Patent ID: 7440837

Claim:
An engine controller, comprising: a) a plurality of first components each executing a function; b) a plurality of second components each executing a function; c) each said first component triggering a respective said second component with a trigger signal; d) each trigger signal having a trigger connection associated therewith between the respective said first component and the respective said second component; e) each said first component containing a signal generating unit for generating the trigger signal; f) each said second component containing a receiver unit for receiving the trigger signal; g) a plurality of wrappers each associated with a respective said first component; h) each trigger connection between a respective said first component and a respective said second component being implemented by interconnecting said wrapper assigned to said first component between said signal generating unit of said first component and said receiver unit of said second component; i) the respective said first component being configured to transmit the trigger signal generated thereby to said wrapper; j) said wrapper being configured to generate a second trigger signal after receipt of the trigger signal from said first component; k) a signal type of the second trigger signal corresponding to a signal type with which said second component can be triggered; l) said wrapper being configured to transmit the second trigger signal generated thereby to said second component in each instance; and m) said wrapper being configurable which signal type of the second trigger signal said wrapper generates and to which said second component said wrapper transmits the second trigger signal.