2.8. Power Supply

The board may be powered either by the standard 20 way ATX type Molex connector or the 20 way SIL 0.1inch auxiliary power connector.

Figure 2.6. 20 pin MOLEX 39-29-9202 ATX power connector

20 pin MOLEX 39-29-9202 ATX power connector


Table 2.2. ATX power connector pinouts PL23

PinNameDescription
13.3V3.3 Volt supply
23.3V3.3 Volt supply
3GNDPower ground
45V5 Volt supply
5GNDPower ground
65V5 Volt supply
7GNDPower ground
8DC_OKDC supply is ready
95V_SBY5V Standby
1012V12 Volt supply
113.3V3.3 Volt supply
12-12V12 Volt negative supply
13GNDPower ground
14PSU_ENPower supply enable
15GNDPower ground
16GNDPower ground
17GNDPower ground
18-5VNegative 5 Volt supply
195V5 Volt supply
205V5 Volt supply


Figure 2.7. 20 pin auxiliary SIL power connector

20 pin auxiliary SIL power connector


Table 2.3. SIL power connector pinouts PL24

PinNameDescription
13.3V3.3 Volt supply
23.3V3.3 Volt supply
3GNDPower ground
4GNDPower ground
55V5 Volt supply
65V5 Volt supply
75V_SBY5 Volt standby
8ALIVESupply alive
912V12 Volt supply
10GNDPower Ground
11GNDPower Ground
12-12V12 Volt negative supply
13-5V5 Volt negative supply
14GNDPower supply ground
15PWMEnable PWM supply
165V_EN5 volt supply enable
173V_EN3 volt supply enable
18PSU_ONSupply on switch
19PGPower Good
20IO/VINADC Vin for supply monitoring


Some typical power usages are presented here in Table 2.4, “Typical power usage”. A fully specified platinum board with CPU clocked at 202MHz, memory bus at 101MHz , 256MB of SDRAM and all options fitted was used to profile the worst case power usage with no USB peripherals fitted. All figures are subject to a 1% measurement accuracy and are for guidance purposes only.

Table 2.4. Typical power usage

Tested ConfigurationCurrent From 3.3VCurrent From 5VTotal power usage
serial + both network ports + video500mA167mA2.49W
serial + one network port + video435mA167mA2.27W
serial + both network ports425mA56mA1.68W
serial + one network port360mA56mA1.47W
serial only275mA56mA1.19W