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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 29, 2008
Filed:
Apr. 29, 2005
Rodney a Juelfs, Seattle, WA (US);
Andrew S. Roth, Everett, WA (US);
Rodney A Juelfs, Seattle, WA (US);
Andrew S. Roth, Everett, WA (US);
The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Abstract
Systems and methods for multiple input instrumentation buses are disclosed. In one embodiment, a bus assembly includes a control module adapted to be coupled to a network, and a plurality of nodes operatively coupled in a linear topology. A plurality of interface modules are coupled to the nodes. At least one node is adapted to receive a primary response signal from the correspondingly coupled interface module, and a secondary response signal from at least one other node, and to determine which of the primary and secondary response signals arrived first, and to output a corresponding one of the primary and secondary response signals that arrived first.