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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 14, 2022
Filed:
Feb. 12, 2021
Rain Bird Corporation, Azusa, CA (US);
Harvey J. Nickerson, El Cajon, CA (US);
Bradley H. Dolbin, Tucson, AZ (US);
Jonathan I. Marsters, San Diego, CA (US);
Anderson Micu, San Diego, CA (US);
Rain Bird Corporation, Azusa, CA (US);
Abstract
In some embodiments, apparatuses and methods are provided herein useful to providing power and data to an irrigation device. In some embodiments, encoder for an irrigation control unit that provides power and data to an irrigation device over a multi-wire path comprises: an AC to DC converter to convert an input AC signal into a DC voltage; an AC signal generator to generate an output AC signal modulated with data; a control circuit to provide a modulation control signal to the AC signal generator to control generation and modulation of the output AC signal, the data modulated on the output AC signal comprising commands in accordance with irrigation programming; and a multi-wire interface coupled to the AC signal generator to electrically couple to a multi-wire path extending into a landscape and to which irrigation devices may be connected.