Modular automation device
AssigneeABB AB
InventorsAxel Lohbeck, Wolfgang Jantzen, Gerd Dewitz
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Abstract
The disclosure relates to a device, arrangement and method for communication between modular devices for measurement, closed-loop control and open-loop control, which are connected to one another via a backplane. It is proposed that two modules of the device in each case be connected to one another via a serial point-to-point connection. Modules with a coupling element are connected to a plurality of other modules.
Claims9
A modular automation device comprising a plurality of modules which are electrically connected to one another via a common connection means, wherein
- the connection means has at least one active coupling element with a plurality of connections which can be connected to one another in order to connect serial point-to-point connections and
- each module is in each case connected to at least one coupling element via a point-to-point connection.
A modular arrangement for device automation comprising a plurality of modules which are electrically connected to one another via a common connection means, wherein
- the connection means has at least one active coupling element with a plurality of connections which can be connected to one another in order to connect serial point-to-point connections and
- each module is in each case connected to at least one coupling element via a point-to-point connection.
A method of modular arrangement for an automation device comprising a plurality of modules which are electrically connected to one another via a common connection means, the method comprising:
- providing a plurality of connections of at least one active coupling element of the connection means for connection to one another and to connect serial point-to-point connections and
- connecting each module to at least one coupling element via a point-to-point connection.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.