Patent ID: 8415925

Claim:
A power conditioning module for interfacing with an avionics machine and a portable electronic flight bag, comprising: electrical circuitry electrically coupled to the avionics machine, the electrical circuitry drawing dirty electrical energy from an electrical energy supply of the avionics machine, wherein the electrical circuitry contains a plurality of microelectronic circuit components configured to: convert the dirty electrical energy to a clean electrical energy; detect an abnormal-current fault condition; detect an abnormal-temperature fault condition; and detect a ground fault circuit interrupt (GFCI) fault condition indicative of a potential electrical short circuit that is a threat to the avionics machine; and a status monitoring device electrically coupled to the electrical circuitry, wherein the status monitoring device is configured to communicate, to a user, a plurality of at least three different statuses of the power conditioning module in response to the electrical circuitry's detection of the abnormal-current fault condition, the abnormal-temperature fault condition, the GCI fault condition, or absence of any fault conditions; wherein the power conditioning module is configured to deliver the clean electrical energy to the portable electronic flight bag.