The Bus Interrupter Module (BIM) provides an interface between interrupting devices and a system bus such as the VMEbus or VERSAbusTM. It generates a maximum of 7 bus interrupts on the IRQ1-IRQ7 outputs and responds to interrupt acknowledge cycles for up to 4 independent slaves. The BIM can also supply an interrupt vector during an interrupt acknowledge cycle. Moreover, it sits in the interrupt acknowledge daisychain which allows for multiple interrupts on the level acknowledged.