BUS ARCHITECTURE AND COMMUNICATION PROTOCOL

摘要

A bus architecture wherein a plurality of devices are connected in a continuous loop. The devices included at least one master device (M-Bus Master 1, 2, n) and at least one slave device (M-Bus Slave 1, 2, n), the plurality of devices being directly connected to the continuous loop. Data is propagated through the devices from a source device to a destination device, terminates at the destination device, and can be sent out over a plurality of signal lines (Mdatain and Mdataout).