Patent ID: 8175099
Filing Date: 2012-05-08
Classification: G06F,Y02D

Abstract:
1. A modular prototype development platform comprising: a base module, said base module comprising a processor and a connector; a plurality of peripheral modules, each peripheral module comprising a peripheral device, an interface element, and a peripheral connector; and connecting means for electrically and physically connecting said base module and each of the plurality of peripheral modules to form a single embedded prototype development device, wherein said base module is arranged to send data packets over a bus to each of the plurality of peripheral modules, wherein each data packet comprises an addressing portion and a data portion, wherein each interface element is arranged to read said addressing portion to determine if said data portion is for a given peripheral module, wherein at least one of the peripheral modules is powered from the base module over the bus, wherein the base module is further configured to employ the addressing portions of the data packets to instruct the plurality of peripheral modules to power up at staggered times in a predetermined sequence, and wherein each interface element is further arranged to: