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Method and system of universal RFID communication

  • US 8,061,607 B1
  • Filed: 01/08/2009
  • Issued: 11/22/2011
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/24/2005
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. Signal detection apparatus comprising:

  • microcontroller and associated memory comprising a part of a base unit portion of a multi-use signal detector wherein the base unit of said detection apparatus is adapted for use with at least one of a plurality of different types of plug-in modules; and

    at least one plug-in module interfacing with the microcontroller of said base unit, said plug-in module comprising circuitry for assisting a given signal detection task and memory including function routines accessible by and used by said microcontroller in completing a given signal detection task; and

    said microcontroller, during an initialization routine initiated upon interfacing a plug-in module with a base unit, performs at least one of (a) storing stores the address of functional routines contained in the memory portion of said given plug-in module and (b) downloading at least one of any functional routines contained in the memory portion of said given module.

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