Have Batteries, Want PHEV, Need Advice

Hmmm. Perhaps Robb has a special deal with Headway. An email he sent me stated the 40152S cells delivered were 'specially selected' to yield 16ah rather than the rated 15ah.

 

One of the videos on the PIS website (green drive expo) shows a PIS kit using the distributed miniBMS boards with headway cells. Normally PIS do not use the miniBMS boards but just did it for the video. You would have to ask Dimitri from www.cleanpowerauto.com for exact details. Best to ask Dimitri whether distributed or centralized would be best.

 

If I was Joel I would increase the battery pack to 10kwh or as big as allowed by the space available inside the rear cargo tray.

 

You can try using this SoC spoofing device from autobeyours

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It may be a better deal than using a BMSplus. I have not read any posts about anybody who has bought it and is using it so I do not know. it may be an old outdated design that was used by PIS. Just another option.

And the best part is that they accept Paypal

 

Autobeyours aka DiscInsSlvg are good people and business. He rebuilt my OEM Inverter on my 04Prius.

 

Well, I just assumed they are good people after I read on their website that they accept Paypal. Which does not mean that other websites like PIS which only accept a bank Check are not good people. Maybe they just want to save the Paypal fee and not to have to pass it on to the customer by hiding it in the kit price.

 

Navy,
As I posted in the other thread I'm planning on recreating pEEf's approach. I'm toying with the idea of open sourcing the software. If you want to follow along with what I'm doing I'd be happy to share.

 

I would be interested in what hardware you are planning on using to intercept the appropriate Canbus frames.

 

Hi Lopez,

I'm going to use one of these: Atmel Store / Atmel AT32UC3C-EK It's an Eval Kit for an Atmel processor and has 2 CAN ports so can act as the bridge device quite nicely. I work with Atmel processors for my job so I'm fairly confident I can write the code (I understand the concepts of CAN but have never written CAN software - yet...).

It actually has far more capability than needed. Once (OK, if!!!) I get it working I'll layout a board (or have a friend do it) with just the components I need.

 

p.s. the Eval Kit arrives on Friday...

 

Looks promising. Maybe you should start a new thread, "My ECM controller project". I am not familiar at all with EEprom Flash programming. I think you use a debugging tool to download your code into the EEprom and put it into run mode. What kind of software does it use. I doubt that I could be of any help to you with programming but I am willing to test pilot the software.

 

Thanks for the offer to be a test pilot. I'll keep that in mind. It's going to be a while before I get to that stage.

I will start either a thread here on PC or start a blog over on V is for Voltage (another site I hang out on).

 

I'm already glued to this updates.....

 

Autobeyours aka DiscountInsSalvg sells parts, rebuilds, sells Gen2 Prius, and service's. He also posts on PChat . They are (if not already) selling a modified (OEM HV battery pack) which will have similar qualities to peef's approach......
I think he also had delivery/supply issues's with PISupply (posted on PC) and had to seek other supply paths

Reinvolt and others sell rebuild OEM HV packs on ebay. These would be different than the above pack by autobeyours. Also Reinvolt may be over priced compared to just getting a replacement from Toyota Parts dealer which has stated history and not a mix/match rebuild of 3rd party.......

 

That's a kind offer on the cells but I'm going to use 40Ah large format prismatic cells (our bikes use the 60Ah cells - check out Current Motor - Home). These cells have a 2C continuous rating and a 3C max recharge rating. 2C is actually a little skinny because as I understand it the pack will see > 100A draw. But they do have a peak rating of 10C.

If things work out the way I hope them to then we will be able to limit regen (per appropriate CAN messages). However, what's the constant C rating for discharge? And what's the format of your pack (i.e. are you paralleling any of the cells?). Discharge may be more of an issue than recharge.

I'll share the info anyways - I'm not sure but I might go the "donation-ware" based approach, or stick with purely open-source. But I'm in this for fun not profit.

I'll start a new thread.

 

Plug In Supply aka PIS still slamming Plug in Solutions,3Prong Power and others. If throwing others under the bus is a business plan then PISupply is the company for you...................

 

me3

 

Very cool. Now, go put a chain guard on that thing - sure, it's all fun until someone loses a finger (or worse )

p.s. I love the motor mount!