Patent ID: 9703749
Date: 2017-07-11
CPC Classifications: G05B,G06F

Claim:
1. A method for synchronizing a control unit and at least one peripheral unit having actuators and/or sensors, the control unit and the peripheral unit adapted to exchange data with each other via a serial interface, comprising: transmitting, from the control unit to the peripheral unit, data for operation of the actuators and/or sensors, and at least one synchronization character for synchronization; wherein the transmitting includes: wherein the delaying includes generating, by the control unit, a further data stream which is delayed in time relative to the first data stream to be transmitted to the Peripheral unit and which, at least with respect to data sequences following the first data sequence, represents a copy of the first data stream, the time delay of the further data stream corresponding to a duration of the synchronization character, and after the synchronization character is appended to the first data sequence of the first data stream, the data of the delayed further data stream beginning with the second data sequence is transmitted, instead of the data of the first data stream, to the peripheral unit.