Configurable apparatus and methods for supplying power and data to electronic devices
Embodiments of a system, topology, and methods for providing electrical power to electronic devices from various power sources are described generally herein. Other embodiments may be described and claimed.
1. A configurable electronic device power source (EDPS), including:
a first electrical power coupling module (PCM) mechanically separatably from all other modules of the EDPS, including:
a first electrical external power source (EEPS) interface for coupling to first type EEPS;
a first type mechanical connector (FTMC); and
an electrical coupling pair (ECP), the PCM ECP electrically connected to the first EEPS interface;
a power transformer-inverter module and charger module (TIM-CM) mechanically separatably from all other modules of the EDPS, the TIM-CM including:
a first TIM-CM ECP;
a second type mechanical connector (STMC), the STMC mechanically couplable with a FTMC, wherein the first TIM-CM ECP is electrically coupled to a PCM ECP when the TIM-CM STMC is mechanically coupled to the PCM FTMC;
a second TIM-CM ECP;
a FTMC, the FTMC mechanically couplable with a STMC;
an electrical transformer and inverter, the transformer and inverter converting an electrical signal on the first TIM-CM ECP to a first electrical signal having a first voltage;
an electronic device electrical interface (EDEI), the EDEI couplable with an electronic device; and
a charger to charge an electrical energy storage element (EESE); and
a power source element (PSE), including:
an EESE;
a PSE ECP, the PSE ECP electrically connected to the EESE,
wherein the PSE ECP is electrically couplable to the second TIM-CM ECP.
2. The configurable EDPS of claim 1 , further including a second electrical PCM mechanically separatably from all other modules of the EDPS, including:
a second EEPS interface for coupling to second type EEPS;
a FTMC; and
an ECP, the second PCM EPC electrically connected to the second EEPS interface.
3. The configurable EDPS of claim 2 , wherein the TIM-CM further includes a data memory storage interface (DMSI) and the DMSI is electrically coupled to the TIM-CM EDEI.
4. The configurable EDPS of claim 2 , wherein the PSE is mechanically separatably from all other modules of the EDPS.
5. The configurable EDPS of claim 2 , wherein the first type EEPS is an alternating current power source and the second type EEPS is direct current power source.
6. The configurable EDPS of claim 5 , wherein the TIM-CM EDEI is a universal serial bus (UBS) compliant interface.
7. The configurable EDPS of claim 2 , wherein the TIM-CM further includes an internal memory storage interface (IMSI) and the IMSI is electrically coupled to the TIM-CM EDEI.
8. A configurable electronic device power source (EDPS), including:
a first electrical power coupling module (PCM) mechanically separatably from all other modules of the EDPS, including:
a first electrical external power source (EEPS) interface for coupling to first type EEPS;
a first type mechanical connector (FTMC); and
an electrical coupling pair (ECP), the PCM ECP electrically connected to the first EEPS interface;
a power transformer-inverter module and charger module (TIM-CM) mechanically separatably from all other modules of the EDPS, the TIM-CM including:
a first TIM-CM ECP;
a second type mechanical connector (STMC), the STMC mechanically couplable with a FTMC, wherein the first TIM-CM ECP is electrically coupled to a PCM ECP when the TIM-CM STMC is mechanically coupled to the PCM FTMC;
an electrical transformer and inverter, the transformer and inverter converting an electrical signal on the first TIM-CM ECP to a first electrical signal having a first voltage;
an electronic device electrical interface (EDEI), the EDEI couplable with an electronic device; and
a charger to charge an electrical energy storage element (EESE); and
a power source element (PSE) removeably couplable to the TIM-CM, including:
an EESE; and
a PSE ECP, the PSE ECP electrically connected to the EESE.
9. The configurable EDPS of claim 8 , further including a second electrical PCM mechanically separatably from all other modules of the EDPS, including:
a second EEPS interface for coupling to second type EEPS;
a FTMC; and
an ECP, the second PCM EPC electrically connected to the second EEPS interface.
10. The configurable EDPS of claim 8 , wherein the TIM-CM further includes a second TIM-CM ECP and wherein the PSE ECP is electrically couplable to the second TIM-CM ECP.
11. The configurable EDPS of claim 10 , wherein the PSE is mechanically separatably from all other modules of the EDPS.
12. The configurable EDPS of claim 9 , wherein the first type EEPS is an alternating current power source and the second type EEPS is direct current power source.
13. The configurable EDPS of claim 9 , wherein the TIM-CM EDEI is a universal serial bus (UBS) compliant interface.
14. The configurable EDPS of claim 9 , wherein the TIM-CM further includes an internal memory storage interface (IMSI) and the IMSI is electrically coupled to the TIM-CM EDEI.
15. A configurable electronic device power source (EDPS), including:
a first electrical power coupling module (PCM), including:
a first electrical external power source (EEPS) interface for coupling to first type EEPS; and
an electrical coupling pair (ECP), the PCM ECP electrically connected to the first EEPS interface;
a power transformer-inverter module and charger module (TIM-CM), the TIM-CM including:
a first TIM-CM ECP, the first TIM-CM ECP electrically couplable to a PCM ECP;
an electrical transformer and inverter, the transformer and inverter converting an electrical signal on the first TIM-CM ECP to a first electrical signal having a first voltage;
an electronic device electrical interface (EDEI), the EDEI couplable with an electronic device;
a charger to charge an electrical energy storage element (EESE) when the first electrical signal having a first voltage is sufficient; and
a switch, the switch electrically coupling one of the TIM-CM ECP and an EESE to the EDEI as a function of the first electrical signal having a first voltage; and
a power source module (PSM), including:
an EESE;
a PSM ECP, the PSM EPC electrically connected to the EESE,
wherein the PSM EPC is electrically couplable to the switch.
16. The configurable EDPS of claim 15 , wherein the TIM-CM further includes a data memory storage interface (DMSI) and the DMSI is electrically coupled to the TIM-CM EDEI.
17. The configurable EDPS of claim 15 , wherein the TIM-CM further includes a second TIM-CM ECP and wherein the PSM ECP is electrically couplable to the second TIM-CM ECP.
18. The configurable EDPS of claim 17 , wherein the PSM is mechanically separatably from all other modules of the EDPS.
19. The configurable EDPS of claim 16 , wherein the TIM-CM EDEI is a universal serial bus (UBS) compliant interface.
20. The configurable EDPS of claim 15 , wherein the TIM-CM further includes an internal memory storage interface (IMSI) and the IMSI is electrically coupled to the TIM-CM EDEI.