Patent ID: 8086874

Claim:
A power control system comprising: at least one voltage regulator adapted to provide an output voltage to a corresponding load; at least one linear regulator; at least one auxiliary controller operatively connected to said at least one linear regulator via at least one communication path; and a system controller operatively connected to said at least one voltage regulator and to said at least one auxiliary controller via a common serial data bus and adapted to send first programming data for said at least one voltage regulator to said at least one voltage regulator via the serial data bus and second programming data for said at least one linear regulator to said at least one auxiliary controller via the serial data bus, the serial data bus being separate and distinct from the at least one communication path; wherein said at least one auxiliary controller is configured to receive said second programming data from the system controller via said serial data bus and providing corresponding commands to the at least one linear regulator.