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Date of Patent:
Feb. 03, 2015

Filed:

Apr. 04, 2012
Applicants:

Stephen E. Hodges, Cambridge, GB;

David Alexander Butler, Cambridge, GB;

Shahram Izadi, Cambridge, GB;

Chih-chieh Han, Los Angeles, CA (US);

Inventors:

Stephen E. Hodges, Cambridge, GB;

David Alexander Butler, Cambridge, GB;

Shahram Izadi, Cambridge, GB;

Chih-Chieh Han, Los Angeles, CA (US);

Assignee:

Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 12/28 (2006.01); G06F 13/40 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 13/4095 (2013.01); Y02B 60/1228 (2013.01); Y02B 60/1235 (2013.01);
Abstract

A modular development platform is described which enables creation of reliable, compact, physically robust and power efficient embedded device prototypes. The platform consists of a base module which holds a processor and one or more peripheral modules each having an interface element. The base module and the peripheral modules may be electrically and/or physically connected together. The base module communicates with peripheral modules using packets of data with an addressing portion which identifies the peripheral module that is the intended recipient of the data packet.


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