Toyota Prius Gen2 Board

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Prius Board v1

The Toyota Prius Gen2 Board is an open source project to repurpose 2004-2009 Toyota Prius inverters for DIY EV use. It consists of a circuit board and programming that replaces the original logic board, connected to the inverter and allows independent control of it without communicating with a Prius ECU.

Note that there is also a Toyota Prius Gen3 Board for the 2010-2015 model years.

Prius Inverter

Prius Gen 2 Inverter Montage
Internal look at the Prius Gen2 Inverter

The Toyota Prius is a hybrid vehicle. Their inverters are suitable and attractive for DIY EVs because of:

  • Large part availability. Priuses have been made in large numbers for 20 years.
  • High affordability. Prius inverters are available for around $150 from scrapyards everywhere.
  • Durability. Toyota engineers appear to have made the inverters foolproof, many inputs and outputs gracefully handle fault conditions.
  • Respectable performance. Rated for 50kW output, but tested to handle 600v, and 350+A for MG2 inverter, 250+A for MG1 inverter, 360kW total (480hp).
  • Ease of repurposing. Emulating the original ECU seems reasonably feasible.

The Gen2 Prius (2004-2009 model years) has a variety of useful components inside the inverter package:

  • 2 high power inverters, for the 2 motors MG1 (starter) capable of handling 250 amps, and MG2 (drive motor) capable of handling 350 amps.
  • A DC-DC converter to provide 12v power supply to the automotive systems and accessories.
  • A boost module to boost the 200v battery pack up to 500v, which looks to be able to function as a battery charger (wish list for future development)
  • See this video for a thorough disassembly and explanation of the Gen2 Inverter (Timestamp 1:15:30): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y7Vm-C4MsW8&t=4531

Control Board

As designed by Damien Maguire, the open source hardware for the control board can be purchased as blank, unpopulated boards on his website: Prius Gen2 Logic Board on EVBMW's Webshop

How To Use

The Prius Gen2 Board is suitable to control any (please add: motor types here) motors.

Note: There is a mistake in the printing on the v1 circuitboard. The parts labelled T1, T2, and T3 - which are the small black transistors in the upper right of the board - are all drawn backwards to how they need to be inserted. These parts should be installed with the flat side of the component facing the opposite direction as the printing shows. The flat side should be to the right.

Schematics, Bill of Materials, and other documentation are available on Damien's Project Github (note: flesh out bill of materials here, or post changes to Damien to update his documentation directly?)

Prius gen 2 inverter lower casing internals

The control board utilizes the Blue Pill (link?) microcontroller, and takes advantage of the OpenInverter.org software (link?) for control. It is also connected from the outside via the main (32 pin white) OEM connecter - try to retrieve this connecter and part of wiring loom when sourcing your inverter. Picture of connecter further down in wiki.

The control board design incorporates the use of the existing inverter Current Sensors - if FOC option is to be used (Gen 2 Transaxle MG2), bandwidth should be a multiple of control loop frequency which is 8.8kHz. (link to how to modify original setup?)

Functionality of the existing resolver is intergrated as well.

Assembly notes? Blue Pill programming notes or just links to Blue Pill section?

Try to get all the wiring harness bits that plug into the inverter when you purchase it. Else, the 32-pin connector inside the inverter part number is: 1318747-1, and the pins to wire it are: 1123343-1

Terminal Block Connection list (rough, in-progress):

Wire Connections

Prius Control Board - Wiring Map (click to see fullsize details)

Control Board Pinout:

Pin # Designation Description
TB1-1 12v-in Primary 12v supply from ignition on
TB1-2 GND Primary ground connection to 12v negative. All grounds are common
TB1-3 5v VCC 5V supply from board for use with throttle pot or hall pedal
TB1-4 Throttle In 0-5v variable voltage input from throttle pedal or pot
TB1-5 Regen In 0-5v variable voltage input. Can be used as second throttle channel or control regen from a brake pressure sensor
TB1-6 GND
TB1-7 Brake In 12v digital input from brake light switch.
TB1-8 Start In 12v digital input from "Start" position on a traditional ignition switch. Momentary action push button can be used.
TB1-9 For In 12v digital input commands motor to run in forward direction
TB1-10 Rev In 12v digital input commands motor to run in reverse direction
TB3-1 +12v VCC 12v output to inverter IGCT terminal (Not on the 32-pin connector, the red wire on the 2-pin connector next to it).
TB3-2 GND Common ground, but used to connect to inverter GND terminal (Not on the 32-pin connector, the black wire on 2-pin connector next to it).
TB3-3 Phase U

Phase U output. Connect to Inverter MUU terminal for MG2 inverter drive or GUU for MG1 inverter drive

TB3-4 Phase Y Phase V output. Connect to Inverter MVU terminal for MG2 inverter drive or GVU for MG1 inverter drive
TB3-5 Phase W Phase W output. Connect to Inverter MWU terminal for MG2 inverter drive or GWU for MG1 inverter drive
TB3-6 Current U Phase currents from inverter. Requires external divider circuit. Not required to run motor or inverter.
TB3-7 Current Y Phase currents from inverter. Requires external divider circuit. Not required to run motor or inverter.
TB3-8 MG2 Enable Connect to Inverter MSDN to run MG2 inverter or GSDN to run MG1 inverter
TB3-9 MG2 Fault Connect to MFIV for MG2 or GFIV for MG1
TB3-10 DC Bus Connect to inverter VH to measure DC link voltage
TB2-1 +5V VCC 5v output to encoder for induction motor
TB2-2 ENCA In Encoder input A
TB2-3 ENCB In Encoder input B
TB2-4 GND Encoder ground
TB2-5 HS Temp Heatsink temp sensor input
TB2-6 MOT Temp Motor temp sensor input
TB4-1 GND Common ground
TB4-2 Main Con Main HV contactor control low side switch
TB4-3 Precharge HV precharge contactor control low side switch
TB4-4 +12 V VCC Spare 12v output
TB4-5 CAN L Can bus low signal
TB4-6 CAN H Can bus high signal

32-pin Prius Inverter Pinout:

32-pin Prius Inverter Pin Numbering
Pin # Designation Description Wire Color
1 NC Not connected
2 GIVA MG1 Phase Current V Example
3 GIVB MG1 Phase Current V Example
4 GUU MG1 PWM U - Speed Signal Wave Example
5 GVU MG1 PWM V - Speed Signal Wave Example
6 GWU MG1 PWM W - Speed Signal Wave Example
7 MIVA MG2 Phase Current V Example
8 MIVB MG2 Phase Current V Example
9 MUU MG2 PWM U - Speed Signal Wave Example
10 MVU MG2 PWM V - Speed SIgnal Wave Example
11 MWU MG2 PWM W - Speed Signal Wave Example
12 VH Inverter Capacitor Voltage Example
13 CPWM Boost converter PWM switch signal Example
14 GSDN MG1 Shutdown Example
15 VL Boost converter input voltage Example
16 GINV Inverter Ground Example
17 NC Not connected
18 GIWA MG1 Phase Current W Example
19 GIWB MG1 Phase Current W Example
20 CT Boost converter temperature sensor Example
21 GIVT MG1 Inverter Temperature Example
22 GFIV MG1 Inverter Fail Example
23 MIWA MG2 Phase Current W Example
24 MIWB MG2 Phase Current W Example
25 MSDN MG2 Shutdown Example
26 MIVT MG2 Inverter Temperature Example
27 MFIV MG2 Inverter Fail Example
28 OVH Overvoltage Example
29 CSDN Boost converter shutdown signal Example
30 FCV Boost converter fail signal Example
31 OVL Boost converter over voltage signal Example
32 GCNV Boost converter ground Example

Additional Inverter / Converter details:

Prius Gen2 DC-DC connections.
DC-DC converter "C 5" connector

Inverter coolant enters at the front and exits the rear of the inverter housing from the o-ring port connected to the HSD cooling system reservoir.

The DC-DC charging connections on the Gen2 Prius Inverter are on the rear, they are "C5" (6 pin gray) & "C6" (1 large pin gray).

Here is what is needed for the Gen2 Inverter DC-DC to work...12v on pins #1 & #3, 5v on pin #4 of connector "C5" (gray one) and the case grounded. It is not required to have a load applied to the large gray 12v connector (C6) to obtain an output.