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US 2015/0317267 A1Published application
Gpib bus to zigbee interconnection
AssigneeSemiconductor Manufacturing International (Shanghai) Corporation
InventorQI LIU
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Abstract
An interface conversion device and a wireless communication system including the interface conversion device are disclosed. The interface conversion device is connected to GPIB-equipped devices in a GPIB network to convert data in the GPIB format to the ZigBee format and vice versa, thereby transforming a cable network to a wireless network to increase the mobility, range, and number of devices in the network.
Claims18
A conversion device comprising:
- a GPIB module configured to transmit and receive data in a GPIB format;
- a ZigBee module configured to transmit and receive data in a ZigBee format;
- a controller unit configured to convert data in the GPIB format into data in the ZigBee format and convert data in the ZigBee format into data in the GPIB format;
- and
- a configuration interface module configured to set up a ZigBee network and an operating mode of the conversion device.
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A network system comprising:
- a main control device equipped with a first GPIB interface;
- a first conversion device connected to the first GPIB interface of the main control device;
- a remote device equipped with a second GPIB interface;
- a second conversion device connected to the second GPIB interface of the remote device, the second conversion device having substantially a same structure as the first conversion device;
- wherein:
- each of the first and second conversion devices comprises:
- a GPIB module configured to transmit and receive data in a GPIB format;
- a ZigBee module configured to transmit and receive data in a ZigBee format;
- a controller unit configured to convert data in the GPIB format into data in the ZigBee format and convert data of the ZigBee format into data of the GPIB format;
- and
- a configuration interface module configured to set up a ZigBee network and an operating mode of the conversion device.
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