CompactFlash express (CFX) adapters
AssigneeHewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
InventorsMonji G. Jabori, Byron A. Alcorn, Jonathan Vu
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Abstract
In some examples, an adapter includes a COMPACTFLASH EXPRESS (CFX) connector interface to connect to a CFX connector of a computer, and a device connector interface to connect to any of a plurality of different devices comprising different types of interfaces. The device connector interface includes an indicator settable to any of a plurality of different states to represent a respective type of the different types of interfaces when a device is connected to the adapter, and the CFX connector interface comprising an indicator connected to the indicator of the device connector interface.
Claims18
An adapter comprising:
- a COMPACTFLASH EXPRESS (CFX) connector interface to connect to a CFX connector of a computer;
- and
- a device connector interface to connect to any of a plurality of different devices comprising different types of interfaces,
- the device connector interface comprising an indicator settable to any of a plurality of different states to represent a respective type of the different types of interfaces when a device is connected to the adapter, and
- the CFX connector interface comprising an indicator connected over a link to the indicator of the device connector interface,
- wherein the indicator of the CFX connector interface is set to a same state as the indicator of the device connector interface to represent a type of the device connected to the adapter.
A computer comprising:
- a COMPACTFLASH EXPRESS (CFX) connector to connect to a CFX connector interface of an adapter comprising a device connector interface to connect to any of a plurality of different devices comprising different types of interfaces, the device connector interface comprising an indicator settable to any of a plurality of different states to represent a respective type of the different types of interfaces when a device is connected to the adapter, and the CFX connector interface comprising an indicator connected over a link to the indicator of the device connector interface, wherein the indicator of the CFX connector interface is set to a same state as the indicator of the device connector interface to represent a type of the device connected to the adapter;
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- a controller to detect, based on a state of the indicator of the CFX connector interface, the respective type of interface of the device connected to the adapter.
A method comprising:
- arranging a COMPACTFLASH EXPRESS (CFX) connector interface and a device connector interface on an adapter, the CFX connecter interface to connect to a CFX connector of a computer, and the device connector interface to connect to any of a plurality of different devices comprising different types of interfaces;
- and
- connecting, by the adapter, an indicator of the device connector interface over a link to a corresponding indicator of the CFX connector interface, the indicator of the device connector interface settable to any of a plurality of different states to represent a respective type of the different types of interfaces when a device is connected to the adapter,
- wherein the indicator of the CFX connector interface is set to a same state as the indicator of the device connector interface to represent a type of the device connected to the adapter.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.