发明名称 PROGRAMMABLE UNIVERSAL IO INTERFACE
摘要 A system is provided that includes a controller that is configured to enable communication between one or more sensors and a processor. The controller includes a plurality of input-output (IO) ports each configured to couple to the one or more sensors. Moreover, each of the IO ports is configured to couple to a plurality of sensor types such that each IO port is configured to couple more than one sensor type. The controller also includes an interface configured to receive a selection of a selected mode from a plurality of modes each corresponding to a sensor type. Furthermore, the controller includes a switch block having a plurality of switches each configured to toggle a connection in the switch block according to the selected mode.
申请公布号 US2014281048(A1) 申请公布日期 2014.09.18
申请号 US201313829905 申请日期 2013.03.14
申请人 GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY 发明人 Alley Daniel Milton;Rao Naresh Kesavan;Mathason Alan Paul;Chen Feng;Douthit Stephen Emerson
分类号 G05B19/05;G06F13/38 主分类号 G05B19/05
代理机构 代理人
主权项 1. A system comprising: a controller configured to enable communication between one or more sensors and a processor, wherein the controller comprises: a plurality of input-output (IO) ports configured to couple to the one or more sensors, wherein each of the IO ports is configured to couple to a plurality of sensor types, wherein each IO port is configured to couple to a first sensor of the one or more sensors and a second sensor or the one or more sensors, the first sensor comprises a first sensor type of the plurality of sensor types, and the second sensor comprises a second sensor type of the plurality of sensor types, and the first sensor type is different than the second sensor type;an interface configured to receive data indicative of the first or second sensor type and select a first mode if the first sensor type is selected and to select a second mode if the second sensor type is selected; anda switch block communicatively coupled to the interface, wherein the switch block comprises a plurality of switches, wherein each switch of the plurality of switches is configured to operate in a plurality of states, each state in the plurality of states is configured to couple one or more of the IO ports to the processor, and the plurality of switches operates according to a first set of respective states when the first mode is selected by the interface and a second set of respective states when the second mode is selected by the interface.
地址 Schenectady NY US