Power manager with reconfigurable power converting circuits

A method for operating a reconfigurable circuit that includes a first electrical interface point and a second electrical interface point each electrically interfaced with a different external DC power device, a one-way DC to DC power converter, a data processor and memory operating an energy management schema and a reconfigurable power circuit that extends between the first and the second electrical interface points comprising the steps of:

• evaluating, by the energy management schema, DC power characteristics at each of the two electrical interface points by one of, measuring a power condition by one or more sensor disposed along the reconfigurable circuit;
• and, receiving power characteristics data from one or more of the two external DC power devices;
• selecting, by the energy management schema, based on the DC power characteristic evaluation, one external DC power device as a power sources and the other external DC power device as a power load;
• determining, by the energy management schema, based on the DC power characteristic evaluation, a DC to DC voltage conversion setting for operating the one-way DC to DC power converter;
• determining, by the energy management schema, based on the DC power characteristic evaluation a configuration of the reconfigurable power circuit that corresponds with the DC to DC voltage conversion setting;
• wherein the configuration of the reconfigurable power circuit includes any one of a first bidirectional current flow path between the first electrical connection interface and the second electrical connection interface, a second, one-way current flow path extending from the first electrical connection interface to an input terminal of the one-way DC to DC power converter through the one-way DC to DC power converter to an output terminal of the one-way DC to DC power converter and from the output terminal to the second electrical connection interface, and a third one-way current flow path extending from the second electrical connection interface to the input terminal through the one-way DC to DC power converter to the output terminal and from the output terminal to the first electrical connection interface;
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• determining, by the data processor, a configuration of the reconfigurable circuit suitable for interconnecting the two electrical interface points as required to receive input power from the selected input interface point and to deliver power to the selected output interface point.