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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 14, 2020
Filed:
Sep. 19, 2016
Simmonds Precision Products, Inc., Vergennes, VT (US);
Travis Gang, Burlington, VT (US);
Christopher Fitzhugh, Essex Junction, VT (US);
Peter Carini, Underhill, VT (US);
Benjamin D. McBride, Burlington, VT (US);
David Joseph Fontaine, Ferrisburgh, VT (US);
Matthew B. Burleigh, Essex, VT (US);
Simmonds Precision Products, Inc., Vergennes, VT (US);
Abstract
A network and method for addressing the network includes a host controller, a communication bus connected to the host controller, and a plurality of nodes connected to the communication bus. Each of the plurality of nodes includes a node controller, a communication input, and a communication output. The node controller is configured to receive an address from the host controller, provide an acknowledgement of receipt of the address to the host controller, and connect the communication input to the communication output upon receipt of the address.