diff --git a/fpga_device_manager/Banks.py b/fpga_device_manager/Banks.py
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+"""Module that manages FPGA banks."""
+import json
+from typing import Optional, Tuple, Iterable, Generator, Iterator
+
+_banks = {}
+
+VOLTAGES = {1.2, 1.5, 1.8, 2.5, 3.3}
+
+
+class FPGABank:
+    """Represents a bank on the FPGA."""
+    def __init__(self, name, voltage=3.3):
+        self.name = name
+        self.voltage = voltage
+
+
+def init(filename: str) -> None:
+    """
+    Initializes the FPGA bank database by loading the bank configuration from the specified filename. The file must be
+    in JSON format and contains bank settings, indexed by the FPGA's bank names. 
+
+    :param filename: FPGA bank configuration file
+    """
+    global _banks
+    _banks = {}
+
+    try:
+        with open(filename, "r") as file:
+            bank_data = json.load(file)
+
+        for bank, bank_args in bank_data.items():
+            voltage = bank_args["voltage"]
+            if voltage in VOLTAGES:
+                _banks[bank] = FPGABank(name=bank,
+                                        voltage=voltage)
+            else:
+                raise Exception("invalid voltage")
+
+    except OSError as e:
+        raise Exception("failed to load bank data file: %s" % e)
+
+def get_voltage(bank_id: int) -> float:
+    return _banks.get(str(bank_id), _banks["0"]).voltage
diff --git a/fpga_device_manager/res/data/banks.json b/fpga_device_manager/res/data/banks.json
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+{
+  "0": {
+    "voltage": 3.3
+  },
+  "1": {
+    "voltage": 2.5
+  },
+  "2": {
+    "voltage": 3.3
+  },
+  "3": {
+    "voltage": 2.5
+  },
+  "4": {
+    "voltage": 3.3
+  },
+  "5": {
+    "voltage": 3.3
+  }
+}
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