Flexible communication architecture for motion control system
CA 2091085 C · Owner: Riley, David W. · Inventors: Di Giulio, Peter C.; Lee, David K.; Ryan, Frederick W. Jr.
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A cost-effective motion control system communication architecture is provided that supports a centralized control node, distributed control nodes and smart I/O peripheral control nodes. Networks designed using this architecture, which employs a serial bus, may be readily modified or expanded. The architecture supports both real-time highly periodic communications and event-driven peer-to-peer communications.
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- Filed March 5, 1993 and granted October 19, 1999. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended March 5, 2013.
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