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Premium API Solutions

API (Application Programming Interface) is a set of routines, protocols, and tools for building software applications. It is

used as an interface by software components to communicate with each other. A good API can facilitate programmers to

build up their system easier and more effortlessly. ASRock IPC platforms come with an array of intelligent API solutions

that make its motherboards easier and simpler to adopt and operate with customer applications.

Control

GPIO

GPIO (General Purpose Input/Output) is a flexible

parallel interface that allows a variety of custom

connections. Each GPIO port can be individually

configured through software as either an input or

output. It allows users to monitor the level of signal

input or set the output status to switch on/off a device.

SMBus™

SMBus (System Management BUS) was developed

by Intel. It’s an interface between the CPU and

computer system components used for low-speed

system management communications. It can transfer

serial messages by using SMBus protocols to control

multiple devices simultaneously.

C (Inter-IC/I-Squared-C Bus) - a two-line, synchronous,

serial bus, that is widely used to connect chips together

on a circuit board. I

C API allows the system to transfer

serial messages via I

C protocols and allows multiple

simultaneous device control.

Monitor

Watchdog

Watchdog timer (WDT) is a device that performs a

specific operation after a certain period of time if

something goes wrong and the system does not

recover on its own. The interface provides uniform

access to services of the underlying watchdog drivers.

Hardware

Monitor

Hardware Monitor shows the major readings of your

system. The main readings include Clock, Fan &

Temperature, and Voltage. In Clock, there are CPU

speed and CPU ratio. In Fan & Temperature, there are

CPU temperature and CPU fan speed. You may find

out if there's any abnormal situation occurs to your

system’s temperature. In Voltage, there are many

respective voltages.

Hardware

Control

The Hardware Control API provides more hardware

settings more precisely. It allows developers to set the

PWM (Pulse Width Modulation) value to adjust fan

speed or other devices.

Display

Brightness

Control

Backlight

The Brightness Control API allows users to ideally

change the screen brightness and controls the

brightness of the entire screen easily.

The Backlight API allows users to interface with an

embedded device to easily adjust the level of the

backlight (screen).

Power Saving

CPU Speed

System

Throttling

Taken advantage of Intel SpeedStep technology,

CPU Speed API ensures lower power consumption.

CPU speed will be automatically adjusted when the

system works under heavy-loading.

System Throttling provides a bucketful of methods to

reduce power consumption. It keeps the system from

overheated by lowering the clock frequency.

Software APIs

Software Utilities

BIOS Flash

BIOS Flash is the most user-friendly BIOS flash utility

developed by ASRock. It is embedded in Flash ROM

which is used to update the system BIOS without

having to enter operating systems like MS-DOS or

Windows.

Monitoring

Monitoring utility is an all-rounder utility which

includes Voltage, CPU and System Temperature and

Fan speed, allowing users to monitor system status

more precisely

Flash Lock

Secure your system the easy way with Flash Lock. It is

a mechanism that binds the board and CF card

(SQFlash) together. SQFlash can be “Locked” via Flash

Lock function and “Unlocked” it when the system is

restarting via BIOS. The locked SQFlash cannot be

awaked by any device and can only be booted from the

BIOS with the “Unlocked” feature.

Crashless

BIOS

ASRock Crashless BIOS allows users to update their

BIOS without fear of failing. If power loss occurs

during the BIOS update process, ASRock Crashless

BIOS will automatically finish the BIOS update

procedure after regaining power.

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