Intelligent electronic device capable of operating as a USB master device and a USB slave device

a technology of intelligent electronic devices and slave devices, applied in the direction of instruments, tariff metering devices, sustainable buildings, etc., can solve the problems of limiting alarms, breaker control, outages and many other types of events, user's not always having a laptop available,
US20130297840A1Inactive Publication Date: 2013-11-07ELECTRO INDUSTRIES GAUGE TECH
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Authority / Receiving Office
US · United States
Patent Type
Applications(United States)
Current Assignee / Owner
ELECTRO INDUSTRIES GAUGE TECH
Publication Date
2013-11-07
Estimated Expiration
Not applicable · inactive patent

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Abstract

An intelligent electronic device (IED), e.g., an electrical power meter, having at least one removable memory device for storing data sensed and generated by the intelligent electronic device is provided. The IED includes a housing; at least one sensor; at least one analog-to-digital converter; at least one processing unit coupled to the at least one analog-to-digital converter configured to receive the digital data and store the digital data in a removable memory; and at least one device controller coupled to the at least one processing unit, the at least one device controller including an interface disposed on the housing for interfacing with the removable memory, wherein the at least one device controller is operative as a USB master or USB slave device controller.
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[0001] This application is a continuation-in-part application of U.S. application Ser. No. 12 / 628,636 filed on Dec. 1, 2009, the contents of which are hereby incorporated by reference in its entirety.BACKGROUND

[0002] 1. Field

[0003] The present disclosure relates generally to intelligent electronic devices (IEDs) for electrical power systems, and more particularly, to an IED including a removable device for storing data relating to electrical power distribution systems.

[0004] 2. Description of the Related Art

[0005] Electric utility companies (“utilities”) track electric usage by customers by using power meters. These meters track the amount of power consumed at a particular location. These locations range from power substations, to commercial businesses, to residential homes. The electric utility companies use information obtained from the power meter to charge their customers for their power consumption, i.e., revenue metering.

[0006] A popular type of power meter is the socket-type power ...

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