In this article, we are going to give you a simple battery test demo, to show you how to use BTS9 software to start up a battery test.
Right click on the virtual battery icon, choose ‘start…’ from the popup menu, then the working step editor will show up, just like the following screen-shots.
Here is the place you edit the testing steps and start up a test, just like the following screenshot. In this editor, you can choose the working type(rest, charge, discharge, pulse, etc) of each step, and set up the end condition, redo condition of all the steps.
Okay, let’s start a simple charge and discharge test. The main characteristics of the battery we use for the demo testing is: 2200mA, Voltage up-limit 4.3V, Normal Charging Voltage 3.7V, Voltage bottom-limit 2.7V. The whole testing would be like this:
1)Connect the battery to BTS9000 Via data wire, and clamp the battery properly; if you don’t know how to do this, refer to the following pictures;
2)Right click on the channel you connect the battery, open up the working steps editor, start edit the working steps.
3)Rest the battery for about 5 minutes(the 1st step), to be sure the battery in a steady status;
4)Charge the battery with constant current and constant voltage mode(CCCVChg, short for Constant Current and Constant Voltage Charging) at 500mA, until it reaches its voltage up-limit(4.2Volts), then switch to Constant Voltage Charging(it will switch the charging mode automatically, so don’t feel bother about this); And the end condition of this CCCVChg is the charging current less than 100mA.
5)Rest the battery for another 5 minutes(the 3rd step);
6)Discharge the battery with constant current mode(CCDChg, short for Constant Current Discharging) at 1000mA, until it reaches it voltage low-limit(2.7Volts, the end condition);
7)Redo the charging and discharging for another 10 times(the 5th step);
8)End.
The whole working steps are supposed to look like the following screenshot.
Of course, you’d notice there are a right sidebar on the right side of this form, they are used for protection, you’d set up these protection conditions according to the features of your batteries, to protect your batteries from being overcharged or overdischarged.
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