Smart Charging Solution

Developing and testing intelligent charging technologies

The Smart Charging Solution is a key solution for developing and testing technologies involved in the electric vehicle charging process. The combination of hardware and software components offers comprehensive test possibilities.

  • Support of all common charging standards, such as ISO 15118, DIN SPEC 70121, IEC 61851-1, CHAdeMO, and GB/T
  • High degree of customization as well as fault injection and logging capabilities
  • Seamless workflow with Simulink®

For ISO 15118- and IEC 61851-1-based communication, the Smart Charging Solution features a special hardware component, the DS5366 Smart Charging Interface.

Back view of the DS5366 Smart Charging Interface.

The Smart Charging Interface Software, which is part of the Smart Charging Solution, includes a Simulink® model and ControlDesk layouts.
Smart Charging
Emulating Charging Stations
Emulation of Charging Stations – Manipulation Features
800 V Fast Charging with the dSPACE Smart Charging Station Emulator
AC Charging Simulation with the dSPACE Smart Charging Station Emulator

Application Areas

Thanks to its high flexibility, the Smart Charging Solution offers versatile application options, including the simulation of charging stations as well as the simulation, test, and development of onboard chargers. In this way, it supports both manufacturers of electric vehicles and manufacturers of charging stations in developing and testing smart charging technologies.

Key Benefits

  • ISO 15118 and DIN 70121 powerline communication
  • CHAdeMO and GB/T support
  • Isolated interface between the HIL simulator and the ECU
  • Interfaces for all common charging plugs (e.g., Type 1, Type 2, CCS1, CCS2, GB/T, CHAdeMO)
  • Support of AC and DC charging
  • CAN FD interface for easy integration
  • Rapid control prototyping (RCP) as well as hardware-in-the-loop (HIL) simulation
  • Monitoring and manipulation of power-line communication used, e.g., for the pairing mechanism (Signal Level Attenuation Characterization, SLAC)
  • Simulation of errors during communication 

DS5366 Smart Charging Interface

Parameter Specification
Memory
  • Internal 4 GB SD card for customer settings
Host interface
  • 1 Mbit/s CAN FD
  • USB logging on connected PC
  • Ethernet raw data
  • Input for custom PWM voltage
  • Input for custom PWM impedance resistor
Target interface
  • Control pilot (CP), proximity pilot (PP), protective earth (PE)
  • 2 x relay output for power switching and user applications
CAN FD interface
  • Monitoring of SLAC and vehicle-to-grid (V2G) messages via CAN
  • Dynamic access to control messages of the DS5366 Smart Charging Interface
Size (width x height x depth)
  • 190 x 86 x 240 mm (7.5 x 3.4 x 9.4 in)
Mass
  • 2.1 kg
Power supply
  • 8 ... 30 V DC input voltage
  • ~ 6 W power consumption

Smart Charging Interface Software

Functionality Description
Simulink model
  • Behavior model of a charging station
  • User interface for connecting and simulating power electronics components
  • Open model for all communication standards that can be coded for different real-time systems
  • Suitable interface for ASM Electric Components
ControlDesk layouts
  • Overview layout including electrical information as well as information on the communication status
  • Specific overview and configuration layout including timing manipulation for all standards
  • Status and device information
  • Plotting of charging curves with all relevant data
  • CAN monitoring for the message exchange with the real-time system
  • Warnings and error counter
Automatic Mode
  • Preconfiguring of the DS5366 Smart Charging Interface (V2G parameters)
  • Automatic responses by the DS5366 Smart Charging Interface to the vehicle's V2G requests
  • Logging of all request and response messages on CAN FD
  • Override mechanism for parameter manipulations
  • Possibility to connect power electronics components
Manipulation Mode
  • V2G data manipulation
  • Timing manipulation by restraining V2G response messages on CAN FD
  • Possibility to connect power electronics components

Hardware and Software

The Smart Charging Solution includes hardware and software and can be easily integrated into your test setup. It supports all common charging communication standards.

The hardware component, the DS5366 Smart Charging Interface, comes as an isolated interface between the hardware-in-the-loop (HIL) simulator and the electronic control unit (ECU). It provides a CAN FD interface for connecting to the HIL simulator as well as USB and Ethernet interfaces for protocol tracing and data logging.

The Smart Charging Interface Software as the software part of the Smart Charging Solution includes a Simulink® model, ControlDesk layouts, and a DBC file that describes the CAN FD communication. The Simulink model supports all common charging communication standards, such as ISO 15118, DIN SPEC 70121, CHAdeMO, and GB/T. It includes a user interface for parametrization and allows for the connection and simulation of power electronics components. By using the ControlDesk layouts, you get an overview of all the relevant electrical information, the messages involved in the charging communication, and the communication status. You can also use the layout for configuration purposes, e.g., for parametrization as well as electrical and timing manipulation.

Simulating Charging Stations

  • Test real electric vehicles and onboard chargers by connecting them to simulated charging stations supporting different standards
  • Test various ECUs and power electronics components involved in the charging process

Simulating and Developing Onboard Chargers1)

  • Test charging stations with simulated vehicles
  • Replace the vehicle ECU or the communication controller for testing vehicle prototypes

1) Available for CHAdeMO and GB/T communication. ISO 15118 and DIN SPEC 70121 communication will be available with a later Release.

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