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Programmable controller with dynamically altered programmable real time interrupt interval

US4638452A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateFeb 27, 1984
Grant dateJan 20, 1987
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Expiry dateFeb 27, 2004

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG05B2219/15081
  • WIPO fieldControl
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A programmable controller includes a main processor which executes a user control program. The main processor is interrupted by a support processor which operates as a real time clock. The interval between interrupts is determined by instructions within the user control program and may be dynamically altered when required. The main processor executes a user created interrupt routine when each interrupt occurs.

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