Smart battery simulating system

• US 20060132098A1
• Filed: 12/21/2004
• Published: 06/22/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 12/21/2004
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Universal Scientific Industrial Co., Ltd. (ASE Technology Holding Co., Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Universal Scientific Industrial Co., Ltd. (ASE Technology Holding Co., Ltd.)
• Inventors: Lin, Wen-Tang, Lin, Min-Hsiung
• Application Number:
  US11/018,734
• Publication Number:
  US 20060132098A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 320/150
• CPC Class Codes: G01R 31/36 Arrangements for testing, measuring or monitoring the electrical condition of accumulators or electric batteries, e.g. capacity or state of charge [SoC]
• CPC Class Codes: G01R 35/005 Calibrating; Standards or reference devices, e.g. voltage or resistance standards, "golden" references G01R33/0035, G01R35/002 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H01M 10/4257 Smart batteries, e.g. electronic circuits inside the housing of the cells or batteries
• CPC Class Codes: H01M 10/48 Accumulators combined with arrangements for measuring, testing or indicating the condition of cells, e.g. the level or density of the electrolyte constructional details of current conducting connections for detecting conditions inside cells or batteries, e.g. details of voltage sensing terminals, H01M50/569
• CPC Class Codes: Y02E 60/10 Energy storage using batteries

Abstract

A smart battery simulating system, which is applied to test response of an embedded controller of a portable electronic device to different battery conditions, includes a smart battery simulator and an application program. The smart battery simulator is coupled to the embedded controller of the portable electronic device and a computing device, and is operable so as to receive an input signal representative of battery-specific test characteristics from the computing device, and so as to generate an output signal that corresponds to the input signal and that is to be provided to the embedded controller of the portable electronic device. The application program is installed in and is executed by the computing device so as to configure the computing device to provide the input signal to the smart battery simulator when the computing device executes the application program.

Claims

1. A smart battery simulating system adapted for testing response of an embedded controller of a portable electronic device to different battery conditions, said smart battery simulating system comprising:

a smart battery simulator adapted to be coupled to the embedded controller of the portable electronic device and a computing device, said smart battery simulator being operable so as to receive an input signal representative of battery-specific test characteristics from the computing device, and so as to generate an output signal that corresponds to the input signal and that is to be provided to the embedded controller of the portable electronic device; and

an application program adapted to be installed in and to be executed by the computing device, for configuring the computing device to provide the input signal to said smart battery simulator when the computing device executes said application program.

2. The smart battery simulating system as claimed in claim 1, wherein said smart battery simulator includes a communications port adapted to be coupled to the computing device so as to receive the input signal therefrom.

3. The smart battery simulating system as claimed in claim 2, wherein said communications port is a RS-232 serial interface.

4. The smart battery simulating system as claimed in claim 1, wherein the battery-specific test characteristics include at least one of a battery voltage, charging control data, and temperature control data.

5. The smart battery simulating system as claimed in claim 1, wherein said smart battery simulator is further operable so as to monitor response of the embedded controller of the portable electronic device to the input signal.