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# System76 EC (WIP)
System76 EC is a GPLv3 licensed embedded controller firmware for System76
laptops. It is designed to be portable to boards using several 8-bit
microcontrollers, such as:
Board | Embedded Controller | Architecture
------------------ | ------------------- | --------------
System76 ecsim | Simulated ITE EC | 8051
System76 Laptops | ITE IT8587E | 8051
System76 Thelio Io | Atmel ATMEGA32U4 | AVR
Arduino Mega 2560 | Atmel ATMEGA2560 | AVR
Shared features (that can be used across different micro-controllers):
Acronym | Feature | Description
------- | ---------------------------- | -----------
ADC | Analog-digital converter | Reads voltages from batteries and temperature from thermistors
DAC | Digital-analog converter | Brightness control of keyboard backlight
GPIO | General purpose input/output | Control of LED's, buttons, and enable lines for other hardware
KBSC | Keyboard scan controller | Detects laptop keyboard presses. Keyboard scanning can be done using GPIOs, the ITE EC has hardware acceleration
PS/2 | Keyboard and mouse bus | Interfaces with touchpad. PS/2 can be done using GPIOs, the ITE EC has hardware acceleration
PWM | Pulse-width modulation | Fan control and brightness control of LED's
SMBUS | System management bus | Reads battery information
SPI | Serial peripheral interface | Reads and programs the EC's firmware
UART | Universal asynchronous receiver-transmitter | Provides EC console input/output
Features specific to ITE embedded controllers:
Acronym | Feature | Description
------- | ---------------------------- | -----------
LPC | Low pin count | Forwards memory and I/O access to EC. Most EC functions are exposed to the host through this interface. High frequency makes a GPIO implementation not possible. Simulation is provided by System76 ecsim
PECI | Platform environment control interface | Reads CPU temperature (relative to throttle point). Proprietary nature means a GPIO implementation is unlikely, though not technically impossible
Features specific to Atmel embedded controllers:
Acronym | Feature | Description
------- | ---------------------------- | -----------
USB | Universal serial bus | Can be used to provide access to EC functions either to the host or to a remote machine