National Instruments HPC467064 Computer Hardware User Manual


 
MICROWIREPLUS Application
Figure 25
illustrates a MICROWIREPLUS arrangement for
an automotive application The microcontroller-based sys-
tem could be used to interface to an instrument cluster and
various parts of the automobile The diagram shows two
HPC167064 microcontrollers interconnected to other
MICROWIRE peripherals HPC167064 1 is set up as the
master and initiates all data transfers HPC167064 2 is set
up as a slave answering to the master
The master microcontroller interfaces the operator with the
system and could also manage the instrument cluster in an
automotive application Information is visually presented to
the operator by means of a LCD display controlled by the
COP472 display driver The data to be displayed is sent
serially to the COP472 over the MICROWIREPLUS link
Data such as accumulated mileage could be stored and re-
trieved from the EEPROM COP494 The slave HPC167064
could be used as a fuel injection processor and generate
timing signals required to operate the fuel valves The mas-
ter processor could be used to periodically send updated
values to the slave via the MICROWIREPLUS link To
speed up the response chip select logic is implemented by
connecting an output from the master to the external inter-
rupt input on the slave
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FIGURE 24 MICROWIREPLUS
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FIGURE 25 MICROWIREPLUS Application
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