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Electronically configurable connector module

US7822896B1 · kind B1 · utility

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28References

20Claims

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Assignee

Berkeley Process Control, Inc. · US

Inventors

Paul Sagues · Berkeley, US
Larry Brasfield · Mercer Island, US
Peter K. Moy · Oakland, US

Key dates

Filing date	Apr 21, 2008
Grant date	Oct 26, 2010
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Apr 27, 2028

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG05B2219/1144
WIPO fieldControl
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

An input/output module includes a device communication connector apparatus for connecting at least one conductor between the module and at least one device and interface apparatus for causing the module to place any of a plurality of signals on any of a plurality of contacts of the device communication connector apparatus. The interface apparatus includes at least one electronic integrated circuit providing a selectable interconnection apparatus to a particular one of the contacts. The interface apparatus is configurable by a user of the module. A method of configuring the module includes providing inputs on a personal computer, communicating with a web server embedded in the module, to determine a specific interconnection apparatus for each of the contacts.

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