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Thin Client and Power Over Ethernet |
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Wednesday, 19 April 2006
by Michel Roth
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New motherboards such as the EPIA EN are drawing, during playback, 14.3 watts of power. New transformers for POE are providing up to 25W. Just think about this. How great would it be if you were able to power and use a Mini-ITX / Nano-ITX / Pico-ITX / SBC setup with a single cable? Today we can basically go wireless with most of our peripherals except for the monitor.
Power-Over-Ethernet could end up being a universal power supply for much computer hardware as the cables and connectors for it are the same all over the world. By contrast power sockets and plugs differ by country."
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