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System and method for interfacing manually controllable input devices to a universal computer bus system

US5991546A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateAug 29, 1997
Grant dateNov 23, 1999
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Expiry dateAug 29, 2017

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06F13/385
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A system and method for interfacing peripheral devices to a computer universal serial bus is disclosed. The system is adaptable to a wide variety of peripheral devices and features a user-configurable serial EEPROM coupled to the interface in which vendor specific data can be stored for use by the interface. Interface parameters may also be selected by an externally controllable configuration switch.

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