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Programmable controller with expandable I/O interface circuitry

US4504927A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateSep 8, 1982
Grant dateMar 12, 1985
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Expiry dateSep 8, 2002

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG05B2219/1107
  • WIPO fieldControl
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A programmable controller has eight I/O buses which will support a corresponding number of I/O modules. The I/O capacity of the programmable controller may be increased by replacing four of the I/O modules with an I/O address module and three I/O interface modules that drive I/O expansion buses. Up to eight I/O racks, each containing three I/O modules and one adaptor circuit, can be connected to the I/O expansion buses.

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