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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Apr. 24, 2012

Filed:

Dec. 01, 2009
Applicants:

Gary L. Hess, Enfield, CT (US);

Kanwalpreet Reen, Bristol, CT (US);

Inventors:

Gary L. Hess, Enfield, CT (US);

Kanwalpreet Reen, Bristol, CT (US);

Assignee:

Hamilton Sundstrand Corporation, Windsor Locks, CT (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 11/27 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

A method for diagnosing hardware failures in a data processing system includes a configuring a portion of a programmable logic device to create a state machine. The state machine tests a communication bus and a plurality of component devices connected by the communication bus and identifies the test failures. The state machine communicates the test information to external test equipment. The communication bus is used in the operation of the data processing system and the testing includes tests at full clock speed of the data processing system.


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