PROCESSING SYSTEM, RELATED INTEGRATED CIRCUIT, DEVICE AND METHOD

    公开(公告)号:US20220382695A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-12-01

    申请号:US17747800

    申请日:2022-05-18

    摘要: In an embodiment, a processing system comprises a microprocessor programmable via software instructions, a memory controller configured to be coupled to a memory, a communication system coupling the microprocessors to the memory controller, a cryptographic co-processor and a first communication interface. The processing system also comprises first and second configurable DMA channels. In a first configuration, the first DMA channel is configured to transfer data from the memory to the cryptographic co-processor, and the second DMA channel is configured to transfer the encrypted data via two loops from the cryptographic co-processor to the first communication interface. In a second configuration, the second DMA channel is configured to transfer received data via two loops from the first communication interface to the cryptographic co-processor, and the first DMA channel is configured to transfer the decrypted data from the cryptographic co-processor to the memory.

    VIRTUAL MODE EXECUTION MANAGER
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    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20220334862A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-10-20

    申请号:US17235206

    申请日:2021-04-20

    IPC分类号: G06F9/455 G06F9/30 G06F9/48

    摘要: Disclosed herein is hardware for easing the process of changing the execution mode of a virtual machine and its associated resources. By adopting the hardware, it is possible to trigger a change in the execution mode in an automatic way, without software intervention, and without interfering with the execution of other virtual machines. In addition, in case an error has occurred for a virtual machine and it is detected, the hardware can be used to disable the resources associated with that virtual machine and generate notification of the completion this operation to other hardware, which will complete the reset of the virtual machine. By adopting the hardware, the execution mode change is simplified and offers configurability and flexibility for a system running multiple virtual machines.

    PROCESSING SYSTEM, RELATED INTEGRATED CIRCUIT, DEVICE AND METHOD

    公开(公告)号:US20220308892A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-09-29

    申请号:US17654537

    申请日:2022-03-11

    IPC分类号: G06F9/4401 G06F9/30

    摘要: In an embodiment, a hardware configuration circuit reads and decodes an encoded life-cycle data and provides the decoded life-cycle data to a hardware circuit. A reset circuit monitors an external reset signal received via a reset terminal and, in response to determining that the external reset signal has a first logic level, executes a reset, a configuration, and a wait phase. The reset circuit waits until the external reset signal has a second logic level. A communication interface is activated during the wait phase and configured to receive a request. A hardware verification circuit generates a life-cycle advancement request signal when the request includes a given reference password and a reset circuit is in the wait phase. A write circuit writes a bit of the encoded life-cycle data stored in a non-volatile memory when the life-cycle advancement request signal is set, advancing the life-cycle to a given predetermined life-cycle stage.

    HIGH SPEED DEBUG-DELAY COMPENSATION IN EXTERNAL TOOL

    公开(公告)号:US20220137128A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-05-05

    申请号:US17083876

    申请日:2020-10-29

    IPC分类号: G01R31/317 G01R31/3185

    摘要: A testing tool includes a clock generation circuit generating a test clock and outputting the test clock via a test clock output pad, data processing circuitry clocked by the test clock, and data output circuitry receiving data output from the data processing circuitry and outputting the data via an input/output (IO) pad, the data output circuitry being clocked by the test clock. The testing tool also includes a programmable delay circuit generating a delayed version of the test clock, and data input circuitry receiving data input via the IO pad, the data input circuitry clocked by the delayed version of the test clock. The delayed version of the test clock is delayed to compensate for delay between transmission of a pulse of the test clock via the test clock output pad to an external computer and receipt of the data input from the external computer via the IO pad.

    Processing System for Monitoring the Cell Voltages of a Rechargeable Battery, Related Battery Monitoring System and Electric Vehicle

    公开(公告)号:US20220018907A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-01-20

    申请号:US17368198

    申请日:2021-07-06

    发明人: Markus Ekler

    摘要: An embodiment processing system comprises terminals configured to be connected to cells of a rechargeable battery to receive cell voltages, a digital processing circuit, a serial communication interface and a transmission queue interfacing the digital processing circuit with the serial communication interface for parallel operation. The digital processing circuit synchronously acquires a given number of digital samples of each of the cell voltages and stores them to a memory. The digital processing circuit encodes the digital samples stored to the memory via a data compression module, and stores the encoded data to the transmission queue. For example, the data compression module may generate the encoded data by subtracting a given offset from each digital sample to generate values indicative of the dynamic variation of each sample with respect to the offset, and removing a given number of most significant bits from each value.

    PROCESSING SYSTEM COMPRISING A QUEUED SERIAL PERIPHERAL INTERFACE, RELATED INTEGRATED CIRCUIT, DEVICE AND METHOD

    公开(公告)号:US20210303504A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-09-30

    申请号:US17199418

    申请日:2021-03-11

    摘要: An embodiment processing system comprises a queued SPI circuit, which comprises a hardware SPI communication interface, an arbiter and a plurality of interface circuits. Each interface circuit comprises a transmission FIFO memory, a reception FIFO memory and an interface control circuit. The interface control circuit is configured to receive first data packets and store them to the transmission FIFO memory. The interface control circuit sequentially reads the first data packets from the transmission FIFO memory, extracts at least one transmission data word, and provides the extracted word to the arbiter. The interface control circuit receives from the arbiter a reception data word and stores second data packets comprising the received reception data word to the reception FIFO memory. The interface control circuit sequentially reads the second data packets from the reception FIFO memory and transmits them to the digital processing circuit.

    DEVICE AND METHOD FOR CHECKING FRAMES FROM A COMMUNICATION BUS

    公开(公告)号:US20210281497A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-09-09

    申请号:US17182914

    申请日:2021-02-23

    发明人: Fred Rennig

    IPC分类号: H04L12/26

    摘要: In accordance with an embodiment, a method includes determining whether a frame received from a communication bus is encoded according to a particular communication protocol and is addressed to a particular electronic device; increasing a frame count value when the frame is encoded according to the particular communication protocol and is addressed to the particular electronic device based on the determination, wherein increasing the frame count value comprises increasing a count of a modular arithmetic counter circuit having a first bit depth, and the frame count value is constrained to a modulus value of the modular arithmetic counter circuit; setting a frame count status bit based on comparing the frame count value to threshold values, and transmitting a frame comprising the frame counter status bit over the communication bus, and resetting the frame count value at an end of a monitoring time interval.