The Central Electronics Centre (CEC) at IIT Madras offers a comprehensive suite of testing services for energy storage systems and electric vehicle charging infrastructure. These services are designed to ensure the performance, safety, durability, and compliance of batteries and EV chargers with national and international standards. CEC’s facility is equipped with advanced programmable sources, precision data acquisition systems, and environmental chambers to simulate real-world stress conditions and deliver reliable, high-accuracy results.

Battery testing at CEC covers a full range of lead-acid, lithium-ion, and advanced chemistry cells. Tests include capacity, charge acceptance, retention, cold cranking performance, high-rate discharge, and endurance. The facility also supports evaluations of overcharge tolerance, vibration resistance, reverse capacity, and energy density, all critical parameters in automotive, backup power, and renewable applications.

Battery Management System (BMS) testing includes functional checks for protection features like overvoltage, overcurrent, thermal runaway, and cell balancing. These assessments are vital for ensuring system-level safety and reliability across diverse use cases.

CEC’s advanced battery and EV testing infrastructure ensures your energy systems are ready for real-world performance, safety, and compliance.

For EV charger testing, CEC verifies input/output electrical parameters, efficiency, ripple noise, communication protocols, safety mechanisms, and environmental resilience per ISO16750 and IEC60068. The infrastructure supports thorough testing of onboard and offboard chargers, simulating full charging scenarios under controlled load and environmental conditions.

With expert oversight, standard-compliant protocols, and multi-domain instrumentation, CEC enables manufacturers, system integrators, and researchers to validate products at all stages—from prototyping to pre-compliance and quality assurance.