External device identification system

Electricity: measuring and testing – Internal-combustion engine ignition system or device – Apparatus for coupling a measuring instrument to an ignition...

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324 62, 324 73AT, 364551, F02P 1700

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044019491

ABSTRACT:
An identification circuit for use in conjunction with an automobile engine analyzer system having a plurality of external probes is disclosed. The various probes and other external devices associated with the automobile engine analyzer each include a passive circuit element, typically a resistor. When the probe or other external device is connected to the analyzer, the passive circuit element completes the identification circuit within the analyzer. By applying a predetermined signal to the circuit, the particular probe or device connected may be identified by examining a particular circuit characteristic, such as the voltage drop across a second resistor of known resistance within the circuit.

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