Modular card based meter
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1. An ion concentration metering device, comprising:
- an electrochemical sensing electrode providing an output voltage indicative of pH data;
a standard card module;
means for conducting said output voltage to said standard card module;
a host computer receiving said card module in a PCMCIA standard plug interface; and
software executing within said host computer to process and display pH data responsive to said output voltage.
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Abstract
The invention relates to a sensor electrode connected to a card module that can be received within an industry standard plug-in receptacle of a selected computer to enable a combination capable of very exhaustive data detection, processing, storage and the like for whatever the selected data sensor and particular card module.
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39 Claims
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1. An ion concentration metering device, comprising:
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an electrochemical sensing electrode providing an output voltage indicative of pH data; a standard card module; means for conducting said output voltage to said standard card module; a host computer receiving said card module in a PCMCIA standard plug interface; and software executing within said host computer to process and display pH data responsive to said output voltage. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3)
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4. A metering device, comprising:
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a host computer having a PCMCIA slot communicating to the exterior; a software program operable in the host computer for calibrating and controlling a metering operation; a selected electrode for metering an electrochemical value; and a card module connected to said electrode, said card module being plugged into said host computer PCMCIA slot. - View Dependent Claims (5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A measurement system, comprising:
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a sensor providing an output signal indicative of a measurement value; a card module connected to said sensor; a host computer receiving said card module in a PCMCIA standard plug interface; and software executing within said host computer to process and display said measurement value. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A measurement system, comprising:
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a sensing device; a plug-in card module connected to said sensing device; and a hand-portable host computer having a plug-in slot receiving said plug-in card module, wherein said sensing device, said plug-in card module and said host computer together provide a complete hand-portable measurement capability. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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23. Apparatus for a measurement system, comprising:
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a plug-in card in compliance with an industry standard established for computers interfacing via a plug-in slot; and means, mounted on said plug-in card, for enabling a host computer to operate as a measurement instrument in response to the host computer receiving said plug-in card in an industry standard plug-in slot of the host computer. - View Dependent Claims (24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32)
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- 33. Apparatus for a measurement system, comprising a plurality of plug-in card modules wherein each of said card modules is adapted to plug into an industry standard plug-in slot of a host computer and provides a different measurement function to the host computer when the respective card module is plugged into the plug-in slot of the host computer and the host computer is operated in response to software associated with the respective card module.
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36. A method of measuring, comprising:
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inserting a card module into an industry standard slot of a host computer; providing an output signal from a sensing device connected to the card module; processing the output signal on the card module and providing a processed signal to the host computer; and generating a measurement data signal in the host computer and providing a display from the host computer in response to the measurement data signal. - View Dependent Claims (37, 38, 39)
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