Data logger for a measuring device

• US 20070118334A1
• Filed: 10/04/2006
• Published: 05/24/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 10/05/2005
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: VEGA Grieshaber KG (Grieshaber Verwaltungsgesellschaft mbH)
• Original Assignee: VEGA Grieshaber KG (Grieshaber Verwaltungsgesellschaft mbH)
• Inventors: Fehrenbach, Josef, Deck, Thomas, Guenter, Klaus
• Application Number:
  US11/543,699
• Publication Number:
  US 20070118334A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 702/187
• CPC Class Codes: G01D 9/005 Solid-state data loggers
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 13/4027 using bus bridges G06F13/4022 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 5/22 Capacitive coupling

Abstract

A circuit arrangement for transmitting data between a field unit and a control device with a first data interface for being coupled to the control device and a second data interface for being coupled to the field unit. A galvanic isolator is situated between the data interface on the side of the control device and the data interface on the side of the field unit, wherein the first data interface and the second data interface are coupled in a communicating fashion by the galvanic isolator. The circuit arrangement furthermore features at least one data storage device, wherein the data storage device is either coupled to the first data interface or the second data interface. The data storage device is designed in such a way that data of at least the first or the second data interface can be recorded on demand by the data storage device.

Claims

1. A circuit arrangement for transmitting data between a field unit and a control device, comprising:

a first data interface couplable to the control device;

a second data interface couplable to the field unit; and

at least one data storage device;

wherein the first data interface and the second data interface are coupled in a communicating fashion;

wherein at least one data interface of the group consisting of the first data interface and the second data interface is connected to the at least one data storage device; and

wherein the at least one data storage device is designed for recording data of at least one data interface of the group consisting of the first data interface and the second data interface if required.

2. The circuit arrangement of claim 1, further comprising

a galvanic isolator;

wherein the first data interface and the second data interface are coupled in a communicating fashion via the galvanic isolator.

3. The circuit arrangement of claim 1, further comprising:

at least a first parallel/serial converter; and

at least a second parallel/serial converter;

wherein the at least one first parallel/serial converter is coupled to the first data interface;

wherein the at least one second parallel/serial converter is coupled to the second data interface; and

wherein the at least one first parallel/serial converter and the at least one second parallel/serial converter are designed for transmitting data between one another in a serial fashion.

4. The circuit arrangement of claim 3, wherein the first parallel/serial converter and/or the second parallel/serial converter is realized in the form of a LVDS component.

5. The circuit arrangement of claim 1,

wherein the first data interface comprises a first interface driver.

6. The circuit arrangement of claim 1,

wherein the second data interface comprises a second interface driver.

7. The circuit arrangement of claim 1,

wherein the first data interface is a USB interface or an RS.232 interface.

8. The circuit arrangement of claim 1,

wherein the second data interface is at least one interface that is selected from the group consisting of HART®

bus interface, VBUS interface, field bus interface or I²C bus interface.

9. The circuit arrangement of claim 1,

wherein the at least one data storage device is a Flash NAND memory.

11. The circuit arrangement of claim 2,

wherein the galvanic isolator comprises at least one capacitor.

12. A data logger with a circuit arrangement of claim 1 for transmitting data between a control device and a field unit.

13. A field unit arrangement, comprising:

a field unit and

a circuit arrangement of claim, or

a field unit, and

a data logger of claim 12.

14. The field unit arrangement of claim 13, wherein the field unit is selected from the group consisting of a level gauge, a pressure gauge and a radar measuring device.

10. The circuit arrangement of claim, further comprising:

a further galvanic isolator;

wherein the further galvanic isolator is designed for galvanically isolating an energy supply of the circuit arrangement.

15. A method for transmitting data, comprising:

transmitting data between a first data interface and a second data interface; and

on demand storing of the data to be transmitted between the first data interface and the second data interface in a data memory.

16. The method of claim 15, further comprising:

galvanic insolating of the first data interface and the second data interface by using a galvanic isolator;

converting of a parallel signal into a serial signal; and

serially transmitting of the serial signal between the first and the second data interface via the galvanic isolator.

17. A circuit arrangement for storing data of a field unit and for transferring the data to a control device, wherein the circuit arrangement comprises:

a data interface; and

at least one data storage device;

wherein the data interface is designed for being coupled to the field unit; and

wherein the data interface is designed for being coupled to the control device;

wherein the data interface is connected to the at least one data storage device;

wherein the at least one data storage device is designed for recording data of the data interface on demand, wherein the data is provided in a field unit bus protocol format; and

wherein the at least one data storage device is designed for making available data, which is in a field unit bus protocol format, at the data interface on demand.

18. The utilization of a portable data storage device for storing data of a field unit and for transferring the data to a control device.