PDA to PCMCIA universal adapter
OwnerPhilip Hainventor
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Abstract
A PDA functional module adapter for interconnecting a PDA module with the PCMCIA interface of a computer, the adapter comprising an adapter circuit having a PCMCIA interface, a PDA module interface, a logic and bus controller for coordinating the burst data functions of the computer with the burst data of a PDA module, a control block for verifying the electrical interconnection of a computer to the PCMCIA interface and for opening electrical communication between a computer interconnected with the PCMCIA interface and the logic and bus controller, and a memory device containing identifying information of a functional module for use with the adapter.
Claims20
A module, comprising:
- an adapter circuit having a Personal Computer Memory Card International Association (PCMCIA) interface compatible with a PCMCIA slot of a computer and a Personal Digital Assistant (PDA) interface compatible with a PDA device, the adapter circuit further including a control block coupled between the PCMCIA interface and the PDA interface to verify an electrical connection of the computer and the PDA device.
A device, comprising:
- an adapter circuit having a Personal Computer Memory Card International Association (PCMCIA) interface compatible with a PCMCIA slot of a computer and a Personal Digital Assistant (PDA) interface compatible with a PDA device, the adapter circuit further including a nonvolatile memory to store identifying information of the PDA device for use by the adapter circuit.
A system comprising:
- a computer having a Personal Computer Memory Card International Association (PCMCIA) slot;
- a Personal Digital Assistant (PDA) device;
- and
- an adapter circuit having a PCMCIA interface compatible with the PCMCIA slot of the computer and a PDA interface compatible with the PDA device, the adapter circuit further including a control block coupled between the PCMCIA interface and the PDA interface to verify an electrical connection of the computer and the PDA device.
A method, comprising:
- providing an adapter circuit having a Personal Computer Memory Card International Association (PCMCIA) interface compatible with a PCMCIA slot of a computer and a Personal Digital Assistant (PDA) interface compatible with a PDA device;
- verifying an electrical connection between the computer coupled to the PCMCIA interface and the PDA device coupled to the PDA interface;
- passing signals between the PCMCIA interface and the PDA interface;
- and
- rearranging PCMCIA address lines received at the PCMCIA interface and passed to the PDA interface.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.