Digital counter
AssigneeTektronix International Sales GmbH
InventorHolger Galuschka
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Abstract
A digital counter with a dial position having a hardware part which determines the n lowest-value bits of the dial position and a software part which determines the remaining higher-value bits of the dial position includes first and a second software parts as the software part with the dial position being a combination of the first software part and the hardware part when the hardware part is in a first counting range, and being a combination of the second software part and the hardware part when the hardware part is in a second counting range.
Claims16
A digital counter of the type having a dial position which includes a hardware part determining the n lowest-value bits of the dial position and a software part determining the remaining higher-value bits of the dial position, wherein the software part comprises:
- first and second software parts with the dial position being a combination of the first software part and the hardware part when the hardware part is in a first counting range, and being a combination of the second software part and the hardware part when the hardware part is in a second counting range.
A method of operating a digital counter having a dial position including a hardware part, which determines the n lowest-value bits of the dial position, and a software part, which determines the remaining higher-value bits of the dial position, comprising the steps of:
- dividing the software part into first and second software parts;
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- determining the dial position as a combination of the first software part and the hardware part when the hardware part is in a first counting range and as a combination of the second software part and the hardware part when the hardware part is in a second counting range.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.