Device ID setting method and electronic device applying the device ID setting method

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12237039-B2
Application number	US-202418412632-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jan 15, 2024
Priority date	Aug 27, 2021
Publication date	Feb 25, 2025
Grant date	Feb 25, 2025

Abstract

An electronic device comprising: a clock pin; at least one data pin; a storage device, configured to store at least one program; a processing circuit, coupled to the data pin. A device ID setting method is performed when the processing circuit executes the program stored in the storage device. The device ID setting method comprises; (a) recording connections between pins of a first electronic device and pins of the electronic device by the electronic device, wherein the first electronic device comprises at least one data pin; and (b) applying the connections between the pins of the first electronic device and the pins of the electronic device as a device ID of the first electronic device by the electronic device.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An electronic device, comprising:
a clock pin;
at least one data pin;
a processing circuit, coupled to the data pin of the electronic device;
wherein a device ID setting method is performed when the processing circuit executes at least one program, wherein the device ID setting method comprises;
(a) recording connections between pins of a first electronic device and pins of the electronic device by the electronic device, wherein the first electronic device comprises at least one data pin; and
(b) applying the connections between the pins of the first electronic device and the pins of the electronic device as a device ID of the first electronic device by the electronic device;
wherein the electronic device is further connected to another electronic device, and the device ID setting method comprises:
recording connections between pins of the another electronic device and the pins of the electronic device by the electronic device;
applying the connections between the pins of the another electronic device and the pins of the electronic device as a device ID of the another electronic device by the electronic device;
wherein the connections between the pins of the first electronic device and the pins of the electronic device and the connections between the pins of the another electronic device and the pins of the electronic device are different;
wherein the device ID of the first electronic device and the device ID of the another electronic device are different.

2. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the step (a) comprises:
detecting the connections according to a transition sequence of signals which the electronic device transmits to the first electronic device.

3. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein when the step (a) is performed, the clock pin of the electronic device is coupled to one of the data pin of the first electronic device.

4. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the first electronic device further comprises a clock pin, wherein when the step (a) is performed, one of the data pin of the electronic device is coupled to the clock pin of the first electronic device.

5. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the first electronic device has a first data pin and a second data pin, wherein the first data pin provides one way transmission from the electronic device to the first electronic device, and the second data pin provides one way transmission from the first electronic device to the electronic device.

6. The electronic device of claim 5 , wherein a communication between the electronic device and the first electronic device follows an I2C standard.

7. The electronic device of claim 6 , wherein the first data pin is an SDA (Serial Data Line) pin.

8. The electronic device of claim 7 , wherein the second data pin is one of a GPIO (General Purpose input/output) pin and an INT pin, wherein a signal at the INT pin transits after the SDA pin transits.

9. A device ID setting method, applied to a first electronic device having at least one data pin, comprising:
(a) recording connections between pins between the first electronic device and pins of a second electronic device by the second electronic device, wherein the second electronic device comprises a clock pin and at least one data pin; and
(b) applying the connections between the pins of the first electronic device and the pins of the second electronic device as a device ID of the first electronic device by the second electronic device;
wherein the second electronic device is further connected to another electronic device, and the device ID setting method comprises:
recording connections between pins of the another electronic device and the pins of the second electronic device by the second electronic device;
applying the connections between the pins of the another electronic device and the pins of the second electronic device as a device ID of the another electronic device by the second electronic device;
wherein the connections between the pins of the first electronic device and the pins of the second electronic device and the connections between the pins of the another electronic device and the pins of the second electronic device are different;
wherein the device ID of the first electronic device and the device ID of the another electronic device are different.

10. The device ID setting method of claim 9 , wherein the step (a) comprises:
detecting the connections according to a transition sequence of signals which a second electronic device transmits to the first electronic device, by the second electronic device.

11. The device ID setting method of claim 9 , wherein when the step (a) is performed, the clock pin of the second electronic device is coupled to one of the data pin of the first electronic device.

12. The device ID setting method of claim 9 , wherein the first electronic device further comprises a clock pin, wherein when the step (a) is performed, one of the data pin of the second electronic device is coupled to the clock pin of the first electronic device.

13. The device ID setting method of claim 9 , wherein the first electronic device has a first data pin and a second data pin, wherein the first data pin provides one way transmission from the second electronic device to the first electronic device, and the second data pin provides one way transmission from the first electronic device to the second electronic device.

14. The device ID setting method of claim 13 , wherein a communication between the second electronic device and the first electronic device follows an I2C standard.

15. The device ID setting method of claim 14 , wherein the first data pin is an SDA (Serial Data Line) pin.

16. The device ID setting method of claim 15 , wherein the second data pin is one of a GPIO (General Purpose input/output) pin and an INT pin, wherein a signal at the INT pin transits after the SDA pin transits.

Assignees

• Pixart Imaging Inc

Inventors

• Hsu En-Feng
• Jou Shiaw-Yu
• Yang Tien-Chung

Classifications

• G06F13/4221

  being an input/output bus, e.g. ISA bus, EISA bus, PCI bus, SCSI bus · CPC title

• G06F2213/0052

  Assignment of addresses or identifiers to the modules of a bus system · CPC title

• G11C7/1012 Primary

  Data reordering during input/output, e.g. crossbars, layers of multiplexers, shifting or rotating · CPC title

• G06F13/4291 Primary

  using a clocked protocol · CPC title