Embedded environmental control and life support system using compact form factor
US10516474B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Dec 11, 2018 |
| Grant date | Dec 24, 2019 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 11, 2038 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F2213/0026
- WIPO fieldTelecommunications
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A peripheral component interconnect (PCI) device is provided for use in an environmental control and life support system (ECLSS). The PCI device includes a control card, mounting slots each of which is receptive of the control card and coupled with a piece of ECLSS equipment and a backplane configured to respectively provide, via communication and power signals, communications and power to the control card in any one of the mounting slots. With the control card received in one of the mounting slots, the control card accommodates multiple power levels, executes commutation logic and executes one or more of active current control and active current modulation in accordance with the one of the mounting slots and the piece of the ECLSS equipment coupled therewith.
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