Q. What
type of power supply does the SwissBlade require?
A. The SwissBlade
connects to a standard ATX power supply
through a 20-pin ATX power socket and
requires +12V, -12V, +5V, +5VB and
+3.3V for its operation. PFU Systems
recommend at least a 100 Watt ATX supply.
Q. Is a CMOS
backup battery supported on the SwissBlade?
A. The SwissBlade
integrates a vanadium-pentoxide lithium
VL1220 type rechargeable coin battery
that provides backup power to the CMOS
RAM and RTC.
Q. Can
I interface a battery management module to
the SwissBlade?
A. Yes. The SwissBlade brings
out the LPC Bus/SMBus/GPIO signals to the mezzanine
expansion header to enable OEMs to design and
interface their battery management module
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