Temperature Monitor

The I/O controllers of Picolo U4 H.264 PCI-104 embed a temperature monitor. An I/O controller performs a board temperature measurement every 1.28 seconds, and reports the result in the Temperature element.

The application should check for regularly temperature and:

Overheating Protection

When the temperature monitor detects a temperature sensor malfunction, or measures a temperature exceeding the absolute limit, Picolo U4 H.264 PCI-104 is automatically placed into the reduced power mode.

In the reduced power mode:

The reduced power mode remains until the PC is restarted. The normal operation is resumed after board initialization, providing that the temperature sensor operates normally and the measured board temperature has sufficiently decreased, namely: