ELECTRONIC DEVICE CAPABLE OF AUTOMATICALLY SWITCHING BETWEEN A MASTER MODE AND A SLAVE MODE

• US 20110029703A1
• Filed: 02/04/2010
• Published: 02/03/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 07/29/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Hong Fu Jin Precision Industry (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd. (Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.), Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Hong Fu Jin Precision Industry (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd. (Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.), Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
• Inventors: DU, ZHONG-WEI, HUO, WEI
• Granted Patent: US 8,095,714 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 710/110
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 13/4068 Electrical coupling

Abstract

An electronic device, includes a USB interface, a processing unit, a master-slave select triggering circuit, a controlling unit, a selection circuit and a switching circuit. The master-slave selection triggering circuit including an input port, a first output port and a second output port. The master-slave select triggering circuit is used to detect the type of external electronic devices connected to the USB interface, if the external electronic device is a master device, the first and second output port output a slave triggering signal, the controlling unit switches off the switching circuit t and the selection circuit selects the processing unit into slave mode; if the external electronic device is the slave device, the first and second output port output a master triggering signal, the controlling unit switches on the switching circuit and the selection circuit select the processing unit into master mode.

Claims

1. An electronic device capable of automatically switching between a master mode and a slave mode, comprising:

a USB interface comprising a power pin and a date pin;

a power source;

a switching circuit connected between the power source and the power pin of the USB interface;

a controlling unit connected to the switching circuit;

a selection unit;

a master-slave selection triggering circuit comprising an input port connected to the power pin of the USB interface, a first output port connected to the controlling unit, and a second output port connected to the selection unit, which configured for detecting the voltage of the power pin of the USB interface and sending corresponding signals to the controlling unit and the selection unit via the first output port and the second output port respectively;

wherein, when the master-slave selection triggering circuit detects the power pin is at high voltage, the master-slave selection triggering circuit sends a slave triggering signal to the controlling unit and the selection circuit respectively via the first output port and the second output port, when the master-slave selection triggering circuit detects the power pin is at low voltage, the master-slave selection triggering circuit sends a master triggering signal to the controlling unit and the selection circuit respectively via the first output port and the second output port;

when the controlling unit receives the slave triggering signal from the first output port, the controlling unit switches off the switching circuit, then disconnects the connection between the power source and the power pin, when the selection circuit receives the slave triggering signal from the second output port, the selection circuit connects the slave mode controlling pin of the processing unit with the data pin;

when the controlling unit receives the master triggering signal from the first output port, the controlling unit switches on the switching circuit, then the power source is electrically connects to the power pin and provides power to the power pin;

when the selection circuit receives the master triggering signal from the second output port, the selection circuit connects the master mode controlling pin of the processing unit with the data pin.

2. The electronic device capable of automatically switching between a master mode and a slave mode of claim 1, wherein the master-slave selection triggering circuit comprises a first resistor, a second resistor, and a third resistor, a connection node between the first resistor and the second resistor serves as the input port of the master-slave selection triggering circuit, a connection node between the first resistor and the controlling unit serves as the output port of the master-slave selection triggering circuit, and a connection node between the first resistor and the second resistor serves as the output port of the master-slave selection triggering circuit.

3. The electronic device capable of automatically switching between a master mode and a slave mode of claim 2, wherein the controlling unit is a high voltage activated switch, the controlling unit comprises a control terminal, a first conductive terminal, and a second conductive terminal, the control terminal is connected to the first output port, the first conductive terminal is connected to ground, and the second conductive terminal is connected to the switching circuit.

4. The electronic device capable of automatically switching between a master mode and a slave mode of claim 3, wherein the switching circuit is a high voltage activated switch, which comprises a control terminal, a first conductive terminal, and a second conductive terminal, the control terminal of the switching circuit is connected to the second conductive terminal of the controlling unit, the first conductive terminal is connected to the power source, and the second conductive terminal is connected to the power pin.

5. The electronic device capable of automatically switching between a master mode and a slave mode of claim 4, wherein when the power pin of the USB interface receives a high voltage from an external device, the input port receives a high voltage from the USB interface, the output port receives a high voltage from the input port via the first resistor, the controlling terminal of the controlling unit receives a high voltage from the first output port, and the controlling unit is switched on;

when the power pin of the USB interface receives a low voltage from the external device, the input port receives a low voltage from the USB interface, the first output port receives a low voltage from the input port via the first resistor, the controlling terminal of the controlling unit receives a low voltage from the first output port, and the controlling unit is switched off.

6. The electronic device capable of automatically switching between a master mode and a slave mode of claim 2, wherein the selection circuit is a double-pole double-throw switch, which comprises a control terminal, the control terminal is connected to the second output port of the master-slave selection triggering circuit, when the selection circuit receives the slave triggering signal from the second output port, the selection circuit connects the slave mode controlling pin with the data pin, when the selection circuit receives the master triggering signal from the second output port, the selection circuit connects the master mode controlling pin with the data pin.

7. The electronic device capable of automatically switching between a master and a slave mode of claim 6, wherein when the master mode controlling pin connects to the data pin, the electronic device is switched to the master mode, when the slave mode controlling pin connects to the data pin, the electronic device is switched to the slave mode.