Portable, Palm-Sized Data Acquisition System for Use in Internal Combustion Engines and Industry
First Claim
1. A data acquisition system, comprising:
- components communicatively connected forming a data acquisition system comprising;
at least one apparatus for obtaining exhaust parameters of an engine,at least one wiring harness for obtaining real-time performance parameters of the engine,at least one data acquisition server (DAS) detachably attachable to a selected mounting location,said DAS electronically coupled and detachably attachable to said at least one apparatus for obtaining exhaust parameters and to said at least one wiring harness,said wiring harness capable of identifying the engine to said DAS,fiber optic cable communicatively connecting said DAS and said at least one means for collecting engine exhaust parameters.
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Abstract
A portable, palm-sized, Data Acquisition System including an apparatus to measure engine thermo-events, a wiring harness having signals for collecting, recording, and transmitting engine performance data and identifying the engine being monitored, and an acquisition server (DAS) for collecting and transmitting data from the thermo-measuring apparatus and wiring harness, is taught. There also is a Web-server, an Ethernet network interface, software, an SPI bus interface requiring only three signals for communication, and a software system that records, stores, processes, transmits, displays, and analyzes data pertaining to any combustion engine performance and other industrial engine applications. The use of fiber optic cable for electronic communication provides for the DAS to be installed a distance from the engine. The DAS is share-able between several engines, is user friendly, is low cost to manufacture, affordable, and has a flexible signaling feature that works with systems that use, and do not use, telemetry.
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20 Claims
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1. A data acquisition system, comprising:
components communicatively connected forming a data acquisition system comprising; at least one apparatus for obtaining exhaust parameters of an engine, at least one wiring harness for obtaining real-time performance parameters of the engine, at least one data acquisition server (DAS) detachably attachable to a selected mounting location, said DAS electronically coupled and detachably attachable to said at least one apparatus for obtaining exhaust parameters and to said at least one wiring harness, said wiring harness capable of identifying the engine to said DAS, fiber optic cable communicatively connecting said DAS and said at least one means for collecting engine exhaust parameters. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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19. An SPI interface adapter for an SPI bus master and an SPI bus slave, comprising:
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communication pathways between the SPI and each of the three signals master-Out, clock-Signal, and master-In of the apparatus for obtaining performance parameter data, only 3 signal connections between the SPI bus master and SPI bus slave in an SPI bus with multi-slave devices.
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20. A method of making a data acquisition system, comprising:
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providing components communicatively connected forming a data acquisition system comprising; at least one apparatus for obtaining exhaust parameters of an engine and one additional input voltage parameter, at least one wiring harness for obtaining real-time performance parameters of the engine, at least one data acquisition server (DAS) detachably attachable to an engine housing, coupling and detachably attaching said DAS electronically to said at least one apparatus for obtaining exhaust parameters using fiber optic cable to communicatively connecting said DAS and said at least one means for collecting engine exhaust parameters, and coupling and detachably attaching said DAS to said at least one wiring harness, said wiring harness capable of identifying the engine to said DAS.
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