Hardware migration
AssigneeHoneywell International Inc.
InventorsCary Leen, Andrew David Halford, Roy Alan Kolasa, Derek Tai, Jayaprakash Meruva
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Abstract
Methods, devices, and systems for hardware migration are described herein. One device includes a top housing, a plurality of input/output (I/O) adapter boards housed by the top housing, a base housing adjacent to the top housing, and a printed circuit board (PCB) base adjacent to the plurality of I/O adapter boards and housed by the base housing, wherein the plurality of I/O adapter boards are electrically connected to the PCB base, and the PCB base includes a plurality of traces configured to provide an electrical path for inputs from a wiring baseboard of an existing controller to the plurality of I/O adapter boards.
Claims20
A hardware migration device, comprising:
- a top housing;
- a plurality of input/output (I/O) adapter boards housed by the top housing;
- a base housing adjacent to the top housing;
- and
- a printed circuit board (PCB) base adjacent to the plurality of I/O adapter boards and housed by the base housing, wherein:
- the plurality of I/O adapter boards are electrically connected to the PCB base;
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- the PCB base includes a plurality of traces configured to provide an electrical path for inputs from a wiring baseboard of an existing controller to the plurality of I/O adapter boards.
A method for hardware migration, comprising:
- removing an existing controller and a number of existing input/output (I/O) modules from a wiring baseboard, wherein the wiring baseboard is left intact;
- replacing the existing controller and the number of I/O modules using a hardware migration device, wherein the hardware migration device comprises:
- a plurality of I/O adapter boards housed by a top housing;
- and
- a printed circuit board (PCB) base adjacent to the plurality of I/O adapter boards and housed by a base housing that is adjacent to the top housing, wherein:
- the plurality of I/O adapter boards are electrically connected to the PCB base;
- and
- the PCB base includes a plurality of traces configured to provide an electrical path for inputs from the wiring baseboard to the plurality of I/O adapter boards;
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- electrically connecting:
- a new controller to two of the plurality of I/O adapter boards;
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- two new I/O modules to two of the plurality of I/O adapter boards.
A hardware migration system, comprising:
- a controller having a wiring baseboard and a number of new I/O modules;
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- a hardware migration device, including:
- a plurality of input/output (I/O) adapter boards housed by a top housing;
- a printed circuit board (PCB) base adjacent to the plurality of I/O adapter boards and housed by a base housing that is adjacent to the top housing, wherein:
- the plurality of I/O adapter boards are electrically connected to the PCB base;
- the PCB base includes a plurality of traces configured to provide an electrical path for inputs from the wiring baseboard of the controller to the plurality of I/O adapter boards;
- the number of new I/O modules of the controller are electrically connected to the plurality of I/O adapter boards;
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- the wiring baseboard of the controller is adjacent to and electrically connected to the PCB base.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.