Raspberry Pi UPS PIco HV4.0B/C Advanced Supports 5.5V~32VDC Solar Panels

 Designed for the Raspberry Pi® 4 Model B, Compatible with all former models of Raspberry Pi®

Short System Overview

UPS PIco HV4.0B/C  Advanced is an Ultimate Powering System HAT that adds a wealth of innovative powerful and development features to the Raspberry Pi® microcomputer! It has been designed especially for the Raspberry Pi® 4, and taking into account all enhanced power and cooling requirement of the Raspberry Pi® 4 models, however in addition it is still compatible with all former Raspberry Pi models. The core functionality of the UPS PIco HV4.0B/C  Advanced is to protect and automatically shut-down your Raspberry Pi if there is a cable power failure and can be set to automatically monitor and reboot your Pi once cable power has been restored! However, it is only a small part of plenty and powerful functionalities that are implement on this small HAT.

The UPS PIco HV4.0B/C Advanced is the only one on the market that offers such enhanced set of features at once:

General

•     HAT Dimensions Compliant
•     Email broadcasting on events (Cable Power loss/return, Wake-up, User Button, A/D etc)
      Plug and Play
•     Ultra light System.d Daemon based on threading
•     GPIO free (all GPIOs are available for user application) interaction with Raspberry Pi® via I2C
•     Enhanced System Monitoring and Programming API
•     Labeled J8 Raspberry Pi® GPIO Pins for Easy Plug & Play of experimental cables
•     Standard THT 40 Pin connector (not soldered)
•     Remote bootloader for Live Firmware Update on remote locations
•     Local bootloader for Live Firmware Update

Powering Options

•     Protected (ESD, over current (PPTC fuse), invert polarity) powering input 5.5-32V, 4A Supply @5V
•     2 independent power back-up sources: Battery and Super Capacitor automatically switching between them according to powering condition, used together or separately.
•     Enhanced Line Interactive UPS functionality (25us response time) if powered via Raspberry Pi® 5V GPIO
•     On-Line UPS functionality if powered via 5.5-32V EPR Powering Input
•     Both cable powering sources  (GPIO 5V and EPR 5.5-32V) can be connected at the same time
•     Additional File Safe Shutdown and Start-up Functionality on a Single Button
•     Continuously 3.2A@5.25V supply on battery power backup
•     Programmable Battery backed-up of independent power sources of 200@5V and 3V3
•     Intelligent Mobile Power Bank functionality with safe shutdown/start-up, with Internal or External Slide Switch and RTC

Supported Batteries Types, Super Capacitors and Capacities

•     Supports a wide range of different Chemistry and capacities batteries and Super Capacitors (LiPO/LiFePO4/Li-Ion/NiMH/SAL/Super Capacitor)
•     Support for Li-Ion 18650 low cost batteries (from Electronic Cigarettes) with dedicated mounting base PCB HAT screwed on top
•     Support for LiPO 18650 batteries with dedicated mounting base PCB HAT screwed on top
•     Support for LiFePO4 18650 batteries with dedicated mounting base PCB HAT screwed on top
•     Support for Super Capacitor 100F soldered to PCB
•     Support for Super Capacitor 300F as a separate PCB HAT screwed on top
•     Support for Super Capacitor 500F as a separate PCB HAT screwed on top
•     Both Back-up Power Sources (Battery and Super Capacitor) can be used at once (with automatic selection and switching) or one of them, thanks to ultra low voltage High Current Boost Converter
•     Supports Solar Panels. Though EPR(5.5-32VDC) 5V@4A battery charging current adopted to existing solar conditions

Embedded Peripherals and Interfaces

•     2 User Programmable buttons
•     2 User Programmable LEDs (with mapping capability of the system behavior LEDs)
•     System File Safe Shutdown/Start-up button with additional cable connectivity to external button
•     2 x 200 ks/s ESD protected A/D with voltage follower (high impedance)
•     ESD Protected 3V3/5V0 1-wire interface
•     Infra-Red Receiver Sensor Interface (IR Not Included) directly connected to the GPIO18
•     Integrated Hardware Real Time Clock (RTC) with Battery Back-Up
•     Optionally TCXO with Ultra Stable RTC (1.5 ppm @+25°C) – Error Over Time ±0.432sec/day; ±12.960sec/month; ±2.628min/year
•     DPDT 2A RELAY on the same PCB
•     Programmable Integrated PWM Sounder (programmable by user API or Automatic), able to play music
•     Programmable embedded quad +/-12V RS232 interface (2 at once time).
•     Programmable Integrated PWM FAN (integrated within the basic order) running based on Raspberry Pi Core temperature

Embedded Sensors

•     Double High-side bi-directional hardware current sensing monitor with power calculation on 5V supply and on EPR (32V) supply
•     onboard temperature sensor
•     Battery Voltage Level
•     Super Capacitor Voltage Level
•     Raspberry Pi GPIO 5V level Voltage
•     EPR 5.5V-32V level Voltage

User/Programmer Interface

•     I2C PIco API Interface for Control and Monitoring, with over 50 programming registers
•     Support for 4 different users selectable I2C addresses sets:
  •         DEFAULT: 0x68, 0x69, 0x6A, 0x6B, 0x6C, 0x6D, 0x6E, 0x6F
  •         NO_RTC: 0x69, 0x6
  •         ALTERNATE1: 0x58, 0x59, 0x5A, 0x5B, 0x5C, 0x5D, 0x5E, 0x5F
  •         ALTERNATE2: 0x48, 0x49, 0x4A, 0x4B, 0x4C, 0x4D, 0x4E, 0x4F

RTC Support and System Scheduler

•     RTC Scheduler
•     Enhanced shutdown and start-up system based on various internal/external events events: Time stamp, A/D level, RS232 data, Cable Powering/Loss (UPS), Battery Level, I/O Level, etc

Case Compatibility

•     If powered via Raspberry Pi GPIO then  is compatible with 99% of all existing cases
•     If Powered via EPR(5.5-32V) need dedicated PiBlock Case

System Monitoring

•     Status Monitoring – Powering Mode, Inbound current (on 5V and 32V), Outbound current (on 5V and 32V), Powering Voltage, Battery Voltage, Super Capacitor Voltage, Temperature (Raspberry Pi Core and UPS PIco), Timer State
      Events Pi Log feature
      System LEDs – SYS, BAT, CHG, INF, FAN, SCA, TMR, TMP (optionally selected can be mapped to User LEDs)
      System Healthy, that informs user remotely if Raspberry Pi and UPS Pico HV4.0B are running properly and system is power protected (based on various internal system triggers)

User Applications Security

•     (optional) 2-way XTEA Based Encryption Engine for User Intellectual Properties protection

System Protection

•     Direct Raspberry Pi® Hardware Reset Button via Spring Loaded Pogo Pin point to RUN
•     Direct Raspberry Pi® Hardware ON/OFF via Spring Loaded Pogo Pin point to PE, Even if Powering Cable is entered to Raspberry Pi®
•     Programmable Watch-Dog Hardware feature (Still Alive Timer)
•     PPTC 3A@5V fuse
•     ZVD circuit on all 5V GPIO connections
•     Micro-controller based watch-dog
•     Over Temperature protection
•     Over Current protection

System Design

•     Designed and Simulated with PDA Analyzer with one of the most advanced CAD/CAM Tools – Altium Designer
•     Design Based on Microchip 16-bit 16 MIPS micro controller
•     Industrial Originated

PCB Construction

•     2 oz copper PCB manufactured for proper high current supply and cooling
•     6 mils track/6 mils gap technology 6 layers PCB
•     PCB Surface Finishing – Immersion Gold
•     Multi-layer Copper Thermal Pipes for increased System Thermal Response and better passive cooling