foxBMS 2 version 1.9.0 available

2025-04-01 | Documentation, General, Hardware, Software

foxBMS 2 version 1.9.0 available

We are happy to announce that the bugfix release of foxBMS 2 version 1.9.0 is available on GitHub.

This release

  • ships the BMS-Master v1.2.3-0, which fixed a population variant-related inconsistency watchdog’s power supply.
  • centralizes the toolchain installation to simplify management and future updates. The installation prefix for Windows is now set to C:\foxbms, while for Linux it is /opt/foxbms. As part of this installation update, all tools have been updated.
  • adds support for building on Linux, along with documentation on how to build libraries.
  • adds a dedicated BMS-Slave configuration file.
  • enhances the fox CLI including the addition of commands such as etl, plot, log, and bms and the bootloader command. This will enable us to release the embedded bootloader in the next release.
  • provides basic TCP support with the inclusion of the FreeRTOS-Plus-TCP library, which will allow enhanced communication capabilities within the BMS in the next update. To enable this feature FreeRTOS has been updated to version V11.1.0.
  • improves the unit test suits for the embedded sources as well as the fox CLI.

This release contributes the first parts of the foxBMS feature highlights in early 2025.

We publish major software releases for our open source BMS platform every 3 to 6 months and interim bug fixes when solved in the News section. By subscribing to the foxBMS Newsletter, you will be informed when the new releases are available. Further, the foxBMS Roadmap and the Documentation are also updated regularly.

Warning: The foxBMS 2 platform including the foxBMS 2 hardware and the foxBMS 2 software are under permanent development. The free and open research and development platform foxBMS 2 as presented in the documentation hereafter is not provided to be used without any adaptions (e.g., to fulfill mandatory regulations) in consumer products, electric vehicles, production environments or any similar usages: the open source version of the foxBMS 2 platform is only intended to be used by skilled professionals trained in designing battery system prototypes.

In case you encounter problems, please contact us.

The Fraunhofer IISB foxBMS Team