Patent ID: 7080264

Claim:
A Compact Peripheral Component Interconnect (CPCI) system comprising: a circuit board; a power supply coupled to said circuit board; a front card coupled to said power supply via said circuit board, said front card including a main processor, and said power supply providing a plurality of powers having a plurality of voltages to said main processor on said front card; a hardware unit located on said front card, said hardware unit comprising a digital-to-analog converter (DAC) output, a pulse-width-modulated (PWM) output, and an analog-to-digital (ADC) input; a microprocessor located on said front card coupled to said hardware unit, said microprocessor controlling and monitoring said hardware unit; and microprocessor firmware, wherein said microprocessor is configured to execute said microprocessor firmware, wherein responsive to executing said firmware, said microprocessor is configured to operate said hardware unit to control and monitor a power sequencing operation of said main processor.