Digital identification of devices attached to serial communication cables
US10409545B1 · kind B1 · utility
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| Filing date | Apr 17, 2018 |
| Grant date | Sep 10, 2019 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 17, 2038 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F2213/0016
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A first device receives a bit sequence from a second device via a serial communication cable having one or more wires that connect the first device to a first set of one or more pins of a first chip of the second device. The first chip has a second set of pins. For each respective pin of the second set of pins, the bit sequence includes a set of one or more bits for the respective pin that are based at least in part on whether a first voltage or a second voltage is applied to the respective pin. The first device determines, based on the bit sequence, a type of the second device.
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