Prototype of a Charge Controller for a Formula Student Electric Vehicle

Sammanfattning: The demand for electric vehicles is ever-increasingand as such, there needs to be an efficient and easy way to chargetheir batteries. Aiming to simplify the use of chargers this reporthas tackled the challenge of developing a prototype for charginga Formula Student Electric Vehicle. This prototype was namedCharge Controller and is what a user will interact with whencharging the vehicle’s battery. In this project, a new architecturefor the charging process has been designed for both hardware andsoftware. Initial tests prove that the charging of the vehicle canbe done in a simple manner. The hardware has been designed,produced, partially assembled and partially tested. The softwarehas been tested using a development board which demonstratesthat the design works.