Interface Device for Peripheral Data Bus Integration
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Solution Overview
Problem
In automotive and automation technology, communication systems face challenges when peripheral devices lack suitable I/O interfaces for data bus connections, making it difficult to integrate them into existing communication systems without significant effort or altering existing relationships.
Innovation Solution
A communication system with an interface device that connects peripheral devices to a data bus via a peripheral device interface and a data bus interface, enabling data exchange and communication, even if the peripheral device's I/O interface is not designed for data bus connection, and allowing for flexible integration of sensors and actuators through standardized interfaces.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If peripheral devices are integrated into communication systems using standardized data bus interfaces, then communication capability and system integration are improved, but device complexity and adaptation effort increase when devices lack suitable I/O interfaces
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces an interface device as an intermediary component that connects peripheral devices without standardized data bus interfaces to the communication system. This interface device acts as a mediator that translates between the peripheral device's existing I/O interface and the standardized data bus protocol, enabling communication capability while avoiding the need to modify the peripheral device itself or increase its complexity.
2Reliability
If existing communication relationships are preserved without changes, then system stability and operational reliability are improved, but flexibility and adaptability to integrate new peripheral devices deteriorate
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the communication system into distinct functional components: existing peripheral devices with their original communication relationships, and a separate interface device that handles integration of new devices. This segmentation allows the core system to maintain stability while the interface device provides adaptability for integrating peripheral devices with non-standardized interfaces.
3Ease of manufacture
If peripheral devices use non-standardized I/O interfaces, then ease of manufacture and device simplicity are improved, but ease of operation and communication capability deteriorate
Solution Approach 1:
The interface device serves as an intermediary that allows peripheral devices manufactured with simple, non-standardized I/O interfaces to communicate effectively within the standardized communication system. This approach maintains the ease of manufacture and device simplicity while the interface device handles the complexity of protocol translation and communication coordination.
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AI summary
A communication system is provided that includes at least two peripheral devices, wherein each peripheral device has at least one I/O interface and the peripheral devices are connected to each other by at least one data bus and exchange data by means of a communication relationship via the data bus. At least one interface device has a peripheral device interface and has a data bus interface, the interface device being connectable by the peripheral device interface thereof to one of the peripheral devices via an I/O interface thereof, and the interface device being connected by the data bus interface thereof to the data bus, and the communication relationship can be preset in the interface device.