Patent ID: 8782390

Claim:
A control unit for fluidic systems comprising: a circuit board on which a computing module and at least one peripheral communication port connected to the circuit board via conductive paths are disposed, wherein the computing module implements hardware of the control unit; the computing module includes a programmable logic module, a clock generator, a volatile fast working memory, and a persistent memory; a factory image is stored in the persistent memory, which the programmable logic module loads at a switch-on moment; a boot configuration file is stored in the persistent memory, which the programmable logic module reads out and evaluates with the factory image; and the programmable logic module configures programmable logic module hardware based on an evaluated boot configuration file or external signals, and loads applications for execution by the hardware into the volatile fast working memory, and wherein configuration of the programmable logic module is effected depending on communication participants connected to the at least one peripheral communication port of the circuit board.