Data acquisition
AssigneeImagine Communications Corp.
InventorsJeffrey M. Malec, Zhiqun Hu, David C. Danielsons
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Abstract
A data acquisition system can include a central controller to provide a data acquisition signal. The data acquisition system can also include a cabinet to receive the data acquisition signal. The cabinet can have an array of modules installed therein. The cabinet can include a backplane connected to each module of the array of modules. The backplane can provide a status request signal to a given module in the array of modules if the given module is assigned a module address identified by the data acquisition signal. The given module can provide status data characterizing an operational status of the given module in response to the status request.
Claims21
A data acquisition system comprising:
- a central controller to provide a data acquisition system signal, the data acquisition system signal comprising a column address, a row address and a cabinet address;
- a cabinet connected to the central controller by a cable, the cabinet to receive the data acquisition system signal, the cabinet comprising:
- an array of modules installed therein, each module of the array of modules corresponding to a respective column address and a respective row address;
- a cabinet backplane connected to each module of the array of modules;
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- a cabinet interface to provide the column address and the row address of the data acquisition system signal to the cabinet backplane in response to the data acquisition system signal matching a cabinet address assigned to the cabinet.
A data acquisition system comprising:
- a plurality of power amplifier modules installed in a cabinet;
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- a power amplifier module controller to:
- receive a data acquisition system signal comprising a column address and a row address assigned to a given power amplifier module of the plurality of power amplifier module from a central controller;
- determine an operational temperature of the given power amplifier module identified in a power amplifier selector signal;
- determine an operational power of the given power amplifier module identified in the power amplifier selector signal;
- determine a fault status of the given power amplifier module identified in the power amplifier selector signal;
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- provide the status data to the central controller, wherein the status data characterizes the operational temperature, the operational power and the fault status of the given power amplifier module.
A data acquisition system comprising a central controller to generate a data acquisition system signal for a given module in an array of modules, each data acquisition system signal comprising:
- a status request signal;
- a column address identifying a specific column of modules in the array of modules;
- a row address identifying a specific row of modules in the array of modules;
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- a cabinet address identifying a specific cabinet in an array of cabinets, the array of cabinets to receive the data acquisition system signal, a given cabinet in the array of cabinets comprising a cabinet interface to provide the column address and the row address of the data acquisition system signal in response to the cabinet address of the data acquisition system signal matching an address assigned to the given cabinet, wherein the given module is to provide status data characterizing an operational status of the given module in response to the status request.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.