SYNC OUTSIDE THE BOX

Computer hardware; computer driver and application software that controls the synchronous operation of a plurality of attached devices, computer software for connection and synchronous operation of communication buses, including universal serial bus (USB), PCI and CPCI buses, PCI Extensions for Instrumentation and PCI Express Extensions for Instrumentation buses, ethernet, PCI-express and for synchronizing a combination of communication buses; computer hardware and software for positioning and synchronizing local clocks with the global positioning system (GPS); software for management of synchronous communications interfaces and distributed timing environments, software for interfacing with client applications, software for running original equipment computer modules based on synchronous communication bus operation and real-time operating system software; computer hardware and software for providing synchronous data acquisition, synchronous control, and synchronous monitoring of signals, sensors, switches, actuators, motors and positioning equipment and instrumentation, for use in industry, laboratory, scientific, biomedical, defense, telecommunication and automation applications; kits comprising computer hardware and software for developing a synchronous communication bus or combination of synchronous communication buses; synchronous test and measurement instrumentation in this class, namely, oscilloscopes, digitisers, data acquisition devices in the nature of computer hardware and software for converting electrical signals from a sensor into digital data for processing by a computer, signal generators, namely, function and arbitrary electrical waveform generators, digital input/output devices in the nature of computer hardware and software for receiving and transmitting digital signals and interfacing with an electronic controller; industrial monitoring instrumentation, namely, electronic monitors for monitoring signals and sensors; precision timing scientific instrumentation in this class, namely, precision time clock sources for generating a reference clock signal for synchronizing computer hardware and software, GPS receivers, Precision Time Protocol clocks, timing systems comprised of one or more distributed synchronised time clock source generators for generating reference clock signals for synchronizing computer hardware and software, trigger and time distribution systems comprised of pulse generators and time stamp recording devices in the nature of computer hardware and software for recording time stamp information; software for connecting and operating embedded computers and peripheral boards in a synchronous manner; computer language processor software; computer language interpreter software; computer operating system software and firmware, real-time computer operating system software and firmware, compiler software; computer software, namely, assembler, linker and loader software for software development and computer programming, computer debugging software; general purpose applications programs, namely, computer software for allowing interconnection of computer networks linked by common or diverse protocols, programming tools, namely, computer software for use in developing, maintaining, enhancing and operating computer programs and computer systems, and computer utility programs and instruction manuals sold therewith as a unit; computer hardware and software for synchronizing audio-visual equipment, home entertainment and automation equipment