Patent ID: 7417399
Filing Date: 2008-08-26
Classification: G05B

Abstract:
1. A motor device comprising: a motor; driver circuitry connected to said motor to control said motor, said driver circuitry being configurable with respect to driver configuration parameters; a plurality of terminals to receive driver control signals with embedded driver configuration data from an external source; and a processor connected to at least some of said terminals to receive said driver control signals with said embedded driver configuration data, said processor being configured to detect and extract said embedded driver configuration data in said driver control signals to produce a driver configuration signal using said embedded driver configuration data, said processor being connected to said driver circuitry to transmit said driver configuration signal to said driver circuitry to set at least one of said driver configuration parameters, wherein said driver control signals include an enable signal, a direction signal and a pulse signal, wherein said processor is configured to detect said embedded driver configuration data in one of said enable, direction and pulse signals, and wherein said processor is further configured to detect start and end conditions indicated by at least one of said enable, direction and pulse signals to clock in said embedded driver configuration data in one of said enable, direction and pulse signals.