Measuring device for determining physical and/or chemical properties of gases, liquids and/or solids
AssigneeEndress + Hauser Conducta Gesellschaft für Mess- und Regeltechnik mbH + Co. KG
InventorsWolfgang Babel, Detlev Wittmer
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Abstract
A measuring device for determining the physical and/or chemical properties of gases, liquids and/or solids is provided with a computing unit. The computing unit is connected with a sensor circuit for a sensor. The computing unit furthermore is provided with program commands for processing the measured data measured by the sensor and processed by the sensor circuit. An exchangeable program module is associated with the sensor circuit in the computing unit. A modular structure of the measuring device is achieved in this way.
Claims18
A measuring device having a modular structure for determining the physical and/or chemical properties of gases, liquids and/or solids, comprising:
- a computing unit;
- a plurality of sensor circuits connected to said computing unit;
- a plurality of exchangeable program modules situated in said computing unit, each associated with a respective one of said sensor circuits, and
- a central program module for controlling said plurality of program modules,
- wherein said computing unit includes programs provided by said plurality of exchangeable program modules for processing measured data measured by sensors associated with a respective one of said sensor circuits and processed by the associated sensor circuits,
- wherein each program module associated with a sensor circuit performs all functions of the sensor circuit, and
- wherein each of said plurality of exchangeable program modules constitutes an object in accordance with object-oriented programming.
A measuring device having a modular structure for determining the physical and/or chemical properties of gases, liquids and/or solids, comprising:
- a computing unit comprising a plurality of sensor circuits, a plurality of exchangeable program modules situated in said computing unit and a central program module for controlling said plurality of program modules,
- wherein each of said plurality of sensor circuits is coupled to one of said plurality of exchangeable program modules situated in said computing unit, which exchangeable program modules situated in said computing unit is then coupled to said central program module for controlling said plurality of program modules,
- wherein said computing unit includes programs provided by said plurality of exchangeable program modules for processing measured data measured by sensors associated with a respective one of said sensor circuits and processed by the associated sensor circuits.
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