BSD faults
BSD in N52, N54 and N55 engines.
BSD ( Bit Serial Data line)
The bit-serial data interface is a single-wire data bus with a data transfer rate of 1.2 kBit/s.
The following components are connected across the bit-serial data interface with the DME control unit:
- Alternator (varies according to version)
- Intelligent battery sensor (depending on model series)
- Electric coolant pump (depending on variant)
- Oil condition sensor (depending on variant)
DME is master controller
The first check: ALT, needs to be OEM
see attachments for various known good scope images from various scopes.
Hello Michael, I have to mention that the picture you attached does not look like a known good pattern. It may be that the scope could not capture the fast signal. I found a good pattern here That image is from this web page picoauto.com/library/case-s…
Hello Steven, The snap on capture is flawed not due to scope speed/resolution, it is not setup up correctly- timebase is incorrect. It has WAY too much time on the screen. This causes the scope to alias or "guess" where it should "connect the dots" on the screen This is a common issue with SO users. The scope should be setup somewhere a 50 ms time sweep which is the equivalent of 5ms per
Steven, Are you authorized to reuse that material without permission from Pico? Is that copyrighted material?
If I need to remove the link to the image, I will. The other link is just to their website that is publically viewable by anyone. It's not a private webpage.
I don’t see an issue here Steven, you simply linked to an image on a public webpage which supported embedding.
Don't forget to voltage drop the ground circuit. I have seen several of these with the bolts breaking in the passenger side motor mount bracket that the engine ground is attached to. Look at all of the bolts that attach the bracket to the block. Two broken bolts will elevate the ground enough to cause an intermittent issue with the BSD line. Factory or Bosch rebuilt only on the replacement…