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US 2011/0035524 A1Published application
Apparatus for Plugging into a Computation System, and Computation System
AssigneeSiemens Aktiengesellschaft
InventorsJens Kydles, Markus Walter
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Abstract
An apparatus for upgrading a standard PC system to a fail-safe computation system, comprising a plug device for plugging into the computation system, a memory module, a microcontroller, and a first device for generating a first time signal, wherein the microcontroller and the first device interact such that the computation system is provided with the first time signal through the plug device device.
Claims16
An apparatus comprising:
- a plug-in device for plugging into a computation system;
- a memory module connectable to a bus system of the computation system by the plug-in device;
- a microcontroller;
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- a first device configured to generate a first time signal, the microcontroller and first device being connected to interact such that the computation system is provided with the first time signal through the plug-in device.
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A computation system for an industrial process, comprising:
- a module for simulating a programmable logic controller;
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- an apparatus comprising:
- a plug-in device for plugging into a computation system;
- a memory module connectable to a bus system of the computation system by the plug-in device;
- a microcontroller;
- and
- a first device configured to generate a first time signal, the microcontroller and first device being connected to interact such that the computation system is provided with the first time signal through the plug-in device.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.