Pickering Interfaces will showcase its range of industry-standard modular signal switching and sensor simulation solutions for electronics test and verification – including BMS (battery management system) test and HIL (hardware-in-the-loop) simulation for ECU/VCU and – on booth 318 at The Battery Show & Electric & Hybrid Vehicle Technology Expo South, at Georgia World Congress, in the heart of Atlanta, GA, USA from April 16-17, 2025.
Now in its 15th year in North America, The Battery Show, co-located with the Electric & Hybrid Vehicle Technology Expo, is the largest and most comprehensive advanced battery and hybrid & electric vehicle (H/EV) technology event. New for 2025, it will bring together the new regional value chain in the Battery Belt of southern USA. Explore wide-ranging products and innovations from leading exhibitors for automotive, materials, stationary energy storage, mining, recycling, medical, aerospace, commercial and industrial applications. Examine emerging markets and technologies and keep pace with the industry’s regional trends.
Outlining the EV BMS test rig demo, Stephen Jenkins, Simulation Product Manager at Pickering, explains: “With the increasing adoption of electric vehicles (EVs), one significant challenge to be tackled is the effective testing and validation of Battery Management Systems (BMS). Using modular, PXI-based switch and simulation modules offers many advantages for BMS HIL (hardware-in-the-loop) test, including flexibility to optimize the test system to meet exact requirements, simple modification to address evolving needs, and an open, industry-standard architecture that promotes system longevity and mitigates obsolescence while providing seamless integration of multi-vendor instrumentation modules.”
The BMS HIL test demo includes the following Pickering products:
- PXI battery simulator module – to simulate batteries in a stacked architecture
- PXI fault insertion module – to simulate cell shorts and broken wires
- High power, high voltage and high current PXI switching modules
- Modules housed in an LXI chassis with supporting cables and connectors
In addition to its BMS test demo, the company will also highlight the following signal switching and sensor simulation products:
- A range of PXI/PXIe high voltage switching solutions to 9kV.
- Hardware-in-the-Loop modules including: PXI/PXIe fault insertion, programmable resistor, and sensor simulation modules.
- LXI/USB modular chassis – capable of hosting our extensive range of 3U PXI switching and simulation modules in an LXI environment, allowing remote control over a gigabit Ethernet connection
- Supporting cables and connectors, together with its free online graphical Cable Design Tool.
