Position measuring device

US5687103A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• JOHANNES HEIDENHAIN GmbH · DE

Inventors

• Rainer Hagl · Cham, DE
• Steffen Bielski · Garching bei München, DE
• Hermann Hofbauer · Trostberg, DE
• Robert Wastlhuber · Burgkirchen an der Alz, DE
• Erich Strasser · Trostberg, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: May 12, 1995
• Grant date: Nov 11, 1997
• Expiry date: May 12, 2015

Classification

• Technology area (CPC H): Electricity
• CPC primary: H03M1/285
• WIPO field: Measurement
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

The invention concerns a device and a method for serial data transmission. In the position measuring device there is provided a memory, in which specific parameters of the position measuring device are kept. These parameters can be sent on the data line to a processing unit, by which the measurement values are transmitted during the position measurement. By receiving the parameters, the processing unit is adjusted to the connected position measuring device.