Patent ID: 7870299
Filing Date: 2011-01-11
Classification: G05B,G06F,H04L

Abstract:
1. An advanced logic system which is a scalable hardware based logic control system architecture comprising: a) at least one input circuit connected to at least one circuit board, wherein said at least one input circuit performs signal conditioning of at least one input, filtering of said at least one input, and conversion of said at least one input to a digital representation of input information, b) wherein said digital representation of input information is communicated to a control logic circuit through a bus communication network, c) wherein said control logic circuit utilizes said digital representation of input information to create a digital representation of output information according to a predetermined process control and monitoring function, d) wherein said control logic circuit resides on a circuit board, e) at least one output circuit connected to at least one circuit board, wherein said at least one output circuit receives said digital representation of output information communicated by use of said bus communication network and converts said digital representation of output information to at least one signal conditioned output, f) wherein said bus communication network comprises at least one communication bus, wherein any said communication bus is protected by redundancy, g) wherein said advanced logic system incorporates graceful degradation, wherein said graceful degradation includes at least one feature from the group consisting of: h) wherein i) wherein said control logic circuit contains no executable software component.