Debug Interface Manipulation Unit for Operating Mechanism Control
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing methods for controlling operating mechanisms are time-intensive and costly, particularly when using external bypass routines, which can lead to increased memory size requirements and reduced processing speed due to the need for service calls and complex calculations.
Innovation Solution
A method utilizing a manipulation unit with a debug interface to monitor program code execution, allowing for flexible control of memory values at pre-set timepoints without requiring service calls, enabling independent operation across different manufacturers' mechanisms and reducing memory consumption and processing overhead.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If external bypass routines with service calls are used to control operating mechanisms, then manipulation capability is achieved, but processing speed decreases and memory consumption increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent extracts the manipulation functionality from the operating mechanism's internal service calls and relocates it to an external manipulation device. The debug interface separates monitoring functions from execution functions, allowing the manipulation unit to operate independently without burdening the operating mechanism's processor with service call overhead.
Solution Approach 2:
The debug interface acts as an intermediary between the manipulation device and the operating mechanism's memory. Instead of direct manipulation requiring service calls that slow down processing, the debug interface provides a direct path to read and write memory cells, eliminating the need for interrupt processing and service routine execution.
2Ease of operation
If external bypass routines with service calls are used, then manipulation capability is achieved, but device complexity increases due to additional memory requirements
Solution Approach 1:
The patent extracts the manipulation functionality from the operating mechanism's internal service calls and relocates it to an external manipulation device. The debug interface separates monitoring functions from execution functions, allowing the manipulation unit to operate independently without burdening the operating mechanism's processor with service call overhead.
Solution Approach 2:
The debug interface serves multiple functions: it monitors program code execution, detects timepoints, and enables direct memory manipulation. This multi-functional approach eliminates the need for separate service call routines and dedicated manipulation memory structures, reducing overall device complexity.
3Adaptability or versatility
If service calls are permanently linked in program code, then manipulation functionality is provided, but program transmission cost increases and modifications become expensive
Solution Approach 1:
The patent extracts the manipulation functionality from the operating mechanism's internal service calls and relocates it to an external manipulation device. The debug interface separates monitoring functions from execution functions, allowing the manipulation unit to operate independently without burdening the operating mechanism's processor with service call overhead.
Solution Approach 2:
Instead of modifying the original operating mechanism program with service calls, the system creates a copy of the relevant data in the manipulation device's memory. The manipulation unit then operates on this copy, allowing flexible modifications without affecting the original program code that would require expensive re-transmission.
4Manufacturing precision
If debug interface monitors program code execution and writes values before read operations, then control precision is improved, but timing complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The debug interface monitors program code execution and provides feedback about detected timepoints to the manipulation unit. This feedback mechanism enables the manipulation device to coordinate its write operations with the operating mechanism's read operations, ensuring values are written at the correct moments without complex timing logic in the operating mechanism itself.
Solution Approach 2:
The manipulation unit performs preliminary actions by writing values to memory cells before the operating mechanism reads them. The debug interface detects predetermined timepoints in advance, allowing the manipulation device to prepare and write values proactively, ensuring they are ready when needed without requiring complex real-time coordination during the read operation.
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AI summary
A method for controlling an operating mechanism using a manipulation unit, in which the operating mechanism includes at least one microcontroller, at least one memory with a plurality of memory cells and at least one first value in a first memory cell and at least one debug interface, and the debug interface exhibits a monitoring functionality for monitoring a program code executed by the operating mechanism and using the debug interface a first pre-set timepoint is detected when processing the program code and, using the information transmitted by the debug interface for the first timepoint to the manipulation unit, a trigger timepoint results for a processing routine through the manipulation unit (IN) and a second value is written using the debug interface by the manipulation unit using the processing routine for a second timepoint in the first memory cell before the first memory cell is read by the operating mechanism for a third timepoint.