摘要:
A method and apparatus is provided for combining a plurality of signals in a digital pipelined signal adder. The method includes the steps of receiving (100) an upstream primary signal in a combiner and error checking 101 the primary signal in the combiner. When the primary signal passes error checking the primary signal is selected (103) and when the primary signal fails error checking a redundant signal is selected (102). The method further includes adding (104) the selected signal and a local input of the plurality of signals within the combiner to produce a downstream primary signal.
摘要:
A wire tool for joining, assembling, and more specifically twisting wire together in a relatively rapid, consistent, and precise manner is described herein. The wire tool for twisting a plurality of corresponding wires together preferably includes a wire-manipulating body having an outside gripping surface and an inside wire-engaging portion. The wire-engaging portion preferably includes a plurality of parallel passages each having a first opening located at a first end and a similarly constructed second opening located at a second end of the passage. The passages are positioned in close proximity to each other with each passage sized to receive a corresponding wire of the plurality of corresponding wires therethrough. After placement of each of the plurality of wires through the passages from openings on the same end of the passages, the wire manipulating body is rotated and the wires are simultaneously drawn from the passages to engage the wires in electrical contact and/or otherwise form a uniformly twisted wire bundle.