Communications: electrical – Continuously variable indicating – With meter reading
Patent
1981-02-18
1984-05-01
Yusko, Donald J.
Communications: electrical
Continuously variable indicating
With meter reading
3408255, 364900, H04Q 900
Patent
active
044464592
ABSTRACT:
For transmission of data from the computer to the peripheral, the computer initially clears a flipflop which provides a select signal to a multiplexer. When the computer is ready to provide data to the peripheral, it produces a data available signal or data strobe signal while the data is being provided to the interface. Setting of the flipflop causes a gate connected thereto to provide to the peripheral a signal indicating that the interface has data available for transmission thereto. In response thereto, the peripheral provides an acknowledge or strobe signal to transfer the data to the peripheral. This acknowledge signal is also provided to the gate to shut off the signal being provided to the peripheral. Setting of the flipflop also causes the multiplexer to change state so that it now can multiplex the acknowledge signal to the pulse generator. The pulse generator then resets the flipflop, so that it is now ready for transmission of more data from the computer to the peripheral. For transmission of data from the peripheral to the computer, the computer presents the initially cleared flipflop. The multiplexer can now multiplex to another pulse generator a data request signal from the peripheral indicating that the peripheral has data available for transmission to the computer. This signal and the signal produced by the present flipflop are provided to another gate which in response thereto provides an acknowledge signal to indicate that the interface is ready to receive such data from the peripheral and to strobe that data into the interface. The set flipflop also causes the multiplexer to multiplex to another pulse generator a received delayed version of the peripheral data request signal. This multiplexed signal causes the other pulse generator to reset the flipflop, thereby shutting off the acknowledge signal to the peripheral. Reset of the flipflop also permits the multiplexer to multiplex a data request signal from the computer, indicating that the computer is receiving the peripheral data from the interface, to the second pulse generator. The second pulse generator then toggles the flipflop to set. The interface is now ready to transmit more data from the peripheral to the computer.
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patent: 4047162 (1977-09-01), Dorey et al.
patent: 4262357 (1981-04-01), Shima
Bond, Jr. Hollis H.
Franklin Carl R.
Manning John R.
Matthews Marvin F.
The United States of America as represented by the Administrator
Yusko Donald J.
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