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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 07, 1991
Filed:
Nov. 28, 1989
Anthony B McLeish, Mississauga, CA;
Anthony Hill, Holland Landing, CA;
Jim Darling, Oakville, CA;
David M Dean, Oakville, CA;
Distributed Matrix Controls Inc., Rexdale, CA;
Abstract
This invention relates to a universal device for sequentially sensing any input signals and providing any output signals, comprising; a microprocessor; a programmable memory for defining said input signals and said output signals at selected levels; multiplexers controlled by said microprocessor to sequentially select said input signals and said output signals; electrical components controlled by said microprocessor and programmable memory for generating a digital bit stream for each sequentially selected input signal and output signal; circuitry for translating said digital bit streams to an analogue signal; signal conditioning circuitry activated by said analogue signal for sensing any input signal and providing any output signal defined by said programmable memory.