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US 2017/0180481 A1Published application
Multiple Sensor Data Processor Interface and Relay
AssigneeCamgian Microsystems Corp.
InventorsGary Butler, Derrick J. Savage, David Lindley, Muthukumar Nagarajan, Jeffery Hunt
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Abstract
The present invention relates generally to a system and method of networking and interconnecting a large number of various types of sensors to a remote location in an efficient manner. Specifically, the invention utilizes a flexible, configurable, scalable and power-efficient sensor interface relay architecture to gather sensor data from various locations and then relay it to a remote location via the internet.
Claims5
A sensing interface circuit, comprising:
- a first processing unit having outputs including a first common enable signal, a plurality of addressing signals, and plurality of individual enable signals;
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- a plurality of second processing units each coupled to processor memory containing configuration programming information to configure the sensing interface circuit to provide power and communications over each of a plurality of sensor coupling ports, each of the plurality of sensor coupling ports coupled to one of the plurality of first processing units, each sensor coupling port including at least one sensor voltage supply connection, and at least one sensor receive input,
- wherein the plurality of second processing units are each coupled to the first common enable signal and the plurality of addressing signals and each respectively connected to one of the plurality of individual enable signals.
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