Abstract: A multi-axis motion controller includes a digital signal processor operable in a standalone mode to run a motion control application program for controlling motion along multiple axes is organized in a shared memory architecture and includes a serial I/O data system with DMA access to the memory for repeatedly moving input and output data directly between the memory and a serial data line. The motion controller may be utilized in connection with a cup lid dispenser for an automated drinkmaker having a pivotable shuttle arrangement for dispensing the bottommost lid in a stack, and a double lid sensor for determining if more than one lid has been dispensed.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
December 27, 1995
Date of Patent:
December 2, 1997
Assignee:
Connecticut Innovations, Inc.
Inventors:
Richard J. Casler, Jr., Kenneth E. Daggett, Jeffrey R. Davis, George E. Riehm
Abstract: A multi-axis motion controller includes a digital signal processor operable in a standalone mode to run a motion control application program for controlling motion along multiple axes is organized in a shared memory architecture and includes a serial I/O data system with DMA access to the memory for repeatedly moving input and output data directly between the memory and a serial data line. The motion controller may be utilized in connection with a cup lid dispenser for an automated drinkmaker having a pivotable shuttle arrangement for dispensing the bottommost lid in a stack, and a double lid sensor for determining if more than one lid has been dispensed.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
July 10, 1992
Date of Patent:
April 30, 1996
Assignee:
Connecticut Innovations, Inc.
Inventors:
Richard J. Casler, Jr., Kenneth E. Daggett, Jeffrey R. Davis, George E. Riehm