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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 06, 2013
Filed:
Jan. 19, 2009
Ted Bonk, Cave Creek, AZ (US);
William Todd Smithgall, League City, TX (US);
Mitch Fletcher, Glendale, AZ (US);
Greg Carlucci, Scottsdale, AZ (US);
Ted Bonk, Cave Creek, AZ (US);
William Todd Smithgall, League City, TX (US);
Mitch Fletcher, Glendale, AZ (US);
Greg Carlucci, Scottsdale, AZ (US);
Honeywell International Inc., Morristown, NJ (US);
Abstract
A node comprises a host computer operable to execute application tasks and to transmit data; a local time-triggered Ethernet switch operable to enforce temporal constraints on time-triggered data; and a time-triggered Ethernet controller coupled to the local time-triggered Ethernet switch and operable to be coupled to a time-triggered Ethernet switch in each of a plurality of other control nodes. The time-triggered Ethernet controller is further operable to communicate with the plurality of other control nodes to synchronize a local clock to establish a global time base and to provide a signal to the host computer for the host computer to synchronize execution of the application tasks by the host computer with the execution of application tasks in each of the plurality of other control nodes.