LiPo-UPS-5V or MOD-UPS-5V

[ilario]

Dear all,
I am used to A64-OLinuXino, but for setting up a small home server with more RAM I am considering the iMX8MP-SOM-4GB-IND + iMX8MP-SOM-EVB-IND combo.

What I miss from the A64-OLinuXino is the LiPo battery connector, that has proven to be very useful and effective against power cuts.

So a new product idea would be an external board that acts as a UPS for the 5V power. Optionally, this board could have an UEXT connector for informing the main board on the status of the battery (%, charging status...). Ideally, the LiPo battery would be discharged during power cuts and recharged when the power is back.

It would be a board with the following connectors: 5V inlet (barrel plug socket), 5V outlet (either a short cable ending with a barrel plug or a block terminal), LiPo battery connection, and, optionally, an UEXT connector for communicating to the computer the status of the battery.