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Device and process for acquisition of measurements using a digital communication bus, particularly used during aircraft tests

US6937957B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateMar 14, 2003
Grant dateAug 30, 2005
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Expiry dateMar 14, 2023

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06F13/4291
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

The invention relates to a device for acquisition of measurements using a digital communication bus (10) and a computer system, comprising:a bus arbitrator (11) connected to this bus (10), with the function of acting as the bus master and which synchronizes measurements made using sensors (14), several items of slave equipment (13) connected on this bus (10), to which these sensors (14) are connected, two line termination devices; the first being integrated in the bus arbitrator (11) and the second being integrated into slave equipment (13) at the other end of the bus (10) opposite the bus arbitrator (11). The invention also relates to a measurement acquisition process.

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