DS-X Wireless Battery Tester & System Analyzer

The rapid advancement of vehicle system electronics has dramatically increased the load on batteries.
Meanwhile, behind the evolution of vehicle operation features like autonomous driving and automatic braking, battery overuse is quietly progressing, making proper maintenance and management essential for smooth vehicle operation.
The recent environmental focus originating in Europe has significantly impacted automakers' fuel efficiency improvements. But are you aware that behind this, the introduction of charge control systems has created the harshest environment for batteries?

Until the early 2010s, basic automotive design ensured that starting the engine directed sufficient electrical power from the alternator to charge the battery. However, subsequent models actively incorporated systems that suppress alternator operation to enhance fuel efficiency. Consequently, a persistent phenomenon has become prominent: the amount of charge reaching the battery has become chronically insufficient.

Consequently, the vehicle battery is perpetually in a state of partial discharge. Furthermore, the pursuit of automation, safety, and comfort has led to the electrification of virtually every component: instrument panels, illuminated switches, large displays, automatic door closing, immobilizers, electronically controlled suspension, and countless other systems, all requiring numerous ECUs. This undeniably signifies that the burden on the battery has reached an unprecedented level.

Meanwhile, battery diagnostic tools have made tremendous strides over the past 15 years. We've moved away from cumbersome, time-consuming, and sometimes dangerous primitive methods?like opening the cap to measure specific gravity or using load testers that apply a 100-amp load for tens of seconds each time to estimate degradation. Instead, we now rely on a new concept and unit: CCA (Cold Cranking Amps). This allows for accurate measurement of battery degradation (health) in less time and with lower load.

And now, the era has finally arrived with the creation of the latest fully wireless battery diagnostic tool, the DS-X, which eliminates even the task of connecting clamps to the battery terminals each time. The benefits of going wireless extend beyond eliminating clamp connection work. By instantly sending measurement data directly to a local PC or via the cloud to a remote PC, it has achieved a groundbreaking result: dramatically increasing the accuracy and convenience of battery management.

We hope that adopting the future-oriented wireless battery system DS-X, recently released as a new product by DHC-DS Japan, will help evolve your company's total battery management system and contribute to maximizing operational efficiency.