Electrical interface module
AssigneePhoenix Contact GmbH & Co. KG
InventorKarsten Meyer-Graefe
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Abstract
An electrical interface module (IM) has a memory device MEM) for storing data and an integrated interface (IO) that provides data to an external reading device (RW). The electrical interface module (IM) contains a carrier (2) on which the memory device (MEM) and the integrated interface (IO) are arranged, the electrical interface module (IM) can exchange data and/or power with other electrical interface modules (IM) in the vicinity via the integrated interface, and adjacent electrical interface modules (IM) form a logical data bus via the integrated NFC interfaces, which can be addressed and/or controlled by at least one head module or a master module with a higher control and/or monitoring device.
Claims6
An electrical interface module, comprising:
- a memory device for storing data and an integrated interface that provides data to an external reading device;
- a carrier on which the memory device and the integrated interface are arranged, the electrical interface module being capable of exchanging data and/or power via other electrical interface modules in a vicinity of the electrical interface module via the integrated interface, wherein the electrical interface module and adjacent electrical interface modules form a logical data bus via respective integrated interfaces that allows the electrical interface module and the adjacent electrical interface modules to be at least one of addressed and controlled by at least one head module or a master module with at least one of a higher control device and a monitoring device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.