Abstract: A device for data communication between a first host device or a further host device and at least one client device along a shared transmission path includes a first host device, which includes a host application; at least one further host device, which includes a host application; at least one client device, which includes a client application; a bus control module; the host devices and the client device(s) and the bus control module being connected to one another by the transmission path for exchanging data and/or signals and the bus control module being implemented to control the access of the host devices to the transmission path. A method of data communication running on this device provides the transmission path to the host device in the event the host device wishes access to the transmission path.

Abstract: A device for the emulation of designs for integrated circuits having a receiving device for multiple programmable logic circuits, particularly FPGAs, and an electrical connection structure. The interconnection structure has bus lines, each of which includes multiple channels. The interconnection structure is configured so that each programmable logic circuit is connected to at least one bus line and the connection structure is implemented so it can be flexibly interconnected, wherein the assignment of at least a part of the terminal contacts of any programmable logic circuit is freely programmable and wherein at least a part of the bus lines connected to the programmable logic circuits are alternately electrically connectable to one another in such a way that at least one channel of a bus line is electrically connectable to a channel of at least one other bus line using a switch.

Abstract: A device for the emulation of designs for integrated circuits having a receiving device (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6) for multiple programmable logic circuits (11, 12, 13; 21, 22, 23), particularly FPGAs, and an electrical connection structure (14; 24), which has bus lines (111, 112, 121, 122, 131, 132; 211, 212, 221, 222, 231, 232), each of which includes multiple channels (1 . . .

Abstract: A device for data communication between a first host device or a further host device and at least one client device along a shared transmission path includes a first host device, which includes a host application; at least one further host device, which includes a host application; at least one client device, which includes a client application; a bus control module; the host devices and the client device(s) and the bus control module being connected to one another by the transmission path for exchanging data and/or signals and the bus control module being implemented to control the access of the host devices to the transmission path. A method of data communication running on this device provides the transmission path to the host device in the event the host device wishes access to the transmission path.