Serial network for coordinate measurement apparatus
US6219928A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Jul 8, 1998 |
| Grant date | Apr 24, 2001 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 8, 2018 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG01B5/008
- WIPO fieldMeasurement
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
An articulated arm for use in a coordinate measuring machine. The arm includes a serial network for communicating data from transducers located in the arm to a controller. Each transducer includes a transducer interface having a memory which stores transducer data. The controller serially addresses each memory and handshaking is performed to transfer the data from the transducer interface memory to the controller.
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