Vending machine dual bus architecture
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1. A vending machine operating system architecture for operatively connecting vending machine peripherals of different communication standards to a main controller, the architecture comprising:
- a main controller;
a first bus operatively connected to at least one vending machine peripheral and supporting communications according to a first vending machine communication standard;
a second bus operatively connected to at least one other vending machine peripheral and supporting communications according to a second vending machine communication standard; and
connection means for operatively connecting said first bus and said second bus to said main controller.
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Abstract
A vending machine operating system architecture connects vending machine peripherals of different communication standards to a main vending machine controller. One way to connect the two disparate buses is to use a UART device for each. An even more cost effective approach is to use a communications coprocessor (which is at least equivalent to a UART device) to which each of the two disparate buses is selectively connected by a multiplexer under the control of the main vending machine controller.
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1. A vending machine operating system architecture for operatively connecting vending machine peripherals of different communication standards to a main controller, the architecture comprising:
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a main controller; a first bus operatively connected to at least one vending machine peripheral and supporting communications according to a first vending machine communication standard; a second bus operatively connected to at least one other vending machine peripheral and supporting communications according to a second vending machine communication standard; and connection means for operatively connecting said first bus and said second bus to said main controller. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A vending machine operating system architecture for operatively connecting vending machine peripherals of different communication standards to a main controller, the architecture comprising:
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a main controller; a first bus operatively connected to a first vending machine peripheral and supporting communications according to a first communication standard; a second bus operatively connected to a second vending machine peripheral and supporting communications according to a second communication standard; and connection means for operatively connecting said first bus and said second bus to said main controller. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13)
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