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Serial interface for a battery management system

  • US 7,039,150 B1
  • Filed: 07/20/2000
  • Issued: 05/02/2006
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/13/1999
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A method of controlling a battery management unit, comprising:

  • transmitting a start command corresponding to a sequence of pulses to a battery management unit through a serial port;

    receiving a first acknowledgement sequence of pulses from the battery management unit;

    transmitting a command byte and an address associated with a byte of data to be accessed in memory to the battery management unit through the serial port as a sequence of pulses corresponding to a serial protocol; and

    receiving a second acknowledgement sequence of pulses from the battery management unit.

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