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Additional Features
7.1
congatec Board Controller (cBC)
The conga-TS370 is equipped with Microchip
microcontroller. This onboard microcontroller plays an important role for most of the congatec
embedded/industrial PC features. It fully isolates some of the embedded features such as system monitoring or the I²C bus from the x86 core
architecture, which results in higher embedded feature performance and more reliability, even when the x86 processor is in a low power mode.
It also ensures that the congatec embedded feature set is fully compatible amongst all congatec modules.
The board controller supports the following features:
7.1.1
Board Information
The cBC provides a rich data-set of manufacturing and board information such as serial number, EAN number, hardware and firmware revisions,
and so on. It also keeps track of dynamically changing data like runtime meter and boot counter.
7.1.2
General Purpose Input/Output
The conga-TS370 offers general purpose inputs and outputs for custom system design. These GPIOs are controlled by the cBC.
7.1.3
Watchdog
The conga-TS370 is equipped with a multi stage watchdog solution that is triggered by software. For more information about the Watchdog
feature, see the application note AN3_Watchdog.pdf on the congatec GmbH website at www.congatec.com.
Note
The conga-TS370 module does not support the watchdog NMI mode.
7.1.4
I
2
C Bus
The conga-TS370 supports I
2
C bus. Thanks to the I
2
C host controller in the cBC, the I
2
C bus is multi-master capable and runs at fast mode.
