US 8,572,291 B2 · Electronic board and system comprising a plurality of such boards

Abstract

The invention relates to an electronic board (C) comprising: a microcontroller; a first interface means (11) with a communication bus (BUS); and a second interface means (12) with a supervisory computer (SUP); said microcontroller being programmed for: receiving first commands across said second interface means; extracting, from said commands, a piece of addressing information and, on the basis of said information, executing said first commands or moreover transmitting them over said communication bus; and receiving second commands from said communication bus and executing them. The invention relates to a system comprising: a communication bus; a plurality of electronic boards such as described above, connected to said communication bus, at least one of said boards also being connected to a respective supervisory computer. The invention also relates to a robotic system comprising such a built-in control system.

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Dependent claims

An electronic card comprising:

a microcontroller;
a first interface interfacing with a communication bus;
and
a second interface interfacing with a supervision computer;
said microcontroller being programmed:
a) to receive via said second interface, first commands coming from said supervision computer;
b) to extract addressing information from said first commands and, as a function of said addressing information, to execute said first commands or else to forward them over said communication bus via said first interface;
and
c) to receive from said communication bus, via said first interface, second commands and to execute them.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Electronic board and system comprising a plurality of such boards

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Electronic board and system comprising a plurality of such boards

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Abstract

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