Systems and methods for synchronizing sensor data

A method for synchronizing sensor output data comprising the steps of:

• sensing a characteristic with a sensor and generating sensor data indicative of the characteristic;
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• communicating the sensor data in a serial data signal having a unidirectional signal format at a bidirectional node of the sensor in response to a trigger signal received at the bidirectional node.

A sensor comprising a node, wherein the sensor is configured to reset at least one of a sensor data signal, a clock, a register, or a counter in response to a trigger signal received at the node and is further configured to communicate the sensor data signal in response to the trigger signal received at the node.

A magnetic field sensor comprising a bidirectional node and configured to perform at least one of (i) generating sensor data, (ii) storing sensor data, (iii) resetting at least one of a sensor data signal, a clock, a register, or a counter, or (iv) communicating sensor data in a serial data signal having a unidirectional signal format in response to a trigger signal received at the bidirectional node.

A sensor comprising a bidirectional node, wherein the sensor is configured to communicate sensor data in a serial data signal at the bidirectional node and to store the sensor data in response to a trigger signal received at the bidirectional node.