公开(公告)号：US11442886B2

公开(公告)日：2022-09-13

申请号：US16972214

申请日：2019-06-07

申请人： IOT.nxt BV

发明人： Gysbert Johannes Jacobs ,  Rudi Deodat Du Toit

IPC分类号： G06F13/42 ,  G06F13/38 ,  H04L69/08

摘要： A communication apparatus is disclosed with a communication controller that has a host-side communication interface for communicating with a host and a plurality of slave-side communication interfaces. Each slave-side communication interface has a plurality of electrical pins that are configurable to define a communication port that implements a selected communication protocol thereon. Each pin is in electrical communication with a slave socket having a predetermined layout. Each slave socket is configured to receive a protocol adapter that corresponds to the selected communication protocol and that is configured to facilitate communication between an external slave device and the relevant communication port.

公开(公告)号：US20210224217A1

公开(公告)日：2021-07-22

申请号：US16972214

申请日：2019-06-07

申请人： IOT.nxt BV

发明人： Gysbert Johannes Jacobs ,  Rudi Deodat Du Toit

IPC分类号： G06F13/42 ,  H04L29/06

摘要： A communication apparatus is disclosed with a communication controller that has a host-side communication interface for communicating with a host and a plurality of slave-side communication interfaces. Each slave-side communication interface has a plurality of electrical pins that are configurable to define a communication port that implements a selected communication protocol thereon. Each pin is in electrical communication with a slave socket having a predetermined layout. Each slave socket is configured to receive a protocol adapter that corresponds to the selected communication protocol and that is configured to facilitate communication between an external slave device and the relevant communication port.

公开(公告)号：US10949365B2

公开(公告)日：2021-03-16

申请号：US16330677

申请日：2017-09-05

申请人： IoT.nxt BV

发明人： Gysbert Johannes Jacobs ,  Rudi Deodat Du Toit

IPC分类号： G06F13/20 ,  G06F1/08 ,  G06F15/78 ,  G06F5/16 ,  G06F15/00 ,  G06F1/04 ,  H04L29/08 ,  G06F21/76 ,  G06F21/85 ,  H04L29/06 ,  G06F13/42

摘要： The invention relates to a software defined device interface system 10, a software defined device interface, gateway and a method of defining an interface for a device which uses a specific communication protocol for communication purposes. The system 10 includes a microprocessor/processing unit 12.1, 12.2 with a plurality of communication pins and software/firmware. The software/firmware is configured, based on a specific communication protocol which is used by a particular device 30.1-30.4 for communication purposes, to, in runtime, assign/select one or more of the communication pins to form a virtual port to which the particular device 30.1-30.4 can be connected, upon receiving a configuration instruction from a user to implement the specific communication protocol. The software/firmware is further configured to implement the specific communication protocol through the virtual port, to thereby allow for communication between the microprocessor/processing unit 12.1, 12.2 and the device 30.1-30.4, when the device 30.1-30.4 is connected to the pin(s) of the virtual port.