Abstract: The invention relates to an automation device, with which a multiplicity of physically distributed functional units communicate with each other by means of a common transmission protocol. The device has a microcontroller (110), which is assigned at least one clock generator (120) and one memory unit (150), and which is connected at least to one data sink (130), which is designed to accept a received data bit-stream.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
September 11, 2006
Date of Patent:
June 10, 2008
Assignee:
ABB Patent GmbH
Inventors:
Heiko Kresse, Andreas Stelter, Ralf Schaeffer