INTERFACE DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE

摘要

Provided is an interface device of the PCIe standard which can simplify the connection to an external device and realize a high speed and a high efficiency. The interface device includes: a first interface unit having reset signal superimposing means which has a physical layer of the PCIe standard, inserts a reset signal detected from a first electronic device into a reception packet received from the first electronic device, and transmits the reception packet superimposed by the reset signal to a second interface unit; the second interface unit having resent signal generation means which has a physical layer of the PCIe standard, reads thereception packet received from the first packet, and generates a reset signal for resetting the second electronic device upon detection of a reset signal in the reception packet; and means for connecting the first interface unit to the second interface unit by an electric signal or an optical communication.