Patent ID: 11960312
Assignee: ANALOG DEVICES, INC.
Field: Electrical machinery, apparatus, energy (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G  H  Y | IPC G  H

Claim 9:
10. An industrial control system, comprising:
a communications backplane;
a control module communicatively coupled to the communications backplane;
an input/output module communicatively coupled to the control module via the communications backplane and configured to be controlled and monitored by the control module, the input/output module configured to at least one of receive input signals from a sensor or provide output signals for at least one of an actuator or a motor; and
a controller communicatively coupled to the communications backplane, the controller configured to be communicatively coupled to a battery module, the battery module configured to serve as a power supply for the control module and the input/output module, the battery module including at least one battery cell and a battery monitor communicatively coupled to the at least one battery cell, the controller at least configured to:
implement diagnostics at a battery module level associated with a battery module based on at least one of a battery cell operation information and a battery cell status information, and
provide network access to at least one of the battery cell operation information, the battery cell status information, and the implemented diagnostics via a controller communications interface.