Patent ID: 6101419
Filing Date: 2000-08-08
Classification: G05B,Y02P

Abstract:
A control system for an automated manufacturing facility having a plurality of components, each of the components having I/O located thereon, comprising:a master control computer having a master CPU and a master memory;a parallel bus interconnected with the master control computer; anda plurality of interface cards, each interconnected to the bus, each of the interface cards being interconnected with the I/O of at least one of a plurality of respective components, and each of the interface cards including a card CPU thereon and a RAM, wherein the RAM enables two-way data transfer between the master CPU and the interface card; andat least one daughter card located respectively on each of the interface cards, each daughter card being interconnected to receive and send data from the RAM, each of the daughter cards including data translation circuits for translating data between a data compatible with the master CPU and a data relevant to the interconnected I/O.