BMS and inverter interoperability
Improved communication between battery management and inverter systems to enable 40 kW parallel battery integration.
Making batteries
and inverters work together.
Embedded development and hardware investigation across battery management, PV inverters and energy storage systems.
01 / OVERVIEW
Battery integration depends on clear communication between the BMS, the inverter and the wider control system.
01Battery system02BMS03CAN / Modbus04Inverter
Simplified conceptual overview of the work, not an implementation schematic.
02 / THE CHALLENGE
Where the engineering
gets interesting.
An energy system combines devices with different responsibilities, communication requirements and operating limits. Integration work needs to make those boundaries predictable while identifying hardware issues before deployment.
03 / MY CONTRIBUTION
The work I brought
to the system.
Embedded software
Developed C / C++ software for communication and signal-processing functions in energy-system applications.
Power electronics development
Worked on hardware and firmware for PV inverter and energy storage products, connecting software behaviour with the underlying electronics.
Board-level investigation
Investigated and resolved Phase-1 PCB faults before deployment, using hardware debugging as part of the product-development process.
PROJECT ARCHIVE / CLENERGY AUSTRALIA
From controller boards
to energy-system testing.
Original photographs from my Clenergy period: board-level development, the energy-system test environment and product context. Equipment shown includes workbench tools and wider team hardware; the photographs do not imply sole design ownership of every item.
Board-level development
Controller hardware and bench debugging.
Energy-system integration
Inverters, battery equipment, power testing and system connections.
Lab & product context
The development environment and a Clenergy ESS charging product.
04 / VALIDATION
Check the behaviour.
The engineering work combined communication debugging, product testing and PCB fault investigation. Technical documentation supported the connection between a diagnosed issue, the change made and the behaviour that needed to be checked.
- 40 kW parallel battery integration
- BMS / inverter communication
- PCB debugging before deployment
05 / OUTCOME & REFLECTION
What the work adds up to.
The BMS / inverter communication work enabled 40 kW parallel battery integration. Hardware fault resolution also formed part of preparing the Phase-1 design for deployment.
A communication problem can look like a hardware problem, and the reverse is also true. I approach integration by checking each layer rather than assuming the fault belongs to a single component.
LET’S CONNECT
Good ideas deserve
good engineering.
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