| US 7,509,445 B2 | ||
| Adapting a plurality of measurement cartridges using cartridge controllers | ||
| Brian Keith Odom, Georgetown, Tex. (US); Jeffrey J. Kellam, Cedar Park, Tex. (US); Rafael Castro, Round Rock, Tex. (US); and Kyle Bryson, Austin, Tex. (US) | ||
| Assigned to National Instruments Corporation, Austin, Tex. (US) | ||
| Filed on Apr. 12, 2006, as Appl. No. 11/403,167. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2008/0005406 A1, Jan. 03, 2008 | ||
| This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer. | ||
| Int. Cl. G06F 3/00 (2006.01); G06F 13/00 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 710—58 [710/313; 714/5] | 36 Claims |
| 1. A system, comprising:
a plurality of cartridge controllers;
timing and data routing logic coupled to the plurality of cartridge controllers;
a plurality of cartridges coupled to the cartridge controllers; and
controlling software for controlling the plurality of cartridges, wherein the controlling software is coupled to the timing
and data routing logic;
wherein each of the plurality of cartridge controllers is operable to:
detect and establish communications with a respective_cartridge based on information retrieved from the cartridge; and
adapt input/output (I/O) signals of the respective cartridge in accordance with instructions specified by the timing and data
routing logic to generate adapted I/O signals;
wherein the timing and data routing logic is operable to:
synthesize one or more data streams from the adapted I/O signals, wherein each of the one or more data streams comprises a
respective subset of the adapted I/O signals received from a corresponding subset of the plurality of cartridges; and
transmit the one or more data streams to the controlling software, wherein the synthesized one or more data streams appear
as a corresponding one or more devices to the controlling software.
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