What is GreenTux?
GreenTux is a carrier board designed to provide solar power to ACME Systems Fox Board.
The system is fully programmable and customizable, it can be MISSIONED to allow your software to survive in really critical environment, it find its best application filed in data polling in extreme condition. 
| TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION AND FUNCTIONS:- Integrated Calendar EventHanlder for boot the Fox Board on scheduled time periods, thanks to the on-board RTC low power with battery.
- Special set of commands to set the minimum power need to boot
- Command set to poll the status of charge and the solar field
- Fast charge via USB cable attached to a PC
- LI-PO 800mAh battery with advanced recharging system based on CONSTANT-CURRENT/CONSTAN-VOLTAGE Control for the best secure and efficient charge
- I2C interface to Fox Board, 100% piggy-back compatible
- Full API set for integration within C, C++, PHP
- Web Browser circuits control
- Assembler code and GreenTux code fully open source with BSD-Style license
- Microchip™ PIC KIT 2 Compatible
- High performance granted by Peak Power Tracking implementation, this tecnology AUTO ADAPT solar cells output power to the battery needs
- High quality Solar cells with 17% efficiency
- Boot/Shutdown MOSFET controlled
- INTERRUPT to Fox Board for alarm on low energy
PCB will be created by http://www.systemelettronica.it circuiti stampati http://www.systemelettronica.it
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