APPARATUS FOR DIRECTING POWER TO A HOT SWAPPED CIRCUIT BOARD

摘要

Apparatus and method for controlling power and communications of an electronic circuit board. A chassis includes a first electronic circuit board with a first connector and a cassette includes a secondelectronic circuit board with a second connector. When the cassette is received by the chassis, chassis flex circuitry and cassette flex circuitry come into contact to complete a circuit between the components. Closing the circuit indicates to a controller that the cassette is properly secured to the chassis and that a user is not attempting removalof the cassette. The controller instructs a power source to provide power to the second electronic circuit board through the first connector. When the circuit is broken by a user, the controller causes the completion of operations on the second electronic circuit board and causes the power source to stop supplying power to the second electronic circuit board.