computing power and a whole fleet to compare against, it can fit aging models, flag cells drifting from their peers and forecast remaining life; safety functions stay on board.

Also called
off-board battery analytics, battery analytics, cloud battery management

Example

Data, communication and electronics: an example situation

2500 in a log might mean 25.00 °C, 2.5 V or raw counts. Units and scale must accompany the value.

Read Cloud BMS alongside Battery management system in this context. The electronics and software that keep a battery inside its safe window: measuring every cell voltage and many temperatures, estimating SOC and SOH, balancing cells, computing current limits, controlling the contactors and reporting over the vehicle network.

Use in Lemonergy

Separate quantities from encoding and transport.

This is a reference concept. No executable Lemonergy block has been verified for this term.

References & further reading

Further reading on this topic

These sources provide broader context; they are not presented as citations for every statement in this entry.

  1. 3rd generation of the CAN data link layer

    CAN in Automation, CAN Newsletter · 2020

    Topic background · Classical CAN, CAN FD and CAN XL data-link concepts; publication describes the 2020 state.

  2. Getting Started with the BQ76925

    Texas Instruments · 2019

    Topic background · A concrete BMS analog front-end example: cell voltage, current, temperature measurement and MCU integration.