STANDARD PERIPHERAL COMMUNICATION

摘要

A disclosed gaming machine has a plurality of "gaming peripherals," eac h communicating with a master gaming controller via a standard peripheral interface such as the USB (Universal Serial Bus). Further, the gaming peripherals empl oy a standard peripheral controller and one or more specialized "peripheral devices" (e.g., the actual lights, bill validators, ticket printers, etc. that perform the specific functions of the gaming peripherals). Much of the hardware associated with the peripheral controller is identical from one gaming peripheral to the next. Only a porti on of the peripheral controller hardware is specific to the different types of gaming peripherals.