Automatic selection of switching paths
Abstract
A unique solution is presented to the problem of switching path selection through an analog switch complex. Known as the ROUTER, the software package performs a dynamic allocation of switching paths at the time that an analog signal connection is required. The ROUTER also chooses the type of relay that is appropriate to the signal being transmitted. Different types of switches are furnished for small signal, RF, video, power, or logic signals. Devices using a multiple number of leads, such as synchros or resolvers, are switched as a single unit. The algorithm used by the ROUTER is based on a tree search and connection technique. The interconnections of the hardware switches and devices are described by a connection matrix as a set of data structures. Each node of the switching complex is described in terms of its connectivity and attributes.
- Publication:
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AUTOTESTCON 1981; Proceedings of the Conference
- Pub Date:
- 1981
- Bibcode:
- 1981ieee.proc...49M
- Keywords:
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- Analog Circuits;
- Automatic Test Equipment;
- Computer Programs;
- Embedded Computer Systems;
- Network Control;
- Switching Circuits;
- Algorithms;
- Data Transmission;
- Paths;
- Resource Allocation;
- Searching;
- Signal Transmission;
- Transmission Efficiency;
- Trees (Mathematics);
- Electronics and Electrical Engineering