An electronic device comprising: a plurality of switching elements ( Q1 to Q6) connected to a power supply; a plurality of specific information storage units provided for the corresponding switching elements ( Q1 to Q6) and configured to store specific information of respective corresponding switching elements ( Q1 to Q6); a processing unit configured to control the switching elements ( Q1 to Q6); and a communication line disposed between the specific information storage units and the processing unit, through which the specific information of the respective switching elements ( Q1 to Q6) is sent from the specific information storage units to the processing unit, characterized in that the specific information storage units include a plurality of driving circuits provided for the corresponding switching elements ( Q1 to Q6), and the processing unit controls the switching elements ( Q1 to Q6) through the driving circuits, and the communication line is single and common to the specific information storage units; and the electronic device further comprises a shutdown circuit, connected to the single communication line through a low-pass filter, configured to switch off the switching elements ( Q1 to Q6) upon an abnormality thereof being detected, wherein the respective driving circuits cause the shutdown circuit to perform a shutdown operation when detecting short-circuiting abnormality, and send the specific information onto the single communication line at different timings according to a certain sending sequence after performing the shutdown operation, wherein the sending sequence is a number individually arbitrarily defined beforehand for each driving circuit, and the different timings are determined based on the sending sequence and a time it takes to perform shutting down the switching elements ( Q1 to Q6). a plurality of switching elements ( Q1 to Q6) connected to a power supply; a plurality of specific information storage units provided for the corresponding switching elements ( Q1 to Q6) and configured to store specific information of respective corresponding switching elements ( Q1 to Q6); a processing unit configured to control the switching elements ( Q1 to Q6); and a communication line disposed between the specific information storage units and the processing unit, through which the specific information of the respective switching elements ( Q1 to Q6) is sent from the specific information storage units to the processing unit, characterized in that the specific information storage units include a plurality of driving circuits provided for the corresponding switching elements ( Q1 to Q6), and the processing unit controls the switching elements ( Q1 to Q6) through the driving circuits, and the communication line is single and common to the specific information storage units; and the electronic device further comprises a shutdown circuit, connected to the single communication line through a low-pass filter, configured to switch off the switching elements ( Q1 to Q6) upon an abnormality thereof being detected, wherein the respective driving circuits cause the shutdown circuit to perform a shutdown operation when detecting short-circuiting abnormality, and send the specific information onto the single communication line at different timings according to a certain sending sequence after performing the shutdown operation, wherein the sending sequence is a number individually arbitrarily defined beforehand for each driving circuit, and the different timings are determined based on the sending sequence and a time it takes to perform shutting down the switching elements ( Q1 to Q6).