Systems and methods for synchronizing sensor data
First Claim
1. A sensor comprising a bidirectional node, wherein the sensor is configured to communicate sensor data in a serial data signal having a unidirectional signal format at the bidirectional node in response to a trigger signal received at the bidirectional node.
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Abstract
A magnetic field sensor including a bidirectional node is configured to perform at least one of generating sensor data, storing sensor data, or communicating sensor data in a serial data signal in response to a trigger signal received at the bidirectional node. An alternative sensor having a node that may or may not be a bidirectional node is configured to reset at least one of a sensor data signal, a clock, a register, or a counter in response to a trigger signal received at the node and is further configured to communicate the sensor data signal in response to the trigger signal.
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27 Claims
- 1. A sensor comprising a bidirectional node, wherein the sensor is configured to communicate sensor data in a serial data signal having a unidirectional signal format at the bidirectional node in response to a trigger signal received at the bidirectional node.
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15. A method for synchronizing sensor output data comprising the steps of:
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sensing a characteristic with a sensor and generating sensor data indicative of the characteristic; and communicating the sensor data in a serial data signal having a unidirectional signal format at a bidirectional node of the sensor in response to a trigger signal received at the bidirectional node. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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- 22. A sensor comprising a node, wherein the sensor is configured to reset at least one of a sensor data signal, a clock, a register, or a counter in response to a trigger signal received at the node and is further configured to communicate the sensor data signal in response to the trigger signal received at the node.
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26. A magnetic field sensor comprising a bidirectional node and configured to perform at least one of (i) generating sensor data, (ii) storing sensor data, (iii) resetting at least one of a sensor data signal, a clock, a register, or a counter, or (iv) communicating sensor data in a serial data signal having a unidirectional signal format in response to a trigger signal received at the bidirectional node.
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27. A sensor comprising a bidirectional node, wherein the sensor is configured to communicate sensor data in a serial data signal at the bidirectional node and to store the sensor data in response to a trigger signal received at the bidirectional node.
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