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*Can act as a bridge between BIOS chip and platform hub
*Mute audio
*USB OC (overcurrent) (usbUSB disable)
*whether AC is present
*Display power toggle
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*3G or 4G Toggle
*Debug Card Interface (Enables repair centers to monitor the boot process with a special device in an attempt to fix problems (only few several hundred codes))
*SCI from the Embedded Controller to inform the ACPI Driver (in the OS) of aan ACPI Event
 
As a core system component, the embedded controller is always on when power is supplied to the mainboard. To communicate with the main computer system, several forms of communication can be used, including [[Advanced Configuration and Power Interface|ACPI]], [[SMBus]], or [[Shared memory (interprocess communication)|shared memory]].