902 results about "Hardware modules" patented technology

A reconfigurable test system including a host computer coupled to a reconfigurable test instrument. The reconfigurable test instrument includes reconfigurable hardware-i.e. a reconfigurable hardware module with one or more programmable elements such as Field Programmable Gate Arrays for realizing an arbitrary hardware architecture and a reconfigurable front end with programmable transceivers for interfacing with any desired physical medium-and optionally, an embedded processor. A user specifies system features with a software configuration utility which directs a component selector to select a set of software modules and hardware configuration files from a series of libraries. The modules are embedded in a host software driver or downloaded for execution on the embedded CPU. The configuration files are downloaded to the reconfigurable hardware. The entire selection process is performed in real-time and can be changed whenever the user deems necessary. Alternatively, the user may create a graphical program in a graphical programming environment and compile the program into various software modules and configuration files for host execution, embedded processor execution, or programming the reconfigurable hardware.

A local area network includes one or more wireless access points for receiving and sending voice and data messages from and to a mobile wireless communications device and a router to manage the delivery of messages to either a DHCP server, a VPN server, or the wireless access points. The DHCP server provides configuration parameters specific to a client requesting DHCP information. The VPN server operates, in conjunction with wireless communications devices to perform key exchange, mode configuration, client authentication, and to maintain the security of a VPN session. The wireless communications device includes a hybrid VPN client that operates, in conjunction with the LAN, to initiate the establishment of a VPN tunnel between the wireless communications device and the VPN server. The hybrid VPN client includes both software and hardware modules that operate together to limit communications latency during the establishment and maintenance of a VPN session.

The present invention provides an infusion pump control system comprises a plurality of computing components positioned on discrete hardware modules to complete an infusion task. Those discrete processors, which are internally redundant and communicate through a common medium that provides for redundancy of the communication ability to react to internal failures in a known manner, implement capabilities specific to infusion pump functions, to complete an infusion task. Also, this invention provides automatically switchable redundant power supplies and a new mechanism for firmware provisioning using multi-dropped JTAG for a plurality of computing components.

A computing apparatus comprises a plurality of hardware modules (102,104,106) and a shared communication infrastructure (110) by which the modules can communicate with each other in the usual way. In order to increase the level of trust and security in the apparatus, a trusted hardware module (120) is also provided and is connected to the other modules by respective communication paths (122a;122b;122c), distinct from the communication infrastructure, by which each of those modules can communicate directly with the trusted module but cannot communicate directly with any other of the modules. The trusted module can therefore have secure communications, for example of “unsafe” data, with each of the other modules without any of the remaining modules eavesdropping, and the trusted module can route unsafe data between any pair of the other modules, or decline to provide such routing, for example in dependence on policy stored in the trusted module.

The system and method of the invention automatically provide appropriate configuration and control software to a hardware system consisting of multiple target hardware modules. A system controller is connected to the target hardware modules and to a repository that stores a set of software modules. Each software module includes configuration and control information for a particular target hardware module. When a particular software control and configuration scheme for at least a portion of the target hardware modules is to be implemented in the hardware system, software modules corresponding to the particular software control and configuration scheme are selected and associated with a system definition file that is also stored in the repository. When the system definition file is invoked by the system controller, the system controller executes the associated software modules thereby providing the particular software control and configuration scheme to appropriate target hardware modules. When the particular software control and configuration scheme needs to be updated, one or more software modules of the system definition file may be replaced with an updated version without reconfiguring the hardware system.

The invention discloses a universal simulator for aircraft engines. The universal simulator comprises an upper industrial personal computer, a simulation measurement and control computer, a display control desk, a combination instrument case with a plurality of instrument hardware modules, an instrument extension case, a signal adaptation unit, a direct-current voltage-stabilized source and a special testing cable. The universal simulator has the advantages that mathematical models of the engines are operated by an embedded high-performance real-time operating system of the simulation measurement and control computer, so that the real-time performance and the effectiveness of simulation experiments can be guaranteed; hardware architectures for forming testing systems are standard PXI [PCI (peripheral component interconnect) extensions for instrumentation] bus open architectures, accordingly, the hardware modules of various mature PXI bus interfaces can be extended and configured according to particular testing application, and the universal simulator is high in automation degree, extensibility and compatibility and good in maintainability; the signal adaptation unit is configured with standard and universal electric connectors by means of integration, and only corresponding matched testing connecting cables need to be replaced, so that electric connection of the testing systems can be quickly reconstructed by the simulator for the engines, and requirements of platforms on the universality can be met.

The invention discloses an intelligent building sales reception system, which comprises a face identification hardware module, a background management module and an APP (Application) front-end module, wherein the face identification hardware module carries out shooting and face identification on the image of a visiting house-inspecting person and uploads face information to the background management module; the background management module compares the information with data in an original database, divides the visiting house-inspecting person into a first-time user, a multi-time user and a transaction user, and transmits the relevant information of the user and an execution scheme to the APP front-end module; and the APP front-end module is used for checking and inputting the information of the house-inspecting person. The intelligent building sales reception system has the characteristics of reliability, timeliness, safety and correlation and can cause a salesman to carry out targeted reception on the client.

A modular interface allows new functionalities to be added to a television receiver. A module can be added to the television receiver through the interface that will enable additional functionalities on the television. The interface allows copy protection of digital video and audio content by incorporating HDCP technology, thereby also allowing the manufacturer of the interface to control the access to the interface.

The invention discloses a network interactive voice toy component which can automatically update and download audio programs from internet and play interactive voice programs and a method for realizing the same. Through running a special audio file controlled by a command line, the invention can control the playing of the audio programs, receive input information of users, control subsequent playing, driving software hardware functions and driving net access according to the input information of the users and output processed data. The invention realizes the functions such as: interactive question and answer, interactive story, multi-line story, interactive phonetic game, interactive teaching. The users can control endings of stories, participate in games, answer questions through the toy, thus human-computer interaction can be really realized. Because the system is an integrated and independent hardware module, the system can be easy to implant into all kinds of plush, plastic toys, the interactivity among the toys and the users can be significantly expanded, and education through entertainment can be really realized.

The invention relates to a compact peripheral components interconnect (CPCI)-bus-based 1553B protocol data communication and serial loading module, which comprises a hardware module and a field programmable gate array (FPGA) program. The hardware module comprises an impedance control circuit board, a signal connection socket, a standard CPCI bus connector and a standard 3UEurocard board card front panel, wherein the impedance control circuit board is the core of the module, and is divided into an FPGA unit, a CPCI bus unit, an isolating transformer unit, a logic level translation unit, a 1553B bus protocol chip unit, a serial loading unit and an auxiliary circuit unit. The FPGA program comprises a 1553B bus communication bus controller (BC) module, a remote terminal (RT) module, a monitor terminal (MT) module, and a serial loading module, and is developed by Verilog hardware description language (HDL) programming. The module has stable performance and high reliability, can perform 1553B communication for long and can be randomly set as a BC, an RT or an MT in the 1553B communication; an RT address of external equipment suspended under a 1553B bus together with the module can be serially loaded and flexibly set; the data transmission of a CPCI bus has a direct memory access (DMA) function, the actual transmission rate of the bus is 1MB/s and continuous transmission can be realized without frame loss.

The invention relates to a tax bill/invoice auto drawing technique, especially providing a system of paying tax money at any moment and self- drawing tax bill/invoice and the application method thereof for temporary operation taxpayers, private business, and value added tax payers. And the system comprises software module and hardware module, where the software module mainly comprises data processing module, display module, print control module, and data management module and the hardware module mainly comprises network connection module, computing resources module, and data storage and backup recovery module, tax bill/invoice running module and printing module. And the invention can arrange terminals in the public places, such as market-dense regions, banks, and tax halls to make taxpayers pay taxes and draw tax bills and invoices by themselves by the system, providing convenience for tax collectors and payers and beneficial to raise efficiency and improve quality of service and able to effectively prevent cases of invoice illegality.

The invention discloses an intelligent network terminal for collecting and encrypting classroom teaching multimedia information in real time and a working method of the intelligent network terminal for collecting and encrypting the classroom teaching multimedia information in real time. The intelligent network terminal comprises a hardware module and a software module, the hardware module of the intelligent network terminal is installed on a single desk, teacher and student mutual information such as image-texts, videos and audios in the classroom teaching process is collected, the collected information is optimized and encrypted through a self-control expansion card, and the information is transmitted to an upper control computer through the WIFI; according to the intelligent network terminal, a command of the upper control computer is received through the WIFI, and image-text, picture, video and audio communication between groups of the terminal is achieved in a classroom; by means of the intelligent network terminal, the classroom teaching quality is improved, real-time data collecting is provided for classroom teaching surveying, basic data are provided for teaching evaluation, the whole device faces classroom teaching, the multiple protective technology is adopted, it is guaranteed that the intelligent network terminal stably operates all the day for a long time, classroom teaching data are accurately collected in real time, and safety transmission and storage are achieved.

A modular computer component system has at least one linking module. A plurality of interchangeable hardware modules is provided. Each hardware module houses one computer component. Each hardware module is coupled to the linking module to allow data communication between the hardware module and the linking module thereby forming a complete computer system. The plurality of interchangeable hardware modules includes at least a processor module, a memory module, a hard drive module.

Method and system for associating software components with vendor hardware module versions in an open architecture test system are disclosed. The method includes receiving a set of hardware versions of a vendor hardware module, receiving a set of software components supported by the vendor hardware module, processing the set of hardware versions, where the set of hardware versions is represented as an equivalence class of hardware version numbers using a mask value, obtaining user choices of hardware versions of the vendor hardware module, validating the user choices of hardware versions of the vendor hardware module, and creating a system profile in accordance with the user choices of hardware versions.

A computer system includes a plurality of systems configured to be connected to each other by links and to operate synchronously each other. Each of said plurality of systems includes a fault tolerant controller, a CPU, a baseboard management controller and a plurality of hardware modules. The CPU is connected with the fault tolerant controller. The baseboard management controller is connected with the fault tolerant controller. The plurality of hardware modules is connected with the fault tolerant controller. When receiving a trouble which occurs in any of the plurality of systems, the fault tolerant controller outputs an interrupt regarding the trouble to at least one of the CPU and the baseboard management controller predetermined correspondingly to the trouble.