Method for communicating between a microcontroller and a transceiver component

A method for communicating between a microcontroller and a transceiver component, the method comprising:

• transferring additional data at least intermittently between an additional function device within the transceiver component and the microcontroller by transferring the additional data from:
• (i) a first pin of the microcontroller to a second input of the additional function device via a first input of the transceiver component, and (ii) a second output of the additional function device of the transceiver component via a first output of the transceiver component to a second pin of the microcontroller;
• wherein the microcontroller includes the first pin for transmitting output data to the transceiver component, the microcontroller including the second pin for receiving input data from the transceiver component, the transceiver component including the first input for receiving the output data from the microcontroller, the transceiver component including the first output for transmitting the input data to the microcontroller, the transceiver component including a transceiver for a data bus, the transceiver component transmitting to the data bus the output data from the microcontroller via the transceiver and receiving the input data from the data bus for the microcontroller via the transceiver, wherein the additional function device is separate from the transceiver;
• wherein the additional data and the input data are transferred from the first output to the second pin multiplexed together in a frequency-division multiplex method.

A method for communicating between a microcontroller and a transceiver component, the method comprising:

• transferring additional data at least intermittently between an additional function device within the transceiver component and the microcontroller by transferring the additional data from:
• (i) a first pin of the microcontroller to a second input of the additional function device via a first input of the transceiver component, and (ii) a second output of the additional function device of the transceiver component via a first output of the transceiver component to a second pin of the microcontroller;
• wherein the microcontroller includes the first pin for transmitting output data to the transceiver component, the microcontroller including the second pin for receiving input data from the transceiver component, the transceiver component including the first input for receiving the output data from the microcontroller, the transceiver component including the first output for transmitting the input data to the microcontroller, the transceiver component including a transceiver for a data bus, the transceiver component transmitting to the data bus the output data from the microcontroller via the transceiver and receiving the input data from the data bus for the microcontroller via the transceiver, wherein the additional function device is separate from the transceiver;
• wherein the additional data and the input data are transferred from the first output to the second pin multiplexed together in an amplitude-division multiplex method.

A device for communicating, comprising:

• a transceiver component;
• and
• a microcontroller, which includes a first pin for transmitting output data to the transceiver component;
• wherein the microcontroller includes a second pin for receiving input data from the transceiver component, the transceiver component including a first input for receiving the output data from the microcontroller, the transceiver component including a first output for transmitting the input data to the microcontroller, the transceiver component including a transceiver for a data bus, the transceiver component transmitting to the data bus the output data from the microcontroller via the transceiver and receiving the input data from the data bus for the microcontroller via the transceiver, and
• wherein the transceiver component includes an additional function device with a second input and a second output, wherein the additional function device is separate from the transceiver;
• wherein the microcontroller and the transceiver component are configured to perform the following:
• transferring additional data at least intermittently between the additional function device within the transceiver component, and the microcontroller by transferring the additional data from:
• (i) the first pin of the microcontroller to the second input of the additional function device of the transceiver component via the first input of the transceiver component, and (ii) the second output of the additional function device of the transceiver component via the first output of the transceiver component to the second pin of the microcontroller;
• wherein the additional data and the input data are transferred from the first output to the second pin multiplexed together in a frequency-division multiplex method.

A non-transitory computer readable medium having a computer program, which is executable by a microcontroller, comprising:

• a program code arrangement having program code for communicating between the microcontroller and a transceiver component, by performing the following:
• transferring additional data at least intermittently between an additional function device within the transceiver component and the microcontroller by transferring the additional data from:
• (i) a first pin of the microcontroller to a second input of the additional function device via a first input of the transceiver component, and (ii) a second output of the additional function device of the transceiver component via a first output of the transceiver component to a second pin of the microcontroller;
• wherein the microcontroller includes the first pin for transmitting output data to the transceiver component, the microcontroller including the second pin for receiving input data from the transceiver component, the transceiver component including the first input for receiving the output data from the microcontroller, the transceiver component including the first output for transmitting the input data to the microcontroller, the transceiver component including a transceiver for a data bus, the transceiver component transmitting to the data bus the output data from the microcontroller via the transceiver and receiving the input data from the data bus for the microcontroller via the transceiver, wherein the additional function device is separate from the transceiver;
• wherein the additional data and the input data are transferred from the first output to the second pin multiplexed together in a frequency-division multiplex method.