Hi all,
I bumped into BDF and BDA by accident but wanted to say thank you for this initiative.
Some background on my history working with battery data in industry:
From 2020-2024 I was responsible for battery data management, analytics, and cell modelling at Lilium Aviation (an eVTOL startup). We performed a huge amount of cell- and pack level tests and had to cope with dozens of different file formats and data schemas from various external test houses, each using a different cycler. This caused a lot of pain.
I pushed for standardizing the data format internally as well as externally with the suppliers, with … let’s say mixed success. So having a universal standard was something I always dreamed of.
Now I’m in acedemia (Prof at Munich University of Applied Sciences) and would be happy to support this effort if I can. Are you looking for community contributions? (I’m a Python developer with plenty of open source experience.)
A probably unrelated question: apart from the output (data), harmoizing the input (cycler protocol) is also something I dreamed of, and something I guess you’re interested in. I’ve seen several forum topics on it, but no mention of Ionworks’ Universal Cycler Protocol ( Universal Cycler Protocol - Ionworks Studio ). If I understand correctly, it’s not an open protocol at present, but is something like that in BDA’s scope?