Analog sensor status detection single wire bus multiplex system

Details Analog sensor status detection single wire bus multiplex system Analog sensor status detection single wire bus multiplex system

1997-11-13

1999-08-10

Crosland, Donnie L.

Communications: electrical

Condition responsive indicating system

With particular system function

340505, 340538, 34082506, 340511, 364139, G08B 2300

Patent

active

059365200

ABSTRACT:
A circuit monitors both digital and analog sensor readings by polling them from a single wire bus multiplex system. The circuit operates to sequentially address a plurality of smart sensor interfaces, each having an associated sensor, connected to the single wire bus. A voltage signal is supplied on the line that produces a current corresponding to the presence of a sensor at the polled interface and a current corresponding to a sensed digital or analog value where the sensor is of the digital or analog type, respectively. The currents on the bus are copied in a current mirror whose current output is applied to a resistor to produce a voltage, which in turn is converted into a digital number to be analyzed to determine the presence of a sensor at the addressed interface and its status. The current in the circuit is also measured to produce a voltage corresponding to circuit component variations and one corresponding to the contributions of the currents from the power supplies of the interfaces. These voltages correct the calculation of the voltage corresponding to the sensor analog value.

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