Advanced 3rd Generation Battery Management System
Battery Management System monitors, balances and protects large-scale battery stacks…
NUVATION ENGINEERING DELIVERS ADVANCED 3RD GENERATION BATTERY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM
San Jose, California (March 13, 2012) — Nuvation Engineering, a leading provider of electronic design services, has developed the 3rd generation version of its Battery Management System (BMS) that monitors, balances and protects large-scale lithium battery stacks. Other battery chemistries including nickel are also supported. The Nuvation BMS addresses the needs associated with today’s complex battery systems, including safety, accuracy, noise immunity, compliance with industry standards, and competitive cost. Battery stacks are found in electric vehicles, internal combustion engine replacements, grid storage, uninterruptible power supply systems, solar and wind power conversion systems, residential time-of-use billing load redistribution systems, and many military/defense applications.
The Nuvation Battery Management System has already been used to significantly improve battery life, safety, scalability and fuel gauging of electric vehicles, all while decreasing charge times. Nuvation’s BMS provides a shortcut through many technical challenges to minimize the R&D required for new battery system technology, thus improving ROI and time-to-market.
“The technology to manage next-generation battery systems for peak performance is complex, requiring state-of-the-art design and testing to guarantee results. The Battery Management System includes highly functional design hooks to many popular interface technologies,” said Michael Hermann, VP of Engineering at Nuvation. “Currently, our BMS platform can be quickly customized for solutions that address hybrid-electric and all-electric automobiles and secondary vehicles, grid-attached power solutions, remote communications platforms, unmanned aerial vehicles, and of course, battery manufacturers themselves.”
Nuvation’s Battery Management System provides original equipment manufacturers a platform that can address their entire large-scale battery-powered product roadmap with a single platform. The platform, truly designed with engineering needs in mind, combines impressive design option flexibility with a broad range of possible target applications. Nuvation decided early in the architecture-planning phase to create a platform that was highly flexible and extensible, Hermann explained, rather than attempting to predict all of the potential variations that OEM customers could envision.
“Unlike other platforms offered by competitors, Nuvation’s Battery Management System has gone through extensive road testing, and is currently in use in the over 100-mph capable E.Rex, a street-legal electric car designed by our team,” said Michael Worry, CEO of Nuvation Research Corporation. “We have leveraged the experience gained in developing the one-of-a-kind all-electric E.Rex vehicle to enhance our BMS for next-generation power systems that are anticipated to be adopted across many EV platforms.”
The Nuvation Battery Management system is available under a number of licensing and evaluation options. Learn more about Nuvation’s Battery Management System.
For more information, contact Nuvation Engineering at 3590 North First Street Suite 210, San Jose, California, USA 95134; by phone 408.228.5580; or on the web at www.nuvation.com
About Nuvation
Nuvation Engineering provides project-based board, logic, and firmware/software design services for the embedded systems industry. Nuvation is headquartered in Silicon Valley, with an additional design center in Waterloo, Canada, and has been providing electronics design and manufacturing services since 1997. Our full spectrum of systems engineering capabilities includes analog, digital, and mixed-signal board design, FPGA logic design, DSP algorithm development, software/firmware for microprocessors, microcontrollers, and DSPs, signal integrity analysis, and turnkey product development. For more information, please visit www.nuvation.com.
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Battery Management System at 2011 CEATEC Japan
Advanced battery management system on display at 2011 CEATEC Japan …
NUVATION ENGINEERING DESIGNS ADVANCED BATTERY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM FOR ELECTRIC VEHICLES
San Jose, California (September 16, 2011) — Nuvation Engineering, a leading provider of electronic design services, has developed a custom battery management system, fuel gauge and driver interface for electric vehicles. The innovative system is currently featured on the OptaMotive ‘E. Rex’. The OptaMotive ‘E. Rex’ is on display at CEATEC Japan 2011 in the Maxim booth, 7F06.
Through a close partnership with Maxim, Nuvation engineers designed the next generation battery management system around the MAX11068 to provide voltage monitoring, temperature monitoring, and balancing for the high capacity and high-density battery pack in the OptaMotive E. Rex. Fuel gauging was implemented through Nuvation’s advanced engineering methodology, using the Maxim ModelGauge, which combines voltage measurement with coulomb counting to achieve continuous automatic calibration.
Featuring a battery pack that utilizes 106 lithium iron phosphate cells, the E. Rex’s 35 kilowatt-hour pack has a driving range of 200 miles and a recharge time of four hours at 220 volts/40 amps. The E. Rex is capable of 0-to-60 mph in five seconds and a top speed of well over 100 mph.
“The advanced battery management system monitors each cell’s voltage and temperature to ensure safety, balanced cells for long range and long battery life, and to optimize vehicle performance,” said Michael Worry, CEO of Nuvation. “The advanced E. Rex three-wheeled electric car has six times the efficiency of a Prius, yet more torque per pound than a Porsche 911 Turbo. The E. Rex proves going green can be fun and efficient.”
For more information, contact Nuvation Engineering at 3590 North First Street Suite 210, San Jose, California, USA 95134; by phone 408.228.5580; or on the web at www.nuvation.com
About Nuvation
Nuvation Engineering provides project-based board, logic, and firmware/software design services for the embedded systems industry. Nuvation is headquartered in Silicon Valley, with an additional design center in Waterloo, Canada, and has been providing electronics design and manufacturing services since 1997. Our full spectrum of systems engineering capabilities includes analog, digital, and mixed-signal board design, FPGA logic design, DSP algorithm development, software/firmware for microprocessors, microcontrollers, and DSPs, signal integrity analysis, and turnkey product development. For more information, please visit www.nuvation.com.
System Level Test Plan Development Capabilities
Nuvation provides functional test, electrical test, burn-in & certification testing…
NUVATION ENGINEERING EXPANDS INTEGRATED DESIGN TO MANUFACTURING SERVICES TO INCLUDE SYSTEM LEVEL TEST PLAN DEVELOPMENT
San Jose, California (September 7, 2011) — Nuvation Engineering, a leading provider of electronic product development services, has expanded its Integrated Design to Manufacturing (IDM) capabilities to provide system level test plan development. Nuvation’s test plan development services include system level functional tests, electrical tests, burn-in tests, and certification testing such as UL, CE, FCC and more.
Integrating system level test development within Nuvation’s hardware design services significantly accelerates an OEM’s time-to-market through the creation and implementation of a manufacturing plan during the design cycle. This approach to manufacturing planning reduces communication delays between multiple vendors and accelerates the product development cycle.
“Nuvation’s electronic product design services tighten the many DFx loops in the product development cycle because we are responsible for design and prototype through mid-volume manufacturing. This fully-integrated approach decreases the time-to-market for OEMs,” said Michael Hermann, vice-president at Nuvation Engineering.
Nuvation provides electronic product manufacturing services from prototype to middle volume production as a compliment to its core electronic product design services. Nuvation’s fully-integrated design and manufacturing model assumes responsibility for the electronic design (hardware, firmware/software, FPGA, UI, etc.), printed circuit board assemblies (PCBA), mechanical design, industrial design, box build/system level assembly and test.
For more information, contact Nuvation Engineering at 3590 North First Street Suite 210, San Jose, California, USA 95134; by phone 408.228.5580; or on the web at www.nuvation.com
About Nuvation
Nuvation provides accelerated Electronic Product Design and Manufacturing services. Nuvation‘s advanced methodology is designed to get it right – the first time. With more than 600 projects delivered since 1997, Nuvation’s North American design and manufacturing teams cover advanced product solutions for customers ranging from new venture companies to the Fortune 500. From initial electronics architecture to new product manufacturing, Nuvation develops all the boards, programmable logic, firmware and software to make those products run. Nuvation creates complex products integrating FPGAs, DSPs, analog/power, RF, microprocessors, and other cutting-edge technologies for customers worldwide. Nuvation serves the video, wireless, medical, defense, robotics, and high-performance computing industries.
Nuvation Enhances Services with New Waterloo Facility
Nuvation Engineering expands design and development lab, increases engineering capabilities…
NUVATION ENGINEERING ENHANCES ELECTRONIC PRODUCT DESIGNAND MANUFACTURING SERVICES WITH NEW WATERLOO FACILITY
San Jose, California (August 15, 2011) — Nuvation Engineering, a leading provider of electronic product development services, has recently moved into a new product design center in Waterloo, Ontario, Canada. The new facility features a larger design and development lab that enhances Nuvation’s engineering capabilities and increases its electronics and software design capacity. The 10,600-square-foot facility also has dedicated space and expanded infrastructure for Controlled Goods Program (CGP) projects. The new building has been custom-designed with multiple full ESD-protected electronics labs, full building security with access controls, two design areas with additional security controls, six meeting rooms, and a large meeting area to facilitate our in-house and vendor training activities. The facility also contains an advanced IT system that utilizes a computing cluster to maximize processing power for offline FPGA analysis and simulation.
“The facility expansion is part of a strategic decision by Nuvation to further invest in our design centers and enhance our electronic product development capabilities and capacity. This world class facility was designed specifically for our R&D operations and provides us with the necessary space for developing new product designs and helping our customers accelerate their time to market,” said Michael Hermann, vice president at Nuvation Engineering.
From initial electronics architecture to new product manufacturing, Nuvation’s Waterloo design center provides accelerated hardware and software design services, developing all of the boards, programmable logic, firmware and software to make products operate properly and efficiently. Nuvation creates complex products integrating FPGAs, DSPs, analog/power, RF, microprocessors and other cutting-edge technologies for customers. The new Waterloo facility has expanded Nuvation’s already wide offering of embedded systems design services, as well as signal integrity analysis, algorithm development, and device drivers. The new Waterloo facility is located in Canada’s technology triangle, providing access to a base of highly technical university and experienced talent. The facility is expected to house 50 employees by the end of 2011.
For more information, contact Nuvation Engineering at 332 Marsland drive, Suite 200, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada N2J3Z1; by phone 519.746.2304; or on the web at www.nuvation.com.
About Nuvation
Nuvation provides accelerated electronic product design and manufacturing services. Nuvation‘s customers trust it to complete mission-critical product development plans cost-effectively and on-time. We are committed to our customer’s technical and business success. With more than 650 projects completed since 1997, Nuvation‘s North American design and manufacturing teams provide advanced product solutions for customers ranging from new venture companies to the Fortune 500. Nuvation’s integrated product development process rapidly progresses electronic products from architecture through design and into new product manufacturing. Our advanced methodology is designed to get it right – the first time. This process includes creating hardware, logic, firmware, and software to make your new products a reality. Nuvation excels at solving complex product design challenges, integrating FPGAs, DSPs, analog/power, RF, microprocessors, and other cutting-edge technologies for customers worldwide. We have extensive experience in industries such as video, wireless, medical, defense, robotics, and high-performance computing.
Nuvation Engineering receives ITAR registration
Nuvation recognized as an ITAR compliant supplier…
Nuvation Engineering Receives ITAR Registration
San Jose, California (August 4, 2011) — Nuvation Engineering, a leading provider of accelerated electronic design and manufacturing services, has recently had its compliance with ITAR formally recognized with an ITAR registration from the US government. The International Traffic in Arms Regulations controls inherently military products, technologies and services designated as defense articles under the United States Munitions List (USML). The ITAR registration further simplifies the process to engage with Nuvation Engineering to work on ITAR programs such as electronic product design and manufacturing for next-generation defense or military products, to a foreign company with the permission of the U.S. Department of State.
“Nuvation is pleased to meet ITAR regulations and to be listed as an ITAR- compliant supplier by the U.S. Department of State. ITAR is an extremely important provision implemented by the U.S. government to ensure national security,” said Michael Hermann, vice president at Nuvation Engineering.
From initial electronics architecture to new product manufacturing, Nuvation offers accelerated hardware and software design services by developing all of the boards, programmable logic, firmware and software to make those products run. Nuvation creates complex products integrating FPGAs, DSPs, analog/power, RF, microprocessors and other cutting-edge technologies for customers. With an established reputation as a full-service and dependable resource for a wide range of embedded systems design services, Nuvation also provides signal integrity analysis, algorithm development and device drivers.
For more information, contact Nuvation Engineering at 3590 North First Street Suite 210, San Jose, California, USA 95134; by phone 408.228.5580; or on the web at www.nuvation.com/itar.
About Nuvation
Nuvation provides accelerated Electronic Product Design and Manufacturing services. Nuvation‘s advanced methodology is designed to get it right – the first time. With more than 600 projects delivered since 1997, Nuvation’s North American design and manufacturing teams cover advanced product solutions for customers ranging from new venture companies to the Fortune 500. From initial electronics architecture to new product manufacturing, Nuvation develops all the boards, programmable logic, firmware and software to make those products run. Nuvation creates complex products integrating FPGAs, DSPs, analog/power, RF, microprocessors, and other cutting-edge technologies for customers worldwide. Nuvation serves the video, wireless, medical, defense, robotics, and high-performance computing industries.
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