Bronco Racing FSAE
600 V traction pack and slave-board BMS for SCU's Formula SAE electric car.
Active2024 — presentFSAEbatteryBMSpower electronicsPCB
600 V traction pack + custom BMS.
- 144 thermistors for distributed pack temperature sensing
- Cell-level balancing and per-cell voltage sensing
- Pack-level isolation monitor and pre-charge / discharge circuit
High-voltage subsystem work on Bronco Racing's electric FSAE car: a 600 V traction pack with a custom slave-board BMS, 144 thermistors, cell-level balancing, and the supporting isolation and pre-charge electronics.
Lessons that map to drones
The cell-spec → BMS → telemetry → pack-mechanical chain is the same chain a drone power system runs, just at lower voltage. The discipline of treating the pack as a safety-critical subsystem — isolation monitoring, fault response, thermal envelope — is exactly what an eVTOL pack needs.