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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 07, 2004
Filed:
Jul. 05, 2000
Motoki Yoshizawa, Suwa, JP;
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
Firmware has a plurality of interface modules for mutually transferring signals between a CPU ( ) and a plurality of mutually different interface units ( ), the type of controller ( ) is identified by an identifying module, and the CPU ( ) is operated by using one of the interface modules corresponding to the controller ( ). Since the assignment of the controllers ( ) in memory space of the CPU ( ) is different in accordance with the types of the interface units ( ), the type of the interface unit ( ) can be identified by a return value at a time when data is written in a certain region of the memory space, so that the CPU ( ) can be operated in accordance with the type of the interface unit ( ).
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