System for configuring expandable buses in a multi-device storage container and related method

A system and method for configuring expandable buses wherein a host supports a plurality of expandable buses are provided. A plurality of devices are arranged to form a plurality of groups. Each group forms a chain of devices on an expandable bus. Each chain includes an input connector. The chains a...

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Hauptverfasser:	MILLIGAN CHARLES A, LE GRAVERAND PHILIPPE Y
Format:	Patent
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	BASIC ELECTRONIC CIRCUITRY CALCULATING CASINGS OR CONSTRUCTIONAL DETAILS OF ELECTRIC APPARATUS COMPUTING COUNTING ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING ELECTRIC TECHNIQUES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR ELECTRICITY MANUFACTURE OF ASSEMBLAGES OF ELECTRICAL COMPONENTS PHYSICS PRINTED CIRCUITS PULSE TECHNIQUE
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Zusammenfassung:	A system and method for configuring expandable buses wherein a host supports a plurality of expandable buses are provided. A plurality of devices are arranged to form a plurality of groups. Each group forms a chain of devices on an expandable bus. Each chain includes an input connector. The chains are configured such that connecting an expandable bus of the host to the input connector for a particular chain causes that particular chain to be directly connected to that particular expandable bus of the host. The absence of connecting any expandable bus of the host to the input connector for a particular chain causes that particular chain to be directly connected to a different chain so as to be indirectly connected to one of the expandable buses of the host. In another embodiment, the connections to an expandible bus of the host must be consistent with a predetermined connection logic.