Patent · US Expired

Electronic adapter for a diagnostic pickup of data supplied by an electronic control circuit

US4399429A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateSep 23, 1981
Grant dateAug 16, 1983
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Expiry dateSep 23, 2001

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06F11/321
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An electronic control circuit of the type including a microprocessor, a circuit for monitoring the operational state of the microprocessor connected directly to a first output of the microprocessor, and a warning light of the control circuit and its input and output peripherals. The warning light is connected to a second output of said microprocessor through a starter and protection circuit and thus diagnostic data are available in series at the input terminal of said warning light which is also the output of said starter and protection circuit.

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