What to bring to the review
- Host system and interface owner
- Proposed physical connection and protocol
- Required measurements and status data
- Update timing and startup sequence
- Fault, timeout and recovery behavior
- Integration test and revision requirements
Separate measurement, protection and estimation
Battery electronics can serve different roles. Protection, monitoring and state estimation are related, but should not be treated as interchangeable functions. Define what the host needs to know and which actions belong to the battery or the host.
- Measurements: identify the values, units and operating conditions needed.
- Status: define normal, charging, standby and fault states relevant to the product.
- Actions: assign responsibility for warnings, shutdown decisions and recovery.
Write an interface definition, not just a protocol label
CAN, RS485, UART and SMBus are examples a project may ask about; this list does not confirm support for any platform. Confirm the required interface and its implementation during engineering review.
Record pin assignments, message identifiers or registers, scaling, validity flags and expected timing where applicable. Identify what the host should do if a message is stale, malformed or absent. Agree on version handling before either side changes the interface.
Validate the interaction with the host
A successful data read does not complete integration. Review startup, charging, shutdown and fault transitions with the intended host configuration. Include the expected behavior when communication is interrupted.
Keep firmware, interface-definition and pack revisions with the test record. When a message or state changes, review both the battery behavior and the host software response before accepting the revision.