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Sfera Labs has released the new SuperCaps UPS X2-Series Expansion Board, bringing integrated, supercapacitor-based backup power to its Strato Pi Max XL and XS servers.

The Strato Pi Max is based on the Raspberry Pi Compute Module 4 or 5, with a wide range of swappable expansion boards that adapt it to countless applications. With the addition of the SuperCaps UPS, the platform now gains built-in protection against power interruptions, ensuring continuous operation and safeguarding critical data.

The SuperCaps UPS expansion board integrates with the Strato Pi Max ecosystem and is particularly valuable in environments where short power outages are common, such as industrial automation systems, building management controllers, smart grids, and edge computing nodes, where even brief interruptions can cause downtime, loss of sensor data, or interrupted communication with the cloud. The expansion board also enables sending alerts when a power outage occurs, allowing remote monitoring systems to react quickly and prevent wider disruption. In applications like industrial databases or logging systems, the ability to perform a clean shutdown ensures data integrity and prevents corruption of critical files.

Unlike the existing UPS expansion board for Strato Pi Max, which requires an external lead-acid or AGM battery, the new SuperCaps UPS uses high-capacity supercapacitors directly integrated on the board. This results in a more compact, durable, and installation-friendly solution, eliminating the need for external cabling, bulky batteries, or periodic battery replacement.

With this launch, Sfera Labs further extends the flexibility of the Strato Pi Max ecosystem, giving engineers and system integrators a reliable tool for deploying resilient industrial, IoT, and edge computing solutions in the most demanding environments.

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