Remote communication and powered sensing/control/identification devices

A system for a gas turbine engine, the system comprising:

• a component;
• a remote sensor operably connected to the component;
• an electromagnetic (EM) transmitting source located remote from the component;
• and
• a sensing/control/identification device configured on or proximate to the component, wherein the sensing/control/identification device includes:
• a shielding defining a shielded volume;
• a rectification and power conditioning module within the shielded volume and configured to receive EM transmissions from an EM transmitting source and convert said EM transmissions to electrical power;
• a communication interface module within the shielded volume and configured to receive power from the rectification and power conditioning module and at least one of receive the EM transmissions or transmit EM communications;
• a control module within the shielded volume and configured to at least one of (i) receive the EM transmissions from the communication interface for processing or prepare the EM communications for transmission from the communication interface module and (ii) communicate with the remote sensor;
• and
• a power output module configured to distribute the electrical power from the rectification and power conditioning module to an electromechanical device associated with the component.