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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 22, 1989
Filed:
Oct. 19, 1987
Applicant:
Inventor:
Kenneth A Coulson, Woodinville, WA (US);
Assignee:
John Fluke Mfg. Co., Inc., Everett, WA (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
371 12 ; 371 62 ;
Abstract
A simplified master controller or outguard circuit monitors and controls a plurality of separate slave, or inguard, circuits. Only a single watchdog circuit is provided on the outguard arrangement, with simplified timers being provided on each inguard arrangement to generate a direct hardware reset signal for local microprocessors in the inguard circuits using existing serial communication lines. A break signal generated by the watchdog in the outguard circuit is detected and, without interpretation, converted to the reset signal for the inguard circuit in synchronism with operation of the outguard circuit.