1 overview – ADLINK CoreExpress-ECO2 User Manual

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1 OVERVIEW

The onboard System Management Controller (SMC) on many Lippert Boards implements power

sequencing and LEMT (LiPPERT Enhanced Management Technology) functionality. The
microcontroller communicates via the System Management Bus with the CPU/Chipset.

The following functions are implemented permitting the user to:

Set/Clear the Watchdog-timer

Read the uptime seconds since power on

Read the total ontime minutes

Read the power cycles

Read the current temperature of the CPU and Board

Get PowerUp-Temperature of CPU and Board

Min-/Max-Temperature Logger of CPU and Board

Read Onboard-Voltages

Read current drawn by the board

Control the Backlight of the LVDS

Get Fan-Speed

Get access to 512 / 1024 Bytes of Flash-ROM for User data

Save Data in 128 Bytes of Write-Protectable Flash-ROM (fused)

Read the version information of the SMC Firmware

Get the status information of the SMC

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