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2.4 Front Housing Assembly
Main Board
The main board is the control center of the equipment. It provides communication and
display functions, including:
Communication with SpO
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board, and NIBP module through serial ports, starting
parameter measurement, and reading measured results;
Communication with Predictive temperature module through serial ports;
Communication with power management board through serial ports;
Extending an RS232 serial port;
Control over the Segment-code LCD display through I2C;
Providing backlight drive for segment-code display;
Recognition of keypad actions, and providing corresponding response;
Control over the beeper through IO port; and,
Providing 24 hour timing via the internal real time clock.
Keypad
The keypad contains the power switch, function keys and AC Battery indicator etc.
Main Board
Keypad