MULTIFUNCTIONAL MODULAR SOFTWARE AND HARDWARE COMPLEX Russian patent published in 2023 - IPC G05B23/02 G01R31/319 

FIELD: instrumentation.

SUBSTANCE: invention relates to multifunctional modular software and hardware systems for testing electronic components operating on the basis of lighting objects using the DALI protocol profiled for them. The multifunctional modular software and hardware complex contains a test module with a serial interface, a control bus for the tested electronics, power supplies and a network interface, functionally interconnected, equipped with a controller with network and serial interface input/output ports, the serial interface of the test module is connected to the corresponding controller port, the first interface network port of the controller is connected to the corresponding port of the control computer, and the control bus for the tested electronics is made in the form of a DALI interface bus, including a positive DALI+ wire connected to the positive wire of the DALI bus power supply through a stable current generator, a negative DALI- wire, together with negative wires of the power supply unit and the power supply unit of the tested electronics, combined with the circuit ground, and equipped with an input voltage comparator and an output transistor switch, moreover, the voltage comparator is equipped with a reference voltage driver, made in the form of a pair of series-connected resistors, the contact between which is connected to the direct input of the voltage comparator, and the opposite contacts are connected respectively to the positive wire of the power supply and circuit ground, the inverse input is connected to the DALI+ wire and the output is connected to the input of the second network port of the controller, and the output transistor switch is made in the form of an n-type field effect transistor, the drain of which is connected to the DALI+ wire, the source is connected to the circuit ground, and the gate is connected to the output of the second network port of the controller.

EFFECT: expansion of operational capabilities.

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