Stacked module assembly including electrically interconnected switching module and plural electronic modules

An interconnection system for multiple electronic circuits, comprising:

• a plurality of modules, each configured along a module plane that is substantially orthogonal to a module axis with at least one of said modules adapted to carry an electronic circuit;
• each of said modules terminating in a perimeter having n faces that define a substantially regular polygon when the module is viewed axially;
• one or more connectors carried on each of said modules with each of said connectors positioned adjacent a different one of said faces;
• each of said connectors configured to engage a connector in another module when the module's are coplanar and in an adjoining relationship;
• and
• one of said modules comprising a switching module that carries a switch configured to selectively connect combinations of the switching module's connectors;
• wherein said modules are arranged in a coplanar relationship with a mutual engagement between connectors of adjacent modules.

An interconnection system for multiple electronic circuits, comprising:

• a plurality of modules, each configured along a module plane that is substantially orthogonal to a module axis and at least one of said modules adapted to carry an electronic circuit;
• each of said modules terminating in a perimeter having n faces that define a substantially regular polygon when the module is viewed axially;
• one or more connectors carried on each of said modules, each of said connectors positioned at a different one of a set of n connector locations wherein said set has the same spatial relationship on each of said modules and is spatially invariant as its respective module is rotated in steps of 360/n degrees about its axis;
• each of said connectors positioned adjacent a different one of said faces and configured to engage any other of said connectors when they are in either a coaxial and adjoining relationship or a coplanar and adjoining relationship;
• and
• one of said modules comprising a switching module that carries a switch configured to selectively connect combinations of the switching module's connectors:
• wherein each of said modules is arranged to have at least one of a coaxial and a coplanar adjacent relationship with another of said modules, with a mutual engagement between connectors of adjacent modules.