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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 20, 2011
Filed:
Nov. 17, 2008
Motor controller with deterministic synchronous interrupt having multiple serial interface backplane
Alan J. Campbell, New Berlin, WI (US);
John Howard Stuedemann, Milwaukee, WI (US);
John Michael Keller, Milwaukee, WI (US);
Calvin C. Steinweg, Hartford, WI (US);
Paul Thomas Krause, Fredonia, WI (US);
Peter John Halpin, Mequon, WI (US);
Alan J. Campbell, New Berlin, WI (US);
John Howard Stuedemann, Milwaukee, WI (US);
John Michael Keller, Milwaukee, WI (US);
Calvin C. Steinweg, Hartford, WI (US);
Paul Thomas Krause, Fredonia, WI (US);
Peter John Halpin, Mequon, WI (US);
Rockwell Automation Technologies, Inc., Mayfield Heights, OH (US);
Abstract
In one embodiment, a motor drive is provided that includes a control board and one or more option boards coupled to the control board via one or more serial interfaces such that data from the one or more option boards is communicated via one or more synchronous interrupts on the one or more serial interfaces. A method of operating a motor drive that includes transmitting one or more signals from an option board to a control board via one or more synchronous interrupts, wherein the option board is coupled to the control board via a serial interface. A tangible machine-readable medium implementing the method is also provided.