SYSTEMS, APPARATUSES, AND METHODS FOR PREDICTING A STATE OF A CARD CONNECTOR
A system may be configured to provide a main body, configured to house a plugin card, and a card connector, including a first printed circuit board (PCB) having a backplane configured to electrically couple to the plugin card, a third PCB having a plurality of ruggedized connectors configured to couple to an external system, and a second PCB interposed between the first and third PCBs. The processor may be mounted on the second PCB and may determine a state of at least a portion of the system based on a sensor output, an input signal and/or an output signal, and an internal data value. The state may comprise at least one of operational, less than operational, tampered, needing maintenance, needing repair, and not working. And the determination may be performed via one or more criteria being satisfied.
1 . A carrier system, comprising:
a main body configured to house a plugin card; and
a card connector including (i) a first printed circuit board (PCB) having a backplane configured to electrically couple to the plugin card, (ii) a third PCB having a plurality of ruggedized connectors configured to couple to an external system, and (iii) a second PCB interposed between the first and third PCBs,
wherein a processor is mounted on one of the PCBs and determines a state of at least a portion of the system based on a sensor output, an input signal and/or an output signal, and an internal data value,
wherein the state comprises at least one of operational, less than operational, tampered, needing maintenance, needing repair, and not working, and
wherein the determination is performed via one or more criteria being satisfied.
2 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the tampered state is determined based on (i) an anomaly detected within the main body, (ii) an anomaly of an electrical component of the card connector, (iii) an anomaly of an external device connected to the card connector via one or more of the connectors, and/or (iv) an anomaly of a plugin card connected to the card connector via the backplane.
3 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the output signal is internally determined with respect to one or more electrical components mounted on the second PCB, and
wherein the input signal is obtained from an external third party.
4 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the internal data value is internally generated via an electrical component mounted on the second PCB.
5 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the sensor output comprises one or more sensors operably mounted on a wall of the main body and one or more sensors operably mounted on the card connector.
6 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the determination comprises a prediction via a trained machine learning model.
7 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the input signal is with respect to (i) a connector of the backplane and/or (ii) at least one of the connectors of the third PCB.
8 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the carrier system is ruggedized.
9 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the main body is integrated into a vehicular frame.
10 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the input signal is inputted with respect to a wireless transceiver that wirelessly obtains a data signal from a source external to the main body.
11 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the internal data value relates to a battery level.
12 . A non-transitory, computer-readable medium including instructions for determining a current state, the instructions being executed by a processor to perform:
determining the state of at least a portion of a system based on a sensor output, an input signal and/or an output signal, and an internal data value,
wherein the system comprises a main body and a card connector coupled thereto,
wherein the card connector includes (i) a first PCB having a backplane, (ii) a third PCB having at least one ruggedized connector, and (iii) a second PCB interposed between the first and third PCBs,
wherein the state comprises at least one of operational, less than operational, tampered, needing maintenance, needing repair, and not working, and
wherein the determination is performed via one or more criteria being satisfied.
13 . The medium of claim 12 , wherein the processor further performs:
responsive to the state being determined as the tampered state, disabling at least the portion of the system.
14 . The medium of claim 12 , wherein the processor further performs:
reconfiguring at least the portion of the system based on the input signal obtained from an external third party.
15 . The medium of claim 14 , wherein the input signal is inputted with respect to a transceiver that obtains a data signal from the third party.
16 . The medium of claim 12 , wherein the sensor output is from one or more of a light sensor, acceleration sensor, magnetic field sensor, rotation sensor, temperature sensor, pressure sensor, humidity sensor, and audio sensor.
17 . The medium of claim 12 , wherein the internal data value relates to a determined flow of communication signals through the card connector.
18 . The medium of claim 12 , wherein the determination comprises a prediction via a trained machine learning model.
19 . A carrier system, comprising:
a main body configured to house a plugin card; and
a card connector including (i) a first PCB having a backplane configured to electrically couple to the plugin card, (ii) a third PCB having a plurality of ruggedized connectors configured to couple to an external system, and (iii) a second PCB interposed between the first and third PCBs,
wherein a processor is mounted on the second PCB and determines (i) that power has been removed from the card connector and (ii) an amount of time remaining until a battery powering the carrier system becomes empty.
20 . The system of claim 19 , wherein the carrier system enters a reduced-functionality mode or a safe mode, until at least one of maintenance, repair, and tamper resolution are performed, and wherein the card connector is coupled to the main body.