ASUS MES-B User’s Manual
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3. HARDWARE SETUP
Connectors
3. H/W SETUP
17) SMBus Connector (5-1 pin SMB)
This connector allows you to connect SMBus (System Management Bus) de-
vices. SMBus devices communicate by means of the SMBus with an SMBus
host and/or other SMBus devices. SMBus is a specific implementation of an I
2
C
bus, which is a multi-master bus; that is, multiple chips can be connected to the
same bus and each one can act as a master by initiating data transfer.
MES-B SMBus Connector
0
1
R
MES-B
+5V
Ground
SMBCLK
SMBDA
T
A