Nova Semiconductor and Microchip Technology collaborate to deliver a complete and validated battery management
reference platform. It will combine Nova’s NB1600 battery management system (BMS) silicon with Microchip’s MCUs and firmware.
Traditionally, battery developers have been burdened with the complex task of developing low-level infrastructure from scratch. Engineering teams frequently spend months writing firmware, configuring communication protocols, and validating the interface between a separate BMS chip and an MCU before they can begin focusing on their actual application. This fragmented process consumes significant R&D resources and delays time-to-market.
With the new reference design by Nova and Microchip, this initial development barrier will be removed, through a fully synchronised system right out of the box. This allows engineering teams to bypass low-level communication and
integration hurdles, enabling them to start developing at the application layer on day one.
Nova’s NB1600 BMS silicon is powered by a proprietary digitally-assisted analogue technology, which simplifies battery management architecture by eliminating much of the complexity, processing overhead, and specialised hardware traditionally required to achieve advanced functionality. Microchip provides the MCU hardware and the core firmware stack required to manage and control the system.
