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US 2018/0120907 A1Published application
Printed circuit board assemblies
AssigneeHewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
InventorsSzu Tao Tong, Hsin-Tso Lin, Cheng-Yi Yang, Hai-Ling Hung, Chien-Hao Lu
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Abstract
An example printed circuit board assembly (PCBA) includes a controller and a plurality of conductive contacts. The conductive contacts are coupled to the controller. The controller is to determine a type of chassis to which the PCBA is mounted.
Claims15
A printed circuit board assembly (PCBA) for a computing device comprising:
- a substrate;
- a controller mounted to the substrate and a through-hole in the substrate to receive a member to secure the PCBA to a computing device chassis;
- and
- a plurality of electrically conductive contacts on a surface of the PCBA next to the through-hole, each electrically conductive contact being electrically insulated from other electrically conductive contacts and coupled to the controller by a respective signal line;
- wherein the controller is to determine a type of the computing device chassis based on signals received from the respective signal lines.
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A system comprising:
- a printed circuit board assembly (PCBA) including an electrically insulating substrate, a through-hole in the substrate and a plurality of conductive contacts arranged on a surface of the substrate next to the through-hole, a controller mounted to the substrate wherein each conductive contact is electrically coupled to the controller;
- and
- a chassis having an aperture aligned with the through-hole of the PCBA to receive a fastener passing through the through-hole of the PCBA and into the aperture of the chassis;
- wherein the chassis includes a number of conductive contacts next to the aperture in an arrangement that indicates a type of the chassis;
- and
- wherein the controller is to determine a type of the chassis based on the arrangement of conductive contacts on the chassis.
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A computing device comprising:
- a printed circuit board assembly (PCBA);
- a chassis;
- and
- a fastener to secure the PCBA to the chassis;
- the PCBA including an electrically insulating substrate, a controller and a plurality of conductive contacts arranged on a surface of the substrate around the fastener and electrically coupled to the controller;
- the chassis including a number of conductive contacts arranged around the fastener in a pattern that indicates a type of the chassis;
- wherein the controller is to determine a type of the chassis based on the pattern of conductive contacts of the chassis.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.