Abstract:
The disclosed serial bus interface keeps most the time a driver buffer of the bus master active, except of a defined interval where a response from the slave is expected. This guarantees that a request echo of a request packet sent from the master reflected on a far non-terminated end of the slave gets terminated. The traveling time for such signal echoes can be defined by the distance in wire length between the master and the slave and/or the electrical characteristics of the transmission line. The slave can receive the request packet, add some processing time and send a response delayed by a programmable delay element. The response packet can arrive at the master after a further traveling delay. At that time, the request echo is already terminated and does no more disturb the data transmission. A programmable delay clement moves the above mentioned interval exactly to that point where a response packet arrives at the master. After such response was received, the driver buffer gets activated again while an according driver buffer on the slave side gets deactivated. Due to an active termination, a response echo gets canceled after a further round trip. During that time, any input on a receiver buffer on the slave side is ignored.
Abstract:
The disclosed serial bus interface keeps most the time a driver buffer of th e bus master active, except of a defined interval where a response from the slave is expected. This guarantees that a request echo of a request packet sent from the master reflected on a far non-terminated end of the slave gets terminated. The traveling time for such signal echoes can be defined by the distance in wire length between the master and the slave and/or the electric al characteristics of the transmission line. The slave can receive the request packet, add some processing time and send a response delayed by a programmab le delay element. The response packet can arrive at the master after a further traveling delay. At that time, the request echo is already terminated and do es no more disturb the data transmission. A programmable delay clement moves th e above mentioned interval exactly to that point where a response packet arriv es at the master. After such response was received, the driver buffer gets activated again while an according driver buffer on the slave side gets deactivated. Due to an active termination, a response echo gets canceled aft er a further round trip. During that time, any input on a receiver buffer on th e slave side is ignored.
Abstract:
A processor unit for a data-processing-aided electronic control system in a motor vehicle, in which the processor unit operates in real-time and contains within its functional structure a scalable computing unit and a vehicle interface unit, as well as (preferably) a communication coprocessor as separate structural components.
Abstract:
The processor has a processing unit (1) and an automobile interface unit (2) provided by separate structural components, with a further separate structural component provided by a communications coprocessor (3) for linking the processing unit to a number of peripheral devices. The communications coprocessor is provided with a bandwidth adaptor and a gateway-processor as structural components.
Abstract:
The invention concerns a device and a process for controlling a data-transmission channel or data bus, in particular a data bus on which the data are transmitted in a bit-serial manner according to a predetermined transmission protocol or bus protocol. The large number of data buses which currently exist or will be developed in future with their proprietary data bus protocols requires a special control device for nearly every data bus. The present invention enables a plurality of data buses (101) to be controlled owing to the use of a hierarchical processor architecture with at least two processor levels (102, 103) which are each optimized for particular control tasks. The invention can be used for controlling a plurality of data buses on which data are transmitted according to different transmission protocols. The invention is particularly suitable for controlling a plurality of field data buses or field buses for general applications and in particular for controlling field buses in motor vehicles, such as, for example, an ABUS, CAN bus, SAE bus J1850 or VAN bus.
Abstract:
The invention concerns a computer system with optimized control for the computer system display, in particular a computer system with an integrated video controller which requires only a few additional connection pins. The invention further concerns a process for sequencing access to an image data store. The computer system (100) comprises a central control unit (110), a display unit (120), a display unit control device (125), an image data store (130), a system bus (140) and means (150) for sequencing access to the image data store (130). The central control unit (110), the display unit control device (125) and the image data store (130) are connected to the system bus (140) of the computer system (100). The invention can be used in a plurality of computer systems, in particular wherever the use of economical and reliable computer systems is required, for example in motor vehicle technology.