Computer system status monitoring circuit

• US 20080028115A1
• Filed: 12/08/2006
• Published: 01/31/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 07/28/2006
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
• Inventors: Chen, Xiao-Zhu, Sun, Ke
• Application Number:
  US11/636,276
• Publication Number:
  US 20080028115A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 710/110
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/28 Supervision thereof, e.g. detecting power-supply failure by out of limits supervision

Abstract

A computer system status monitoring circuit for monitoring status of a plurality of computer devices in a computer system is provided. The computer system status monitoring circuit includes an inter-integrated circuit (I2C) bus electrically connected to the computer devices for receiving and transmitting data of the computer devices corresponding to the status of the computer devices, an I2C bus controller connected to the I2C bus for selecting one of the computer devices as a master and controlling the I2C bus to receive the data of the master computer device, and a display device connected to the I2C bus for displaying the data of the master computer device.

Claims

1. A computer system status monitoring circuit for monitoring status of a plurality of computer devices in a computer system, the computer system status monitoring circuit comprising:

an inter-integrated circuit (I2C) bus electrically connected to the computer devices for receiving and transmitting data of the computer devices corresponding to the status of the computer devices;

an I2C bus controller connected to the I2C bus for selecting one of the computer devices as a master and controlling the I2C bus to receive the data of the master computer device; and

a display device connected to the I2C bus for displaying the data of the master computer device.

2. The computer system status monitoring circuit as claimed in claim 1, wherein when one of the computer devices is a master, the display device is a slave.

3. The computer system status monitoring circuit as claimed in claim 1, wherein the display device comprises a chip, and a display module, the chip receives the data of the computer devices and converts the data into a display signal, and the display module receives the display signal for displaying the data of the computer devices.

4. The computer system status monitoring circuit as claimed in claim 3, wherein the display module is a dot pattern liquid-crystal display having a back light power source.

5. A computer system status monitoring circuit, comprising:

an inter-integrated circuit (I2C) bus;

a plurality of computer devices electrically connected to the I2C bus;

an I2C bus controller connected to the I2C bus for controlling one of the computer devices as a master and controlling the I2C bus to receive data of the master computer device;

a chip connected to the I2C bus for receiving the data from the I2C bus and converting the data into a display signal; and

a display module connected to the chip for receiving the display signal and displaying the data of the computer devices.

6. The computer system status monitoring circuit as claimed in claim 5, wherein when one of the computer devices is a master, the display device is a slave.

7. The computer system status monitoring circuit as claimed in claim 5, wherein the display module is a dot pattern liquid-crystal display having a back light power source.