Patent ID: 7602810

Claim:
A method for transmitting digital messages through output terminals of a microprocessor supervision circuit of a determined type from among a plurality of supervision circuit types integrated with a microprocessor, each digital message comprising a message identifier and being formed of a plurality of bit groups of successive juxtaposed bits, the bit groups of successive juxtaposed bits being divided into at least one segment comprising a determined number of bits, the method comprising: successively transmitting the at least one segment associated with the plurality of bit groups of successive juxtaposed bits, the plurality of bit groups comprising: a first bit group corresponding to the identifier of the digital message and comprising a fixed number of bits regardless of the type of the supervision circuit; second bit groups, wherein at least one of the second bit groups comprises a fixed number of bits depending on the identifier and on the type of supervision circuit, and a number of other second bit groups depends on the identifier and does not depend on the type of the supervision circuit; a third bit group comprising a number of bits greater than one and depending on the digital message to be transmitted; and fourth bit groups each comprising a number of bits greater than one and depending on the digital message to be transmitted, wherein a number of the fourth bit groups depends on the identifier, on the type of the supervision circuit, and on the digital message to be transmitted.