For the actual satellite, the Electrical and Mechanical teams are building a custom battery pack to house our 4 Lithium Ion batteries. This won’t be ready for a while, which is inconvenient because we want to be able to plug our batteries in and test them ASAP. Is there something we can buy (i.e. something like the photo below) or make (i.e. a PCB) to achieve this goal? That’s your job to figure out. This datasheet includes the dimensions of the batteries: https://batteryservice.bg/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/INR21700-50E.pdf. If you realize that you need other information during your investigations, feel free to ask.
I will provide a wide range of options from large manufacturer options to commercially available testers to what appears to be step by step instructions for how to build a tester.
| Link to product | Price | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| https://www.amazon.ca/X-cosrack-Universal-Battery-Tester/dp/B07WS7HR31?source=ps-sl-shoppingads-lpcontext&ref_=fplfs&smid=A2W28XM71MPWG3&th=1 | 65.51 | commercially available, may not necessarily allow us to find things such as cell imbalance |
| https://www.ecolithiumbattery.com/product/battery-voltage-and-resistance-tester/ | quote required | provides OEM and ODM services, appears to be by order and may be out of scope and budget |
| https://www.chromausa.com/product/battery-reliability-test-system-model-17010/ | quote required | appears to be a large machine, may be out of scope and budget |
| https://www.mouser.ca/new/analog-devices/adi-li-ion-battery-test-formation/ | n/a | no idea what this is, but appears to be something buildable that we can use to test |
| https://dk-tester.com/products/li-ion-cell-capacity-grading-and-matching-charge-discharge-tester-99 | quote required | appears to be a large machine, may be out of scope and budget |
| https://www.instructables.com/Li-ion-Capacity-Tester-/ | n/a | a website which gives step by step on how to build an arduino for battery testing |
| https://www.winackbattery.com/products/Battery-Pack-BMS-Testing-Machine.html | quote required | could be a good option as it is not as large and intimidating as the other options. Depends ultimately on our budget |
| https://www.tmaxcn.com/5v6a-8-channel-lithium-ion-battery-tester-equipment-for-experiment_p596.html | quote required | may not actually fit our needs, needs to be reviewed |
| https://www.chromaate.com/en/products_list/li_ion_battery_cell_reliability_test#nav_breadcrumb | quote/inquiry required | lots of options within this link, not all may be relevant and all are large machines therefore cost may pose an issue |
main restricting factors are price, time, and ease of use. If it is too expensive, takes too much time to arrive/setup, or too complicated to implement (or out of scope in general) it is not feasible.
know that the battery pack must be capable measuring
Purpose of measuring the lithium ion batteries will allow us to