Environmental monitoring device
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1. An apparatus for use with a universal serial bus (USB) enabled host, the apparatus comprising:
- a housing;
a sensor disposed within the housing and being configured to provide sensor information;
processing circuitry located within the housing and coupled to the sensor;
a memory coupled to the processing circuitry and storing a static identification number; and
a USB interface coupled to the processing circuitry and configured to provide access to the sensor information via the processing circuitry;
wherein the sensor information is associated with the static identification number by the processing circuitry,wherein the USB interface is configured to respond to a configuration request from the USB-enabled host and to be configured by the USB-enabled host.
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Abstract
The disclosure is directed to a sensor device including processing circuitry, at least one sensor coupled to the processing circuitry, a serial data interface coupled to the processing circuitry and memory responsive to the processing circuitry. The memory includes a static unique identification number. The serial data interface provides access to retrieve the static unique identification number and sensed data measured with the at least one sensor from the memory.
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1. An apparatus for use with a universal serial bus (USB) enabled host, the apparatus comprising:
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a housing; a sensor disposed within the housing and being configured to provide sensor information; processing circuitry located within the housing and coupled to the sensor; a memory coupled to the processing circuitry and storing a static identification number; and a USB interface coupled to the processing circuitry and configured to provide access to the sensor information via the processing circuitry; wherein the sensor information is associated with the static identification number by the processing circuitry, wherein the USB interface is configured to respond to a configuration request from the USB-enabled host and to be configured by the USB-enabled host. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A system comprising:
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a sensor pod comprising; a housing; a sensor disposed at least partially within the housing and being configured to provide sensor information; a serial interface; a memory storing a static identification number; a processor coupled to the sensor, the serial interface, and the memory, and configured to receive the sensor information from the sensor and to associate the static identification number with the sensor information; and a host being coupled to the serial interface and being configured to detect and configure the sensor pod; wherein the processing circuitry is configured to provide the sensor information to the host and the host is configured to receive the sensor information via the serial interface. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27)
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