Data Acquisition System
AssigneeUSA as Represented by the Administator of the National Aeronautics and Space Ad
InventorsEmilio J. Valencia, Priscilla C. Stanley, Paul J. Mackey
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Abstract
The Radio Frequency Health Node (RFHN) provides a method for remotely configuring wireless/wired sensors and accessing the sensor data during flight or other remote activity. The RFHN may integrate the sensors into a higher-level data stream by sending the data to a management facility. Access to the sensors can be made available remotely through the management facility allowing operators to send commands to and receive data from the RFHN and the array of wireless/wired sensors.
Claims23
A data acquisition system, comprising:
- one or more wireless sensors;
- and
- a receiving unit for managing the one or more wireless sensors, wherein the receiving unit comprises:
- at least one transceiver for configuring and receiving data from the one or more wireless sensors;
- a sequencer to provide autonomous collection of data from the one or more wireless sensors in response to one or more predetermined trigger events;
- and
- a sensor data distributor to control a destination of the collected data.
A method of collecting data, comprising:
- collecting first data from one or more wireless/wired sensors in response to one or more trigger events;
- converting the first data in response to a configuration file to generate second data;
- selecting a first format for output of the second data;
- and
- encoding the second data for output in response to the selected first format.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.