Open source BMS for Thundersky batteries

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Tue, 07/29/2008 - 08:11

reikiman

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Found this posted on the thundersky group on yahoo!groups .. gent in the UK has for the last 2 months been working with PIC chips (er.. programmable ... er ... ?) to build a BMS.

http://batteryvehiclesociety.org.uk/forums/viewtopic.php?t=1245

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Tue, 07/29/2008 - 09:03

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Re: Open source BMS for Thundersky batteries

Thanks - this is a great find - I'll start reading all 8 pages of that thread!

PIC = Programmable Integrated Circuitr, also known as a micro controller (PICAXE is a cute brand name for a particular type of PIC).

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