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Next-Generation Hot-Swap Controllers
新一代热交换控制器
By Jim Davis, Cypress
Current hot-swap controllers are great at what they do: simple yet reliable monitoring of critical load conditions and currents preventing power spikes that would otherwise damage either the backplane that the hot-swap board is plugged into or the hot-swap board itself.
The drawbacks with the current hot-swap solutions, however, are that they’re expensive and single, fixed-function solutions.
Additionally, the lack of flexibility in this portion of the system prevents systems engineers from discovering new methods of reducing or smartly managing the power consumption in these systems—let alone the potential cost savings that a new hot-swap controller solution may offer.
This article will introduce how using a programmable approach can enable the next generation of reliable and programmable hot-swap controller systems to not only implement these critical tasks but also enable engineers to add more functionality and specificallycustomize implementations to their applications.
目前的热交换控制器已经相当不错:简单而可靠地监控临界负载状况和电流,防范电流尖峰损害到热交换板插入的背板或热交换板本身。然而,现有的热交换方案存在一些弊端,它们很昂贵,并且是单一的、固定功能的解决方案。此外,这部分系统缺乏灵活性,这就阻止了系统工程师发现新方法来减少或智能管理系统能源消耗——新一代热交换控制器方案就可以节约成本,展示其独一无二的潜力。本文将介绍如何使用可编程的方法来实现新一代可靠的、可编程热交换控制器系统,不仅能实现这些重要任务,还可以让工程师在他们的应用中添加更多的功能和特色。 |