ADAPTER ASSEMBLY FOR CONCURRENT EMULATION OF A NATIVE CHANNEL
First Claim
1. An apparatus comprising an adapter assembly configured to establish a communication path between a data processing device and a data evaluation device, the adapter assembly coupled between a native channel and a signal generator of the data processing device to condition and forward a data signal from the signal generator to an emulated channel of the data evaluation device, wherein a servo data portion of said data signal is demodulated by the native channel and a user data portion of said data signal is decoded by the emulated channel.
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Abstract
Various embodiments of the present invention are generally directed to an apparatus and method for recovering data from a signal generator using a native communication channel and an emulated communication channel coupled in parallel to the native communication channel.
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20 Claims
- 1. An apparatus comprising an adapter assembly configured to establish a communication path between a data processing device and a data evaluation device, the adapter assembly coupled between a native channel and a signal generator of the data processing device to condition and forward a data signal from the signal generator to an emulated channel of the data evaluation device, wherein a servo data portion of said data signal is demodulated by the native channel and a user data portion of said data signal is decoded by the emulated channel.
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8. An apparatus comprising:
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a native device comprising a signal generator coupled to a native communication channel; a data evaluation board comprising an emulated communication channel with a parametric configuration that is different from a parametric configuration of the native communication channel; and first means for coupling the signal generator to the emulated communication channel so that during operation of the native device, the emulated communication channel decodes a data signal generated by the signal generator in response to at least one control signal output by the native channel. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A method comprising steps of:
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coupling an adapter assembly between a native device and a data evaluation device to establish a communication path having a first end between a signal generator and a native channel of the native device and a second end in communication with an emulated channel of the data evaluation device; using the signal generator to generate a data signal; recovering a first set of data from the generated data signal using the native channel, and concurrently recovering a second set of data from the generated data signal using the emulated channel. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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