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Intense PC Change in RTC battery type

Posted: Wed Nov 21, 2018 1:44 pm
by tamir
Intense PC is changed from soldered rechargeable battery to non-rechargeable battery on wires connected by W2B connector to the SBC.
The goal of this engineering change is to improve reliability of CMOS retention and RTC time keeping.
Non-rechargeable batteries are found to be more reliable than rechargeable ones, last in Intense PC for over 5 years under normal usage scenarios and are easy to replace.

The change applies to SBC serials staring from: 171028-xxxx