Short pulse width modulation (pwm) code (spc) / single edge nibble transmission (sent) sensors with increased data rates and automatic protocol detection

A sensor device, comprising:

• a sensor element configured to sense a property of a physical parameter;
• a sensor interface, coupled to the sensor element, configured to provide sensor data, to transmit circuitry, to transmit the sensor data on a sensor transmission;
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• one or more processing components, coupled to the sensor element and the sensor interface, configured to generate the sensor transmission based on the sensor data and a sensor communication protocol, generate one or more first sensor values of the sensor data and one or more second sensor values of the sensor data based on different modifications of the sensor communication protocol, and generate different channels of the sensor transmission corresponding to a first communication scheme and a second communication scheme comprising the different modifications of the sensor communication protocol.

A method of a sensor device, comprising:

• sensing, via a sensor element, a property of a physical parameter;
• processing sensor data based on the property of the physical parameter;
• generating a first plurality of sensor values based on a first communication channel of a sensor transmission;
• generating a second plurality of sensor values based on a second communication channel of the sensor transmission;
• and
• providing the sensor transmission with the first plurality of sensor values and the second plurality of sensor values to a sensor bus based on short pulse width modulation (PWM) code (SPC) protocol or a single edge nibble transmission (SENT) protocol.