Data acquisition instrument architecture with flexible data acquisition, processing and display
US6691050B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Mar 14, 2001 |
| Grant date | Feb 10, 2004 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 22, 2021 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG01R23/18
- WIPO fieldMeasurement
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
An electronic instrument includes instrument hardware. A data acquisition engine schedules time sharing of the instrument hardware. Channel objects act each as a client of the data acquisition engine. The channel objects each included a channel buffer that contains data obtained from the instrument hardware. Measurement objects are each a client of one of the plurality of channel objects. Each measurement object processes data obtained from a channel buffer of a channel object to which the measurement object is a client. Display window objects are each a client of at least one of the plurality of measurement objects, each display window object displaying data processed by any measurement object to which the display window object is a client. Memory within the electronic instrument is allocated among object types to accommodate a user specified mix of object types.
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