Kanehisa Tsurumi

The μBTRON Bus: Functions and Applications

In addition to the BTRON bus which is used as a heavy-duty LAN, the BTRON standard includes the μBTRON bus, which is a simple LAN used to connect a BTRON-based workstation with electronic stationery goods. The μBTRON bus is intended to be a low-cost LAN which takes advantage of the following features of TRON. 1) Realtime response 2) Ease of use 3) Compatibility

μBTRON Bus: Design and Evaluation of Musical Data Transfer

μBTRON bus is designed to connect electronic stationery goods to BTRON-based workstations. The design objectives of μBTRON bus are described and then the performance of musical data transfer on the bus is discussed according to simulation results. The results show that the μBTRON bus offers satisfactory performance for this application.