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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 08, 2004
Filed:
Nov. 03, 2000
Applicant:
Inventor:
Jørn Sørensen, Aars, DK;
Assignee:
Analog Devices, Inc., Norwood, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/300 ; G06F 1/342 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/300 ; G06F 1/342 ;
Abstract
An interface device presents a generic serial input/output (I/O) port, whose function is programmable according to a stored sequence of instructions executed by a programmable state machine. The instructions cause the programmable state machine to define operation of the serial I/O port according to a standard or other predetermined set of serial I/O communication parameters.