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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 23, 2006
Filed:
Nov. 28, 2001
Koji Ohno, Osaka, JP;
Hideki Noda, Osaka, JP;
Kazuhiro Mishina, Osaka, JP;
Matsushita Electric Works, Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Abstract
A general-purpose functional circuit for a programmable controller, comprising: an external connector which is connected to an external appliance to be controlled; an interconnecting connector which is connected to at least a CPU unit of the programmable controller; and an arithmetic processing member which has at least a function of transmitting to and receiving from the external appliance connected to the arithmetic processing member through the external connector, signals and performing a logical operation based on an external signal received from the external appliance so as to transmit to the CPU unit via the interconnecting connector, a logical operation signal corresponding to a result of the logical operation; wherein the CPU unit includes a CPU for executing a sequence program.