Design and Development of Gateway for EV Charger Units Connectivity to Cloud

The Need

Our Client was looking for a Gateway that connects their EV charging units to their cloud-based EV Management platform.  
The customer was interested in developing a Gateway that not only interfaces with EV charging stations, but also other Building management solutions in a secure way to allow expansion of their service offerings to end customers

Impacts Delivered
  • Enabled the client to connect their EV charging units to the cloud-based management application
  • The gateway also enabled the client to provide Home automation solutions along with EV charging solution
  • The gateway has an interface for locally initiate charging sessions in case of cloud/internet outage.
Our Solution
  • A ‘SmartCharger” Gateway has been developed to provide cloud connectivity for OpenEVSE or Z-wave based vehicle charging stations.
  • The gateway enabled vehicle charging stations to be controlled and monitored over azure based custom management solution
  • The integrated solution allows end customers to start charging sessions on request.
  • The Gateway acts as a generic IoT gateway that connect multitude of smart home devices leading to enhanced home automation solution.
  • The gateway uses open-source technologies like OpenHAB for secure IoT device management.
  • The cloud solutions provide full control and monitoring of the charging stations. 
  • It enables a user to start charging sessions on request. 
  • Apart from the primary function it can act as a generic IoT hub or gateway to connect with multitude of smart home devices and enables easy management of them for hassle less home automation. 
  • The gateway uses opensource technologies like OpenHAB for secure IoT device management.
Tools & Technologies
  • OpenEVSE or Z-Wave connectivity
  • OpenHAB
  • Azure Cloud
  • Mobile Apps – IOS and Android
System Block Diagram as a EV charging station gateway 

EV charging station gateway

System Block Diagram as a Generic Gateway 
System Block Diagram as a Generic Gateway
 

 


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