System, Method and Apparatus for Bridge Interface Communication

A method, comprising:

• transmitting, by a first controller in a device, a request poll signal to a second controller in a network node via the first pin of the first controller, wherein the device is coupled to a network node via an interface connection;
• receiving, by a first controller, a device selection signal from the second controller via a first pin of the first controller;
• after receipt of the device selection signal, receiving, by the first controller, a first series of clock signals from the second controller via a second pin of the first controller;
• receiving, by the first controller, instruction data from the second controller via a third pin of the first controller using the first series of clock signals;
• after receipt of the instruction data, transmitting, by the first controller, an availability signal to the second controller via a fourth pin of the first controller, the availability signal indicating an availability of the data requested by the instruction data received via the third pin;
• receiving, by the first controller, a second series of clock signals from the second controller via the second pin of the first controller, wherein the second series of clock signals are transmitted by the network node in response to receipt of the availability signal transmitted by the first controller via the fourth pin;
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• transmitting, by the first controller, data requested by the instruction data to the second controller via the third pin using the second series of clock signals received via the second pin.

A non-transitory computer-readable medium having an interface communication tool stored thereon for use on a bridge controller interfacing with a sensor element for collecting sensor data, the bridge controller having a wired connection to a network node controller, the interface communication tool including:

• a data receiving section that when executed, causes the interface communication tool to receive, in response to a first series of clock signals received on a first pin of the bridge controller, a request for data from the network node controller via a second pin of the bridge controller;
• a data retrieval section that when executed, causes the interface communication tool to retrieve data identified by the request for data and to delay transmission of an availability signal via a third pin of the bridge controller until the data identified by the request for data is available for transmission to the network node controller;
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• a data transmission section that when executed, causes the interface communication tool to transmit, in response to a second series of clock signals received on the first pin of the bridge controller, the data identified by the request on the second pin of the bridge controller, wherein the second series of clock signals is transmitted by the network node controller in response to the detection of the availability signal transmitted by the bridge controller via the third pin.