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Battery Test Solutions
Efficient measurements for reproducible battery results
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Charging Test Solutions
Validate EV and EVSE charging conformance and interoperability
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EV Emulators
High-power grid emulation for efficient EV and EVSE validation
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Lab and Production Operations Software
Accelerate and optimize your battery test lab operations
Battery Test Solutions
Keysight EV battery test solutions offer a precise platform for evaluating electric vehicle batteries across all levels, from individual cells to complete packs. These solutions are distinguished by their high-efficiency regenerative power capabilities, significantly reducing operational costs by feeding energy back into the grid during discharge. Coupled with powerful software for energy storage and lab operations, Keysight provides precise control over test sequences, data management, and advanced characterization techniques. These capabilities are crucial to automotive engineers for ensuring the safety, performance, efficiency, and longevity of EV batteries, directly impacting the accelerated development and reliable deployment of electric vehicles, stationary energy storage systems, and the broader e-mobility ecosystem. Need help selecting? Check out the resources below.
Charging Test Solutions
Keysight EV and electric vehicle supply equipment (EVSE) charging test solutions ensure the safety, efficiency, and interoperability of electric vehicle charging systems. Perform real-time emulation of both EV and EVSE behavior, allowing for reproducible, independent testing without needing multiple physical devices. These solutions support high-power charging along with extensive compliance to all major global AC and DC charging standards, including CCS, CHAdeMO, GB/T, and more. Integrated communication and power analysis provides a holistic view, enabling synchronized measurement and decoding of communication signals alongside electrical parameters for rapid debugging. With a modular and scalable design, these systems are ideal for automotive engineers from R&D to end-of-line manufacturing. Need help selecting? Check out the resources below.
EV Emulators
Keysight AC and DC grid emulators provide an all-in-one system for efficient and effective testing of the power electronic components in EVs and EVSE. Test your charging technology efficiently by using the bidirectional power flow to act as a power source (EVSE emulation) or as an electronic load, replace a battery pack, and feed energy back to the power grid (EV emulation). Need help selecting? Check out the resources below.
Lab and Production Operations Software
Keysight Lab and Production Operations software transforms the management and efficiency of complex battery testing environments. It optimizes lab throughput by providing an integrated, web-based platform that offers a 360-degree view of all lab resources, including test systems, test objects, software, and personnel. This central management enables efficient coordination of test sequences, minimizing test bench idle time and maximizing asset utilization. Furthermore, the software significantly improves data traceability by digitizing test workflows, centrally registering and tracking every step, result, and document from the initial order to the final report. This is especially impactful for test engineers in battery test environments across the value chain, from cell chemistry to module and full pack testing. Want to learn more about this solution? Explore the resources below.
Faster, compliant EV development
The automotive industry is continuing to develop advancements in electric vehicle (EV) technologies, whether they be new battery chemistries, higher-powered charging stations, or vehicle-to-grid (V2G) capabilities. Accelerating EV development while continuing to meet interoperability and conformance requirements is critical for engineers today. Perform real-time emulation of various electrical interfaces and communication protocols, allowing for independent and reproducible testing of EV and EV supply equipment (EVSE) charging behavior. Keysight's EV emulators address all these demands and more.
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How to Test High-Power EV Battery Packs
Evaluate battery performance by emulating the EV operating environment.
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Use a grid emulator and automated test software to accelerate V2G compliance testing.
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Frequently asked questions
Automotive EV emulators are crucial tools in the development and testing of electric vehicles and their related components. They allow engineers to simulate real-world conditions and behaviors without needing a physical EV or charging infrastructure, saving time, cost, and ensuring safety. These include:
- Battery emulators/simulators: Focusing on replicating battery characteristics and behaviors.
- EV charging emulators/EVSE test boxes: Designed specifically for testing charging stations and their communication with EVs.
- Regenerative AC/DC emulators: High-power emulators capable of bidirectional power flow, mimicking both sourcing and sinking of energy.
- Motor emulators: Simulating the characteristics of electric motors for inverter and powertrain testing.
- Software-based emulators/emulation tools: Programs for modeling and simulating EV behavior and components.
Automotive EV emulators offer a multitude of benefits and advantages throughout the entire electric vehicle development lifecycle, from research and development to production and maintenance. These advantages stem primarily from their ability to simulate real-world conditions in a controlled, repeatable, and safe environment.
- Reduced design cycle time and increased productivity by accelerating testing and validation processes.
- Lowering the cost of testing by reducing the need for physical prototypes and costly real-world testing.
- Eliminating risks associated with high-voltage testing and allowing for controlled failure simulations to improve safety.
- Enhanced repeatability and accuracy by providing consistent and precise test results by controlling emulation parameters.
- Flexibility and versatility through emulating a wide range of battery types, charging conditions, and vehicle scenarios.
- Early fault detection by identifying potential issues in design and functionality before costly production stages.
Automotive EV emulators are versatile tools used across the entire electric vehicle development and testing landscape. Their primary goal is to simulate the behavior of real EV components, particularly batteries and charging infrastructure, in a controlled, safe, and repeatable environment. Here are the typical applications and use cases:
- Testing EV components: This major area includes testing of batteries and battery management systems (BMS), onboard chargers (OBC), inverters and e-motors/e-axles, and more.
- Electric vehicle supply equipment (EVSE) testing: Charging station conformance and interoperability, testing communication protocols such as Control Pilot (CP) and Proximity Pilot (PP) signals, residual current device (RCD) testing, and vehicle-to-grid (V2G) and vehicle-to-home (V2H) functionality.
- Hardware-in-the-Loop (HIL) and Power Hardware-in-the-Loop (PHIL) simulation: These advanced testing methodologies are frequently searched as they provide highly accurate and realistic testing environments for complex EV systems, allowing for comprehensive testing without full vehicle prototypes.
- Research and development: Emulators are used for exploring new powertrain architectures, optimizing vehicle performance, developing active chassis controls, and validating ADAS algorithms.
- Safety and reliability: Emulators allow for rigorous stress tests of components and systems without the inherent dangers of real high-voltage batteries and power systems, enabling the detection of early failures and ensuring product safety.
- Repurposing EV batteries: Using emulators to facilitate the reuse of EV battery packs for stationary energy storage with solar inverters.
When researching automotive EV emulators, the important technical specifications can vary depending on whether you're looking for a battery emulator (for testing the EV's internal components like BMS, inverter, motor) or an EVSE emulator (for testing charging stations).
- Supported standards: Queries about compliance with international charging standards (IEC 61851, ISO 15118, DIN 70121, CHAdeMO, GB/T, NACS).
- Power levels and voltage ranges: Information on the maximum power (kW/MW) and voltage (VDC) that emulators can handle.
- Communication protocols: Details on how emulators handle various communication signals between EVs and EVSEs.
- Hardware and software features: Enquiries about specific features, user interfaces, testing libraries, and integration with other lab equipment.