Asynchronous Wires for Graphical Programming

System and method for asynchronous communication in a graphical program. A first node and a second node are displayed in a graphical program, e.g., on a display device of a computer, possibly in one or more respective loops. The graphical program includes a plurality of interconnected nodes that vis...

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Main Authors KODOSKY JEFFREY L, KORNERUP JACOB
Format Patent
LanguageEnglish
Published 29.05.2008
Subjects
CALCULATING
COMPUTING
COUNTING
ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING
PHYSICS
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Summary:System and method for asynchronous communication in a graphical program. A first node and a second node are displayed in a graphical program, e.g., on a display device of a computer, possibly in one or more respective loops. The graphical program includes a plurality of interconnected nodes that visually indicate functionality of the graphical program. Each of the first and second nodes has a respective terminal. An asynchronous wire connecting the first node and the second node via their respective terminals is included in the graphical program, and configured for asynchronous communication between the first and second nodes, possibly including: configuring a data structure included in or associated with the asynchronous wire, a buffer size, a read policy, a write policy, and/or semantics of wire branching. The graphical program is executed, including executing the first and second nodes, where the first and second nodes communicate asynchronously during execution.
Bibliography:Application Number: US20060462393