Reset mechanism for use in electric device equipped with microcomputer and resetting method
AssigneeOrion Electric Co., Ltd.
InventorHiroyuki Imadate
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Abstract
Disclosed is a reset mechanism for use in an electric device equipped with a microcomputer having a reset circuit associated therewith. An insulating housing of the electric device has a small through hole provided therein, and chassis of the electric device has a small through hole provided therein and in alignment with the small through hole of the insulating housing. A reset terminal of the reset circuit is placed behind the small through hole of the chassis of the electric device. The microcomputer can be reset simply by inserting a metal rod into the two through holes as far as the reset circuit.
Claims13
A method of resetting an electric device equipped with a microcomputer having a reset circuit associated therewith, comprising:
- providing a small through hole in an insulating housing of said electric device;
- providing a small through hole in a chassis of said electric device so as to be in alignment with said small through hole in said insulating housing and also in alignment with a reset terminal of said reset circuit, said reset circuit being placed behind said small through hole in said chassis;
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- inserting an electrically conductive rod into said small through holes in said insulating housing and said chassis so as to touch said reset terminal, thereby making an electrical connection between said reset terminal and said chassis.
A reset mechanism for use in an electric device that is equipped with a microcomputer having a reset circuit associated therewith, comprising:
- a first through hole in an insulating housing of the electric device;
- a second through hole in a member of the electric device and in alignment with said first through hole;
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- a reset terminal of the reset circuit, said reset terminal being positioned behind said second through hole and exposed so as to be directly accessible from an exterior of said insulating housing via said first and second through holes.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.