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YKRUD retired product
Yepkit Raspi Up/Down Controller
This product has been retired and replaced by the new YKRUD2 board.

This page is kept for reference purposes only.

Small Linux boards, like the Raspberry Pi boards (from now onwards refered as Raspi), are frequently used as low power consumption servers for home applications on the DIY community.

Usually these boards (e.g., the Raspi) are allways on, working 24/7 and without a monitor and keyboard directly connected to it. The administrator interacts with the system using a remote ssh connection.

The challenge comes when something goes wrong with the system that affects the connectivity to it (the network access) and the administrator loses the channel to be able to sort it out.

When this happens typically one of two options is used:

The second option is the most used. But doing a hard-shutdown is less than ideal as some nasty things may happen to your data integrity, the running applications or even the filesystem.

To address this challenge we developed YKRUD board.

YKRUD enables you to trigger a soft-shutdown of the operating system just by pressing a push button. Also it can act as a power-up switch if the board is powered down.

Despite being developed to be used with the Raspi, it can be used with any Linux board (or other operating system) as long as there is available I/O's terminal with 3V logic levels and the communication (negotiation) signaling protocol is used as described in the documentation.

How it works

YKRUD acts like a smart switch placed between the 5 Volt power supply and the Raspi.

While in the Off state, if the user presses the YKRUD push button the switch will turn the power On in the 5 Volt output terminal that connects to the Raspi, which will power-up and initiate the boot process if a Linux image is installed in the Raspi SD card.

In the other scenario where YKRUD is in the ON state and Raspi is On, if the user presses the push button a signaling protocol will be executed to instruct the script running in the Raspi to initiate the system shutdown safely. Once the Raspi operating system has shutdown, YKRUD will disconnect the power output to the Raspi, effectively powering it off.

Technical Specifications

Applications

YKRUD was designed specifically for use with Raspberry Pi boards. Nonetheless it can be used with other Linux boards. In fact, it can be used with any board (Linux or other operating system) as long as the negotiation protocol is used as defined in the YKRUD documentation.

Key Features

  • Up to 2A continuous current 5V power switch
  • Micro USB female terminal for 5V power input
  • In-board 3V LDO for GPIO interface logic
  • In-board microcontroller programmable through ICSP terminals
  • Open hardware board

Key Benefits

  • Enablement of soft-shutdown for your Raspi by pressing a push button
  • Small board footprint allowing easy accommodation on your project cases
  • Freedom provided by being an Open Hardware board

Documents and Resources

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YKRUD2
The Yepkit Raspi Up/Down Controller is a smart power switch, designed to be used with the Raspberry Pi boards, that switches the Raspi ON/OFF just by pressing a push button. The power-off is performed safely first by halting and shutting down the operating system followed by the actual power cut-off.
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