Title :
Designing an energy measurement system for an electric vehicle competition - From a student project to a successful race
Author :
Talvitie, Joonas P. ; Karkkainen, Tommi J. ; Koskinen, Jukka ; Niukkanen, Manu ; Strom, Juha-P. ; Silventoinen, Pertti ; Kuisma, Mikko
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng., Lappeenranta Univ. of Technol., Lappeenranta, Finland
Abstract :
In this paper, the design and implementation of an energy measurement system for an electric vehicle competition is described. The system consists of PC-based software and a processor-controlled stand-alone measuring unit with an analog front-end, an SD memory card, a radio link, and a USB interface. The work was carried out as a part of a university project course. The designed system was experimentally tested both in the laboratory and in an actual race.
Keywords :
electric vehicles; electrical engineering computing; energy measurement; memory cards; microprocessor chips; peripheral interfaces; radio links; PC-based software; SD memory card; USB interface; analog front-end; electric vehicle competition; energy measurement system design; processor-controlled stand-alone measuring unit; radio link; student project; university project course; Batteries; Battery charge measurement; Current measurement; Energy measurement; Vehicles; Voltage measurement;
Conference_Titel :
Instrumentation and Measurement Technology Conference (I2MTC), 2013 IEEE International
Conference_Location :
Minneapolis, MN
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-4621-4
DOI :
10.1109/I2MTC.2013.6555473
