A technique for automatically establishing device IDs for devices in a daisy chain cascade arrangement. For each device, a write ID operation is initiated at the device to cause the device to enter a generate/write ID mode. While in this mode, a first value is input to the device. The device generates...http://www.google.de/patents/US20070234071?utm_source=gb-gplus-sharePatent US20070234071 - Asynchronous ID generation