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Fault Insertion Unit

Programmable Multi-Channel Fault Insertion Unit for Cell Failure Emulation 

The Fault Insertion Unit (FIU) emulates the electrical faults to perform hardware-in-the-loop (HIL) testing of your battery management system (BMS) under typical and fault conditions. The FIU emulates these faults on the emulated battery cells, and between the battery cells and the BMS. This allows the FIU to emulate cell-level faults, such as short circuits, cable failures, reverse polarity scenarios, and faults between cells and broken wire connections to the cell monitoring unit in the BMS. Providing the necessary channel-to-system isolation levels of 1kV for your tests, the FIU protects your entire testing environment, avoiding unwanted interactions between different testing components, and allows you to test your controllers safely.

The 2U rack-mountable FIU provides up to 36 independent and isolated channels.

The FIU is an ideal extension to the Speedgoat Battery Cell Emulator (BCE) for comprehensive testing and validation of the BMS performance. The FIU can be easily integrated into a rack system, making it ideal for large-scale HIL testing with thousands of I/O signals.

 

Key Features

  • Failure insertion at cell level
  • Emulation of various fault scenarios: short circuit, reverse polarity, broken wire at the cell level and in connection to the BMS
  • Plug-and-play compatibility with the Battery Cell Emulator unit to easily extend battery cell emulation with fault insertion capabilities
  • Modular unit with up to 36 battery cell fault insertion channels
  • Channel-to-channel isolation up to 100 V
  • Channel-to-system isolation up to 1 kV
  • Connect multiple units in series (daisy chain) to emulate fault insertion of hundreds of cells and accommodate larger battery systems
  • Easy to configure with the Speedgoat I/O Blockset
  • Seamless integration with Simulink® and Simscape™
     
     
General  
Number of channels per unit 12, 24, or 36
Number of channels in series

Up to 252

Channel-to-channel isolation 100 V
Channel-to-system isolation 1 kV
Power supply

DC Voltage Input: 48 V DC ± 5%    

Power consumption

40 W max. for 12 channels
An additional 25 W for each subsequent set of 12 channels

Communication interface EtherCAT
Channel Fault Emulation  
Failure type, per channel

Emulation of short-circuit, broken wire, and reverse polarity on battery cell

Emulation of broken wire to BMS

Physical
 
Dimensions 2U 19” subrack enclosure, depth: 350 mm
Connectors

2x RJ45 connectors for communication with the real-time target machine, as well as additional Battery Cell Emulators, Fault Insertion Units, and Temperature Sensor Emulators

12 x, 24 x, or 36 x 4-pin Mega-Fit input connectors (Molex part No. 768250004)

12 x, 24 x, or 36 x 4-pin Mega-Fit output connectors (Molex part No. 768250004)

1 x 5-pin pluggable MSTB terminal block for Power Input and INTERLOCK (Phoenix part No. 1776728)

Refer to order information for the correct item ID depending on the number of channels

Weight

-

Environmental
 
Operating temperature 5 °C to 40 °C

Relative humidity

5 % to 95%, non-condensing

Standard Compliance  
Compliances CE, CB, FCC, UK CA

EMC: IEC 61326-1

Safety: IEC 61010-1

RoHS, REACH

Fault Emulation

Test the BMS accurately by introducing faults into the battery cell emulation setup to detect, identify, and isolate faults and design robust and fail-safe battery systems.
Each Fault Insertion Unit can insert faults on the battery pack or BMS sense lines.

Broken Wire

Broken Wire - FIU

Simulate open-circuit faults where a wire or a connection becomes disconnected, resulting in a disconnection on the battery pack.

Short Circuit

Short Circuit - FIU

Simulate an unintended connection or a low-resistance path between a battery cell's negative and positive pole resulting from a degraded or damaged cell or an abnormal behavior.

Reverse Polarity

Reverse Polarity - FIU

Simulate incorrect polarity connections resulting from faulty wirings, incorrect battery installations, or malfunctioning cells due to high internal resistance.

Broken wires toward BMS sense lines

BMS Sense Lined - FIU

The FIU can open connections to the sense lines of the cell monitoring unit in BMS. This allows the simulation of fault connections or broken sense wires.

 
 
 
 

Item ID Product Name Components
301023 FIU12-1

12-channel Fault Insertion Unit (2U 19” subrack)

301022 FIU24-1

24-channel Fault Insertion Unit (2U 19” subrack)

301021 FIU36-1

36-channel Fault Insertion Unit (2U 19” subrack)

 

Optional Accessories
30100Z BCE/FIU Cable and Terminal Board Kit
  • 12 x 4-pin Mega-Fit cables
  • 1 x terminal board
  • Compatible with Battery Cell Emulator (BCE) and Fault Insertion Unit (FIU)

 

Pricing information
We do not publish pricing information on our website. Upon request by e-mail or phone, we can provide a complete price list covering our entire product portfolio in various currencies. We recommend that you contact us to discuss your specific needs. We can then quickly provide you with a tailored quotation including technical and pricing information.

 

Included in the Delivery

  • 2U, 19” rack mountable Fault Insertion Unit (FIU)
  • Test models
  • Comprehensive documentation

Common Applications

Supported target machine

It requires one available Ethernet port supporting EtherCAT. Multiple units, including BCEs and FIUs, can be connected in a daisy chain.

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