Synchronous controller for synchronously operating a plurality of actuators
AssigneeOkuma Corporation
InventorsHideyuki Nonogaki, Koji Eba
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Abstract
A synchronous controller includes a command controller for outputting action commands to actuator controllers for synchronously controlling respective corresponding actuators. Each actuator controller includes an interrupt controller and a corresponding internal counter. One interrupt controller is designated as a master and the remaining interrupt controllers are designated as slaves. The master interrupt controller activates an interrupt signal on a bus based on the count value of its corresponding internal counter and resets the counter while the slave interrupt controllers concurrently reset their corresponding internal counters upon detecting the interrupt signal on the bus.
Claims4
A synchronous controller comprising:
- a plurality of actuator controllers that synchronously control respective corresponding actuators, each of the plurality of actuator controllers comprising an internal counter;
- an interrupt controller that generates interrupt signals and controls the operation of said internal counters;
- a command controller that outputs an action command to at least one of said plurality of actuator controllers;
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- general purpose bus means interconnecting said plurality of actuator controllers and said command controller;
- wherein said interrupt controller outputs an interrupt signal on said general purpose bus means and synchronizes said internal counters.
A synchronous controller comprising:
- a plurality of actuator controllers that synchronously control respective corresponding actuators, each of the plurality of actuator controllers comprising:
- an internal counter;
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- an interrupt controller that outputs and detects interrupt signals and controls the operation of said internal counter;
- a command controller that outputs an action command to at least one of said plurality of actuator controllers, said command controller comprising:
- an internal counter;
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- an interrupt controller that outputs and detects interrupt signals and controls the operation of said internal counter;
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- general purpose bus means interconnecting said plurality of actuator controllers and said command controller;
- wherein one of said interrupt controllers outputs an interrupt signal to said general purpose bus means, the remaining interrupt controllers detect said interrupt signal on said bus means, and each interrupt controller synchronizes a corresponding internal counter based on said interrupt signal.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.