| 摘要 |
An apparatus (20) used to interface a peripheral device (22) to a computer (24) has an adapter card (26) that plugs into the computer (24) and a smart cable (28) that plugs into the adaptor card (26) at one end and the peripheral device (22) at the other. The adapter card (26) includes a reconfigureable interface circuit (30) that is in communication with the computer (24) when the adapter card (26) is connected to the computer (24). The smart cable (28) includes a first memory (32) containing configuration information for the reconfigureable interface circuit (30), and a second memory (34) containing adapter card information structure information for the reconfigureable interface circuit (30). The two memories are accessible by the reconfigureable interface circuit (30) when the smart cable (28) is connected to the adapter card (26). The smart cable (28) further includes a peripheral device interface circuit (36) communicating with the reconfigureable interface circuit (30) and with the peripheral device (22) when the smart cable (28) is connected to the adapter card (26) and the peripheral device (22) is connected to the smart cable (28). Connectors between the computer (24) and the adaptor card (26), the adapter card (26) and the smart cable (28), and the smart cable (28) and the peripheral device (22) are also provided. |
