Patent ID: 9442478
Filing Date: 2016-09-13
CPC Classification: G05B

Claim Text:
1. A system comprising: a plurality of circuits coupled to a plurality of drivers and coupled to each other in a chain via a single-wire connection, each circuit configured to perform a plurality of operations; control circuitry coupled to the plurality of circuits and configured to output configuration data to one circuit of the plurality of circuits to cause the one circuit to perform, based on the configuration data, a selected operation of the plurality of operations, wherein the plurality of operations comprises: forwarding an output signal received from a precedent circuit to a next circuit in the chain via the single-wire connection without modification; forwarding a control signal received by the one circuit to the next circuit in the chain via the single-wire connection; outputting a driver status signal of a driver associated with the one circuit to the next circuit in the chain via the single-wire connection; logically combining an output signal received from the precedent circuit and a control signal received by the one circuit and forwarding a result thereof to the next circuit in the chain via the single-wire connection; and logically combining the output signal received from the precedent circuit and the driver status signal of the driver associated with the one circuit and forwarding a result thereof to the next circuit in the chain via the single-wire connection.