Embedded systems, and methods, having sensor signal interfaces for improving maintenance and data acquisition in manufacturing operations

A system electrically coupled with manufacturing equipment and in digital communications with one or more equipment logic controllers, one or more data acquisition systems, or both, the system comprising:

• a storage resource that stores multiple instruction sets;
• a first processor that executes a first instruction set, execution of the first instruction set causes the first processor to:
• condition one or more captured signals based on one or more signal conditioning commands;
• adapt the one or more signals for transmission based on one or more protocols, wherein a message generated comprises one or more discrete signals and one or more signal identifiers;
• determine one or more addresses and one or more service ports for one or more application brokers and at least one device system comprising the one or more equipment logic controllers and the one or more data acquisition systems;
• and
• send the first message to the one or more application brokers using the one or more addresses and the one or more service ports;
• wherein the one or more service ports are configured for use as a peer-to-peer connection;
• a second processor that executes a second instruction set, execution of the second instruction set causes the second processor to:
• receive an event notification based on a previous registration process with an event subsystem;
• process the first message based on the event notification to determine one or more addresses of one or more equipment logic controllers, one or more data acquisition systems, or both based on the signal identifier;
• generate a structure for communicating one or more discrete signals to the one or more equipment process controllers, the structure comprising interface information used for communicating the structure;
• and
• communicate the structure to the one or more equipment process controllers.

A method, comprising:

• electrically coupling one or more signals generated by one or more sensors used to detect deviations from normal operations of manufacturing equipment;
• executing a first instruction set for:
• conditioning the one or more signals based on one or more signal conditioning commands;
• adapting the one or more signals for transmission based on one or more protocols, wherein a message generated comprises one or more discrete signals and one or more signal identifiers;
• determining one or more addresses and one or more service ports for one or more application brokers and at least one device system comprising the one or more equipment logic controllers, and the one or more data acquisition systems;
• sending the first message to the one or more application brokers using the one or more addresses and the one or more service ports;
• wherein the one or more service ports are configured for use as a peer-to-peer connection;
• executing a second instruction set for:
• receiving an event notification based on a previous registration process with an event subsystem;
• processing the first message based on the event notification to determine one or more addresses of one or more equipment logic controllers, one or more data acquisition systems, or both based on the signal identifier;
• and
• generating a structure for communicating the one or more discrete signals to the one or more equipment process controllers, the structure comprising interface information used for communicating the structure.