Apparatus and methods for interface register handshake for controlling devices
US5129065A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Oct 27, 1989 |
| Grant date | Jul 7, 1992 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 27, 2009 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F13/4226
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A method of initiating a write operation for a particular command from a first computer module through a system interface to a second computer module having data registers, and a status register which includes the steps of writing data to the data registers in the second computer module, and determining the status of the status register in the second computer module to cause the initiation of the particular command by which the reading the status of the data registers and issuing the particular command as separate steps are eliminated.
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