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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 11, 2003
Filed:
Oct. 15, 1999
Simon B. Johnson, Kirkland, WA (US);
George Leland Anderson, Bothell, WA (US);
Lev M. Bolotin, Kirkland, WA (US);
Bradley Morris Johnson, Edmonds, WA (US);
Mark Sean Knowles, Maple Valley, WA (US);
Carl W. Olson, Renton, WA (US);
Vincent Warhol, Woodinville, WA (US);
Data I/O Corporation, Redmond, MA (US);
Abstract
A control system and method are provided having a control agent controlling a user interface, a robotic control, a programming control, and a job control. The control system is used with a feeder/programming/buffer system which has a feeder mechanism for receiving programmable devices, a robotic handling mechanism for manipulating the programmable devices among the other mechanisms, a programming mechanism for performing a programming operation on the programmable devices at a high rate of speed, and a buffer mechanism for providing the programmed programmable devices to a production assembly line on a continuous basis.