Power Management Controller; System Power Consumption; Rechargeable Battery Pack; Battery - General Safety Guidelines - GE Venue Fit Technical Publication

P R E L I M I N A R Y
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Power Management Controller

The System Power Management is responsible for operating the system in different power states, in
accordance with the power condition and User request.
The Power Management Controller (PMC) responsible to the following functions:
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System Power Consumption

The power consumption of the system without any additional peripherals is:
• Without charging (battery only or AC/DC connected with fully charged battery) in any mode of
operation MAX: 125 VA.
• with charging (ac/dc connected with not fully charged batteries) in any mode of operation min: | max:
230.0 va.
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Rechargeable Battery Pack

The Venue Fit™ system contains a smart battery pack, consisted of Li-Ion cell, controller and fuel gauge
electronics.
The battery pack has an automatic self-calibration feature.
The basic system configuration (with one battery pack) supports up to one hour of continuous scan.
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Battery - General Safety Guidelines

The lithium ion rechargeable battery packs provides power to the Venue Fit™ system whenever an AC
power source is not available.
Venue Fit™ ultrasound scanner is supplied with one battery pack installed in the battery bay as
standard. The battery pack is consisted of three lithium ion batteries bounded in plastic enclosure.
The Venue Fit™ has built-in charger functionality and switches automatically from battery operation to
AC operation and vice versa.
When shutting down the system, leave the main power cable connected to keep the battery fully charged.
System Power Modes Management Control.
Dual Battery Status Monitoring via SMBUS Interface.
Dual Battery chargers Control
Back End Temperatures, Voltages and Status monitoring Reading from BMC (BE Controller)
via SMBUS Interface
Scanner Thermal management
Inlet FANs Speed Control and Monitoring.
Front End Monitoring Device Control via discrete signals and I2C Interface
Scanner Application Programming Interface
Front Panel Status Control via I2C Interface
Front Panel Light Sensors Reading via I2C Interface
Monitoring of all LVPS input and output voltages
Monitoring of system power consumption
Monitoring of local Temperature sensors
Chapter 5 - Components and Function (Theory)
VENUE FIT™ SERVICE MANUAL
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