Hardware/Pixhawk Dev Call (BMS): Feb 09, 2021

Feb 09, 2021

Call Moderators

Dail In

Direct link to the meeting:

Meeting Minutes

Attendees:

  • Lorenz M. (Auterion)
  • Sarp Karyigit (Maxwell)
  • Jacob Christ (Apium)
  • Rich
  • Ashu
  • Andrew Smith (Gumstix)
  • Ray Stits (ModalAI)
  • Alex Klimaj (ARK)
  • Iain Galloway (NXP)
  • Andrew Wilkins (Ascend Engineering)
  • Daniel Agar (PX4)
  • Eohan G. (Rotoye/Skymul)
  • Cis Van Mierlo (NXP)
  • Ramon R. (Dronecode)
  • Jinger Z. (Dronecode)

Community Q/A:
Batmon support PR
(https://github.com/PX4/PX4-Autopilot/pull/16723)

  • Rotoye needs to make a standalone module for now
  • Uvify and Teal are using the driver

DS-013 progress:
(https://github.com/orgs/Dronecode/projects/5)

  • Need an end-to-end implementation before releasing the standard
  • Show the activity of the WG (social media the dev-call)
  • Rotoye has UAVCAN v1 on BatMon (Lorenz will set up a focus group with Eohan)
  • New battery side connector recommendation by Eohan (Eohan to figure out volume pricing) (link to connector)

Errata and Feedback

Let me know below if I failed to capture anything the right way, and if there are any updates, or you have feedback on the call format.

This is the alternate Prolanv connector for SMBUS + UAVCAN support, as discussed on the last call:

Lead time < 4 weeks for up to 50k.

Male—PDC0120F0001

Pricing:

  • < 10k units: $3.18
  • >= 10k units: $2.93

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Female—PDC0210F0001

Pricing

  • <10k units: $2.691
  • >= 10k units: $2.449

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