Character generator with address memory and data storage unit fo

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1986-07-14

1988-04-26

Curtis, Marshall M.

Communications: electrical

Land vehicle alarms or indicators

Internal alarm or indicator responsive to a condition of the...

340728, 340721, G09G 116

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047407840

ABSTRACT:
A character generator which converts character code words into data items, namely column code words (C code), for controlling a dot matrix output unit, is disclosed. The character code word is presented to an address memory circuit which generates a ten-bit-long column address (CAD) that identifies the locations of the column code words within a separate data storage unit. The address memory circuit includes two memory units (PROM 1, PROM 2) which store only the first eight bits of respective column data addresses, while an additional memory unit (PROM 3) stores the remaining two bits of the respective column data addresses. A multiplexer (15) is used to select the correct two bits of each respective column data address from an eight-bit word output by the additional memory unit (PROM 3) at the same time an eight-bit address is being output by one of the first two memory units (PROM 1, PROM 2). The ten-bit address thus output by the address memory circuit is applied to the data storage unit, which may be built up by using commercially available programmable read-only memory units (PROM 4, PROM 5, PROM 6), as may the address memory circuit. For a further utilization of the storage capacity of the additional memory unit (PROM 3) of the address memory circuit, the first eight bits of additional column data addresses may be stored therein. These first eight bits are then fed to the data storage unit by way of a switching amplifier (14), with the multiplexer (15) supplementing the additional column data addresses with two bits which are zeros in order to produce a ten-bit address.

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