Debug device sharing a memory card slot with a card reader
AssigneeMicro-Star International Co., Ltd.
InventorsYu-Chi Chen, Hsiang-Hsing Sung
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Abstract
A debug device sharing a memory card slot with a card reader is disclosed in the invention, which utilizes a memory card slot of a card reader as an interface thereof. Users can insert an external debug card into the slot like using a memory card, and examine messages about Power On Self Test codes without removing the case of a computer. A debug circuit is electrically connected between a computer motherboard and an interface of the memory card slot, and the interface of the memory card slot a multiplexed interface shared between a card reader controller and the debug circuit.
Claims11
A debug device sharing a memory card slot with a card reader, comprising:
- a card reader controller;
- a first interface being for at least more than one memory card or external debug card to be inserted thereinto, and to electrically connect the memory card and the card reader controller;
- a second interface electrically connected between a computer motherboard and the card reader controller;
- characterized in that:
- a debug circuit is electrically connected between the computer motherboard and the first interface;
- wherein the first interface is a multiplexed interface shared between the card reader controller and the debug circuit.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.