General-purpose peripheral interface, a method of interfacing, and an apparatus having the same for controlling a robot

Abstract

A general-purpose peripheral interface according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention includes a pair of complementary connectors including at least one input terminal, at least one output terminal, and at least one power supply terminal and ground terminal, wherein when a connector of a peripheral device is combined to a connector of a control device, an identification voltage in a voltage range varying according to a type of the peripheral device is shown in the input terminal. Here, the voltage ranges may be set not to overlap each other when the types of the peripheral devices are different. The type of the peripheral device may be one of an input type, an input-output mixed type, and an output type.

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