Configurable smart sensor systems
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1. A smart sensor system, comprising:
- one or more configurable input and output channels, each configurable channel including;
one or more first switches configured to activate the input and/or output and/or to select a type of input and/or output signal;
one or more second switches connected to each first switch and configured to configured to select between a high impedance path and a low impedance path to control the input and/or output configurable channel impedance;
at least one analog-to-digital converter and at least one digital-to-analog converter operatively connected to the one or more switches for the one or more configurable channels; and
at least one controller configured to control the configurable channels.
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A smart sensor system can include one or more configurable input and output channels, each configurable channel including one or more switches configured to activate the input and/or output and/or to select a type of input and/or output signal, at least one analog-to-digital converter and at least one digital-to-analog converter operatively connected to the one or more switches for the one or more configurable channels, and at least one controller configured to control the configurable channels.
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1. A smart sensor system, comprising:
one or more configurable input and output channels, each configurable channel including; one or more first switches configured to activate the input and/or output and/or to select a type of input and/or output signal; one or more second switches connected to each first switch and configured to configured to select between a high impedance path and a low impedance path to control the input and/or output configurable channel impedance; at least one analog-to-digital converter and at least one digital-to-analog converter operatively connected to the one or more switches for the one or more configurable channels; and at least one controller configured to control the configurable channels. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A smart sensor system, comprising:
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one or more configurable input channels, each configurable input channel including; one or more first switches configured to activate the input channel and/or to select a type of input signal; one or more second switches connected to each first switch and configured to configured to select between a high impedance path and a low impedance path to control the input and/or output configurable channel impedance; at least one analog-to-digital converter (ADC) configured to convert one or more signals from one or more input channels; and at least one programmable logic device (PLD) configured to control the operation of the one or more switches for the one or more input channels. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A smart sensor system, comprising:
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one or more configurable output channels, each configurable output channel including; one or more first switches configured to activate the output and/or to select a type of output signal; one or more second switches connected to each first switch and configured to configured to select between a high impedance path and a low impedance path to control the input and/or output configurable channel impedance; at least one digital-to-analog converter is used for the one or more outputs; and at least one controller configured to control the one or more configurable output channels. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17)
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