Intelligent power supply and methods for monitoring a power supply

摘要

A method of monitoring a power supply of a gaming terminal comprises receiving, at an input of the power supply of the gaming terminal, an input power from an electrical power source, converting the input power to one or more output powers, providing, at one or more outputs of the power supply, the one or more output powers to one or more components of the gaming terminal, measuring, via one or more sensors, at least one electrical characteristic of the input power and the one or more output powers, and storing, in a memory, the measured at least one electrical characteristic for each of the input power and the one or more output powers.

主权项

1. A gaming terminal, comprising:
one or more input devices configured to receive a wager from a player of the gaming terminal; one or more display devices configured to display a wagering game; and a power supply configured to power the one or more input devices and the one or more display devices, the power supply including:
an input receiving an input power from an electrical power source,a plurality of outputs providing a plurality of output powers, wherein at least one of the output powers has an output voltage different from an output voltage of others of the output powers,a power conversion module coupled to the input and the plurality of outputs, the power conversion module being configured to convert the input power received at the input to the plurality of output powers provided at the plurality of outputs,a plurality of sensors, wherein a first of the sensors is communicatively coupled to the input and configured to measure an electrical characteristic of the input power and to generate a sensor signal indicative of the measured electrical characteristic of the input power, and wherein each of second ones of the sensors is communicatively coupled to a respective one of the plurality of outputs and configured to measure an electrical characteristic of a respective one of the output powers and to generate a respective sensor signal indicative of the measured electrical characteristic of the respective one of the output powers,one or more processors communicatively coupled to the sensors, the one or more processors being configured to determine log data based on the sensor signals, the log data including an indication of each measured electrical characteristic indicated by the sensor signals, anda memory communicatively coupled to the one or more processors, the memory being configured to store the log data, the power conversion module being configured such that at least one of the plurality of outputs can be selectively activated and deactivated in response to a control signal generated by at least one of the one or more processors based on the stored log data.