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An implantable sensor array incorporates active electronic elements to greatly increase the number of sensors and their density that can be simultaneously recorded and activated. The sensors can be of various configurations and types, for example: optical, chemical, temperature, pressure or other sensors including effectors for applying signals to surrounding tissues. The sensors / effectors are arranged on a flexible and stretchable substrate with incorporated active components that allow the effective size, configuration, number and pattern of sensors / effectors to be dynamically changed, as needed, through a wired or wireless means of communication. Active processing allows many channels to be combined either through analog or digital means such that the number of wires exiting the array can be substantially reduced compared to the number of sensors / effectors on the array.

An input / output module for implementing directions from a controller for sending and receiving signals to and from devices. The input / output module includes a microprocessor for communication with, and receiving programming from the controller. The input / output module further includes device communication connectors, each having number of pins, each pin for interconnection with a cable conductor to a device. The input / output module has an ASIC for each of the pins, providing a controlled interface with the corresponding pin. Each ASIC has interconnection apparatus, selectable by the microprocessor for providing a particular interface with the pin served by the ASIC.

A method and apparatus are provided for monitoring the physical topology of a network on a real-time basis. For patch panel systems, the approach is based upon a distributed architecture that may be modularly scalable and may allow each patch panel to determine port level connectivity by independently monitoring an out-of-band channel supported by each respective port. The approach provides improved real-time reporting of patch panel connectivity with reduced cabling complexity, increased reliability and decreased maintenance costs. The approach is capable of determining the physical equipment and / or physical location information associated with the respective patch panel ports, in real-time, and thereby provide physical network topology information associated with patch cord connections. The approach is compatible with multipurpose network management systems.

An input / output module for implementing directions from a controller for sending and receiving signals to and from devices. The input / output module includes a microprocessor for communication with, and receiving programming from the controller. The input / output module further includes device communication connectors, each having number of pins, each pin for interconnection with a cable conductor to a device. The input / output module has an ASIC for each of the pins, providing a controlled interface with the corresponding pin. Each ASIC has interconnection apparatus, selectable by the microprocessor for providing a particular interface with the pin served by the ASIC.

The invention provides a bus system for a dual-driving dual-control intelligent vehicle. The bus system comprises a central control unit (a gateway), a robot bus, an information bus, a vehicle body bus and a power bus, wherein the robot bus is accessed in the central control unit; nodes of the robot bus comprise a wheeled robot controller ECU (Electronic Control Unit) and a multi-channel communication controller ECU; the wheeled robot controller ECU is used for receiving data information perceived by various sensors, and cognizing a calculated control strategy through driving; the multi-channel communication controller ECU is used for receiving control information, related to driving behaviors, from mobile phones, pads and other terminal devices, and isolating other information (such as entertainment information) in the mobile Internet irrelevant to the driving behaviors; the control information is transmitted to the wheeled robot controller ECU; manual driving and automatic driving of the intelligent vehicle both exist to remedy unintelligence of each other to realize the dual fail-safe purpose. The manual driving and the automatic driving are the hot standby to each other, and can be flexibly switched over through speech sounds, touch, tread and the like.

Medical guide wire assembly comprising a guide wire having a proximal end and a distal end, at least one physiology parameter sensor, and that the proximal end of the guide-wire is provided with an elongated connector part, having connection electrodes, for insertion into a connector housing provided with an elongated tubing adapted to achieve electrical and mechanical connection to the elongated connector part, the connector housing is in its turn electrically or wirelessly connectable to a physiology monitor. The guide wire is provided with a core wire running essentially along the entire guide wire. A sensor signal processing circuitry is arranged in connection with the physiological sensor and is adapted to generate a processed sensor signal in response of a sensed parameter. The sensor signal processing circuitry comprises a modulation unit arranged to modulate the processed sensor signal and to generate a modulated sensor signal. The assembly comprises exactly two micro-cables that are connected to the sensor signal processing circuitry, the micro-cables run along the guide wire and are connected to the connection electrodes of the connector part, wherein the core wire is actively used when transferring the processed and modulated sensor signal to the connector housing.

A system for making interconnections between an input / output module and a first device and a second device wherein the system uses standard cables and connectors. The input / output module includes a standard first connector for making connection with a standard first transmission line cable for conveying signals between the module and the first device, and at least one second connector, with such second connector connecting to a first end of a second standard cable. A second end of the second standard cable includes a standard cable connector for making connection to a corresponding connector of the second device. The input / output module is configured to contain programmable logic for making the required connections between the module and the first and second devices.

An arrayed waveguide grating (AWG) based interconnection network and modular construction method, comprising N1 left nodes, with each left node having N2 ports, N2 right nodes, with each right node having N1 ports, where N1≧N2, N1 and N2 having a greatest common divisor r, and each port having an optical transceiver associated with a fixed wavelength; N1n2 r×1 wavelength multiplexers having their input ports respectively connected with the ports of N1 left nodes, where n2=N2 / r; N2n1 1×r wavelength demultiplexers having their output ports respectively connected with the ports of N2 right nodes, where n1=N1 / r; n1n2 r×r AWGs connecting the r×1 wavelength multiplexers and the 1×r wavelength demultiplexers r×rn1n2, and each of the r×r AWGs being associated with a wavelength subset {λk|k=0, 1, . . . , r−1}.

A system for making interconnections between an input / output module and a first device and a second device wherein the system uses standard cables and connectors. The input / output module includes a standard first connector for making connection with a standard first transmission line cable for conveying signals between the module and the first device, and at least one second connector, with such second connector connecting to a first end of a second standard cable. A second end of the second standard cable includes a standard cable connector for making connection to a corresponding connector of the second device. The input / output module is configured to contain programmable logic for making the required connections between the module and the first and second devices.

Medical guide wire assembly comprising a guide wire having a proximal end and a distal end, at least one physiology parameter sensor, and that the proximal end of the guide-wire is provided with an elongated connector part, having connection electrodes, for insertion into a connector housing provided with an elongated tubing adapted to achieve electrical and mechanical connection to the elongated connector part, the connector housing is in its turn electrically or wirelessly connectable to a physiology monitor. The guide wire is provided with a core wire running essentially along the entire guide wire. A sensor signal processing circuitry is arranged in connection with the physiological sensor and is adapted to generate a processed sensor signal in response of a sensed parameter. The sensor signal processing circuitry comprises a modulation unit arranged to modulate the processed sensor signal and to generate a modulated sensor signal. The assembly comprises exactly two micro-cables that are connected to the sensor signal processing circuitry, the micro-cables run along the guide wire and are connected to the connection electrodes of the connector part, wherein one of the core wire and the two micro-cables are actively used when transferring the processed and modulated sensor signal to the connector housing.

A pin definition layout of electronic paper display screen is provided. The electronic paper has a first pin area, a data signal source driver area, and a second pin area sequentially disposed at any side thereof. The first pin area and the second pin area each have a first power supply pin set and a second power supply pin set disposed thereon, and a plurality of No connections is disposed by intervals in the first power supply pin set and the second power supply pin set, so as to separate potential pins. Therefore, no interference is generated between the pins, thus achieving good electrical properties and reducing the wire complexity.

An urgent packet latency control of a network on chip (NoC) apparatus and a method of urgent packet latency control of a NoC are provided. The urgent NoC packet latency control apparatus includes: an urgent packet determination unit which determines whether a packet is an urgent packet based on a predetermined field of the packet; an urgent packet path search unit which searches for at least one router, included in a routing path of the urgent packet, if the urgent packet determination unit determines that the packet is urgent; and an urgent packet path control unit which transmits output port information of the urgent packet to the router.

An electrically actuated braking system for an aircraft, comprising: an electro-mechanical brake actuator (EMAbrake) proximate a wheel of the aircraft, the EMAbrake including a motor; an electro-mechanical actuator controller (EMAC) including a motor controller for generating a drive signal for the EMAbrake; and a braking control unit for generating a braking force command signal for the EMAC; wherein the braking control unit and the EMAC are disposed together with the EMAbrake in a common line replaceable unit (LRU).

It is disclosed that a capacitive touch panel that achieves a multi-touch in a single layer structure to have a reduced wiring complexity in a touch area and a capacitive touch apparatus having the capacitive touch panel. A capacitive touch panel includes a plurality of main sensors and a plurality of sub-sensors. The main sensors are disposed on a touch area. The sub-sensors are disposed along one line adjacent to each of the main sensors. The sub-sensors are disposed in one-to-plural correspondence with respect to one main sensor. The sub-sensors disposed on an imaginary line vertical to a length direction of the main sensor are connected to each other.

A configurable, connectorized system for providing RTU monitoring of field digital and analog parameters and transmitting data to the Central PLC system dramatically reduces the number of wire connections that must be made to connect sensors and actuators to a PLC system. The system is also extremely rugged and safe to be located in a hazardous environment.

A system and method for delivering spark to an engine is disclosed. In one example, a single conductor carries a spark signal that is indicative of a desired spark advance for a plurality of ignition coils. The system and method may reduce wiring complexity for spark plugs that are supplied energy via two ignition coils.

The embodiment of the invention provides a control system applied to a multipoint array flexible jig, and a control method of the control system. The system comprises a moving adjusting unit, an emulation server and a multi-axis controller, wherein the moving adjusting unit obtains positions of a plurality of jig positioning units on coordinates of the jig relative to a coordinate origin; the emulation server determines the position adjustment amount of each jig positioning unit in the plurality of jig positioning units according to the positions of the plurality of jig positioning units on the coordinates relative to the coordinate origin, and determines a control file describing the position adjustment sequence of each jig positioning unit; the multi-axis controller sends control commands to the moving adjusting unit according to the position adjustment amount and the control file of each jig positioning unit; the moving adjusting unit adjusts the position of each jig positioning unit on the coordinate according to the control commands. According to the scheme, the positioning of the plurality of jig positioning units is realized through one moving adjusting unit, so that the cost of the control system is reduced, and meanwhile the wiring complexity and the size of the control system are reduced.

A power generating system of the present invention includes: a package (70); a power generator (1); a combustible gas passage (23); a first device configured to operate by a first voltage using a DC power generated by the power generator (1); a second power supply circuit (13) configured to generate the DC power of the first voltage; a first connecting unit (8) arranged between the first device and the second power supply circuit (13); a control circuit (7) configured to control the first device using the DC power of the first voltage; and a first power supply circuit (11) configured to generate a power of a second voltage higher than the first voltage, and the package (70) is divided by a dividing wall (71) into a first space (72) in which the power generator (1), the combustible gas passage (23), the first device, the first connecting unit (8), and the control circuit (7) are arranged and a second space (73) in which the first power supply circuit (11) and the second power supply circuit (13) are arranged.

A display device responsive to a controller, including a substrate having a display area; a two-dimensional array of pixels formed on the substrate in the display area, each pixel comprising an optical element and a driving circuit for controlling the optical element in response to selected pixel information; a two-dimensional array of selection circuits located in the display area, each associated with one or more pixels, for selecting pixel information provided by the controller, wherein each selection circuit receives the provided pixel information, selects pixel information corresponding to its associated pixel(s) in response to the provided pixel information, and provides the selected pixel information to the corresponding driving circuit(s); and a parallel signal conductor electrically connecting the selection circuits in common for transmitting pixel information provided by the controller to each of the selection circuits.

A campus streetlamp wireless intelligent monitoring device is composed of a host monitoring device and a streetlamp branch controller. The streetlamp branch controller has a wireless positioning function, and the communication between the host monitoring device and the streetlamp branch controller is based on Zigbee wireless communication technology. The host monitoring device comprises a microprocessor module and the microprocessor module is connected with a first power supply module, a Zigbee wireless transceiver module, a storage module, a display module, an alarm module and a host computer. The streetlamp branch controller comprises a micro-control module and the micro-control module is connected with a signal conditioning module, a clock module, a second power supply module, the Zigbee wireless transceiver module, a streetlamp control module and a key unit. A brightness acquisition module and a sensor module are connected with the micro-control module through a signal conditioning module. The device can monitor and detect the running states of streetlamps at respective branch control points in real time, can upload alarm information and real-time running information in real time when a fault is generated, and can provide great help for maintenance workers to treat the fault accurately and quickly.

The invention discloses a partial discharging signal source positioning device and system of a gas-insulation completely-enclosed combined electrical appliance. The device comprises a first detector, a second detector and a receiver. The first detector is used for detecting partial discharging signals to acquire first signals; the second detector is used for detecting the partial discharging signals of the partial discharging signal source to acquire second signals; the receiver receives the first signals and the second signals in a manner of wireless communication and determines the location of the partial discharging signal source according to the first signals and the second signals. By the aid of the device, the problem that a GIS partial discharging monitoring system is complex in structure in the prior art is solved, and the effect of simplifying the GIS partial discharging monitoring system structure is achieved.

The invention belongs to the technical field of public safety emergency evacuation, and particularly relates to a central command and dispatch control device for elevator evacuation. The central command and dispatch control device for elevator evacuation comprises a control host provided with multiple groups of signal ports connected with external devices and exchanging data with the external devices, wherein the multiple groups of signal ports are connected with an external elevator evacuation control terminal through a multi-channel communication converter; the multiple signal ports are connected with a detection bus control panel, a lamp bus control panel, a talkback main station controller, a video graphics array (VGA) main station controller, a multi-channel video controller, a broadcast control panel and a broadcasting power amplifier, and are connected with an external detector, an identification lamp, an interphone, a display, a loudspeaker and a camera through the above parts;a group of signal ports is connected with a fire alarm system through an input acquisition plate; a group of signal ports is connected with a graphic display terminal; and a group of signal ports isconnected with an emergency control panel. The central command and dispatch control device for elevator evacuation provided by the invention helps commanders carry out centralized operation, control the overall situation, and carry out accurate, fast and reliable command and dispatch, so that the evacuation process is ensured to be carried out safely.

An electrically actuated braking system for an aircraft, comprising: an electro-mechanical brake actuator (EMAbrake) proximate a wheel of the aircraft, the EMAbrake including a motor; an electro-mechanical actuator controller (EMAC) including a motor controller for generating a drive signal for the EMAbrake; and a braking control unit for generating a braking force command signal for the EMAC, wherein the braking control unit and the EMAC are disposed together with the EMAbrake in a common line replaceable unit (LRU).

The invention discloses a collateral temperature measurement method for realizing Modbus transmission and relates to the field of thermometry. A Modbus main station receives a Modbus request interrupt message of a DCS (Data Communication System) distributed processing unit, the Modbus main station transmits the message to a microprocessor by virtue of a Modbus communication unit, and the microprocessor is capable of measuring channel selection and collecting and disposing AD according to the message; the processed message is transmitted to the Modbus communication unit according to the Modbus response frame demand by virtue of the microprocessor so as to be sent, and the microprocessor is exited and interrupted. Based on the Modbus transmission, the temperature is measured collaterally, one industrial instrument which uses the method can meanwhile measure the temperatures of multiple measuring control points, so that the cost of the instrument is further lowered, the wiring complexity is lowered, the operation is simplified, and the efficiency is improved.

The invention discloses a running control method of a wireless networking equipment controller in an environment control system. The method is characterized in that a main controller, a multi-way environment parameter acquiring device and a multi-way equipment driver in the same room do the following running control tasks: an environment parameter processing task that the main controller receivesthe environment condition acquiring data from the multi-way environment parameter acquiring device and then separates the environment data, counts and determines and finally calculates the average value of the environment parameters; an information management task that the main controller runs to manage the state property information of the multi-way equipment driver; a driver control task that the main controller drives the multi-way equipment driver to control an environment control port device; and a driving management task that the multi-way equipment driver receives an instruction from the main controller and starts or stops the corresponding environment control port device. With the adoption of the method, automatic driving running of various machines or household appliances is automatically started; the wire arrangement and the operation control management are simple and quick, and manual operation for controlling interference is avoided.

A configurable, connectorized system for providing RTU monitoring of field digital and analog parameters and transmitting data to the Central PLC system dramatically reduces the number of wire connections that must be made to connect sensors and actuators to a PLC system. The system is also extremely rugged and safe to be located in a hazardous environment.

The invention relates to a device and a method for checking, in particular piezoelectric fuel injectors. The device comprises at least one, in particular bi-directional, connection for connection to an actuating device (C), at least one outlet for connection to at least one fuel injector, at least one integrated switching circuit and a control circuit for controlling the integrated switching circuit Microcontroller, wherein the integrated switching circuit and the microcontroller cooperate in such a way that fuel injectors can be checked according to the type and / or subtype of the fuel injector, said type and / or subtype including at least Piezo types with high activity and low activity subtypes.

The invention relates to the field of a communication technology and discloses a radio frequency circuit and electronic equipment, aiming to solve the technical problem in the prior art that the radio frequency circuit has complicated wire arrangement. The radio frequency circuit comprises N communication modules, an address decoder and a configuration bus, wherein the address decoder is connected with the N communication modules; the configuration bus is connected with the address decoder; a first configuration parameter is sent to the address decoder after the configuration bus obtains the first configuration parameter, so that first address information is obtained, and the first communication module corresponding to the first address information is determined from the N communication modules; then the first configuration parameter is sent to the first communication module and is used for carrying out parameter setting on the first communication module by the first configuration parameter. Namely, the parameter setting of at least two communication modules can be realized by using only one configuration bus, so that the quantity of the configuration bus is reduced, and the technical effect of the wire arrangement complexity of the radio frequency circuit is achieved.

The invention discloses a circuit structure and working method of an electromechanical integration device. The circuit structure includes a first CPLD, a second CPLD, a first low-voltage differential signal LVDS interface, a second low-voltage differential signal LVDS interface, a clock and Data line; the first CPLD is electrically connected to the first low-voltage differential signal LVDS interface; the second CPLD is electrically connected to the second low-voltage differential signal LVDS interface; the first low-voltage differential signal LVDS interface and the second low-voltage differential signal The LVDS interface is electrically connected through a clock line and a data line. The present invention utilizes LVDS technology to realize a small amount of 8 wires, pack and unpack data through CPLD integration technology, to transmit a large number of signals in two places separated by a certain distance, to reduce wiring complexity in mechatronics and other equipment, and at the same time It has a significant effect on the reliability of the system and reduces the troubleshooting time.