Patent ID: 11947478
Assignee: SCT LTD.
Field: Computer technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 4:
5. A method for programming and controlling of a plurality of slave devices serially connected in a daisy chain using a master device, the method comprising:
assigning a unique slave address to each slave device in the plurality of slave devices by sending an initialization data packet from the master device serially through the plurality of slave devices;
storing, in each of the plurality of slave devices, a slave address;
defining a data packet, wherein the data packet defines a target slave address, a read/write command, and a start address;
transmitting the data packet to one or more of the plurality of slave devices,
wherein the data packet further defines a register address, and
when the target slave address is equal to a predefined broadcast address and the register address is equal to a predefined location for slave address, performing a slave address programming operation.