Smart Monitoring PC Hardware Launched By NVIDIA

MojoKid writes "NVIDIA has just introduced a new open-industry standard for real-time monitoring and control of PC power supplies, chassis, and water cooling systems. Dubbed ESA, which stands for Enthusiast System Architecture, the company hopes the standard will be adopted across the industry. A new wave of ESA compliant hardware that can be monitored and controlled via a standard interface could ensue, like smart health-monitoring power supplies and other components, that would increase system stability and reliability. 'The ESA standard is built around the USB HID (Human Interface Device) specification and has been submitted to the USB-if HID subcommittee for discussion and approval. ESA is essentially a hardware and software interface that takes data collected by analog sensors and converts it to digital information that can accessed via software. Below are a handful of slides taken from an NVIDIA-produced presentation on ESA.'"

Join my club!

[Big Nothing]

Anyone wanna join my club; ATS*?

* ATS: Ambiguous Three-letter-acronyms Suck

Are you sure?

[InvisblePinkUnicorn]

Are you sure MojoKid wrote that? If so, he forgot to add the presentation slides to his slashdot submission.

Hmm....

[EveryNickIsTaken]

ESA is essentially a hardware and software interface that takes data collected by analog sensors and converts it to digital information that can accessed via software.

Sounds like a computer to me...

Printer Analog Sensors

[Dareth]

I hope the sensors work better than the ones in my HP printers. While it is may be interesting all the things they can detect, jam in tray 3, under fuser, etc. They really annoy the hell out of the users.

Well, I would ramble on more about voltage flux warnings etc, but I have to run and change my print toner... I have less than 1000 pages left!

On the other side of the world....

[neokushan]

In NVIDIA's new open-industry standard, you can monitor components inside your computer.

In soviet Russia, components inside your computer monitor YOU!

Re:Printer Analog Sensors

[The -e**(i*pi)]

50% is running out of hard drive space 80% is out of hard drive space 90% is screwing up your computer

Re:Off-topic: What's going on with Slashdot?

[Anonymous Coward]

The difference is that you are logged in on the one with dynamic articles, and not on the static one.

Re:Join my club!

[Big Nothing]

Nope, I just changed it.

LET'S GET READY TO WIKIRUUUUUUUUMMMBBBBLEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!

Naah, just kidding, I wouldn't dream of starting a wikiwar just to get some karma points. Or would I?

Excuse me, Dave

[Bill, Shooter of Bul]

I've just picked up a fault in the AE35 unit. It's going to go 100% failure in 72 hours.

Re:Printer Analog Sensors

[mikael]

While it is may be interesting all the things they can detect, jam in tray 3,

I find using ketchup works much better than toner ink - although it does tend to drip a lot.