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US 12,535,505 B2Granted
Tool for electronics testing and diagnostics
AssigneeGentiam LLC
InventorsOmar Laldin, Tarryn MacPherson
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Abstract
A tool is presented herein capable of performing several electrical measurements and generating several electrical outputs. The tool can be configured to perform measurements and provide outputs most commonly utilized when developing and diagnosing failures of a hardware platform based around a microcontroller. The tool can have a form factor and a header configuration compatible for mating with an external microcontroller or minicomputer developer board such as Arduino, UDOO, Raspberry Pi, TI LaunchPad, STM Nucleo, BeagleBone, etc.
Claims20
An electronics tool comprising:
- a waveform interface integral to the electronics tool and comprising a waveform pin configured to make electrical contact with a system external to the electronics tool, the waveform interface being configured to measure an electrical characteristic an electrical signal on the waveform pin;
- an analog circuit interface integral to the electronics tool and comprising an analog pin configured to make electrical contact with a system external to the electronics tool, the analog circuit interface being configured to provide an adjustable analog output at the analog pin, receive an analog input at the analog pin, and measure a magnitude of a voltage at the analog pin;
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- a digital circuit interface integral to the electronics tool and comprising a mechanical switch and a digital pin, the digital pin being configured to make electrical contact with a system external to the electronics tool, and the digital circuit interface being configured to provide a digital output at the digital pin based at least in part on a position of the mechanical switch and receive a digital input at the digital pin.
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