Chroma ATE launches the 8610 Battery Pack Power HIL Testbed for testing battery systems and components of new energy vehicles, incl. the battery module, battery management system, and cooling/heating system. Various hardware options are available for integration, such as a DC power supply, battery charge/discharge system, digital meter, Hi-Pot tester, and short-circuit and overvoltage protection devices.

Chroma 8610 is designed for development of battery modules and packs and provides users with a flexible and powerful dynamic testbed through the real-time hardware and software with open architecture at the core. Besides basic test functions like vehicle driving cycles importing, CAN signal monitoring, fault injection, insulation measurement, and EVSE charging simulation, Chroma 8610 can execute the most important compound scenarios for real vehicle and composite operation conditions with the highest risk of failure (e.g. physical and communication signal errors during cyclic discharge). Greatly improve R&D efficiency by performing more in-depth tests on battery packs without the need to test a real car.

Chroma 8610 testbed integrates the highperformance Chroma 170X0 Battery Chargers and Dischargers. The series simulate fast and dynamic discharging/regenerating of the battery pack driven by the e-propulsion system under various driving conditions for increased reliability of testing on the whole vehicle level. During testing, Chroma 170X0 will also feed the power output from the battery pack back into the grid to increase energy efficiency and save costs.