Patent ID: 11924983
Assignee: HONEYWELL FEDERAL MANUFACTURING & TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
Field: Audio-visual technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H  B | IPC H

Claim 13:
14. A modular electronics system comprising:
a housing;
a plurality of electronics modules within the housing, each electronics module of the plurality of electronics modules comprising:
a raceway including:
a base structure;
one or more conductive traces on the base structure, said one or more conductive traces formed by laser direct structuring followed by electroless plating; and
a plurality of connection pads disposed on the base structure, each connection pad of the plurality of connection pads comprising a detent portion;

one or more submodules mounted onto the raceway, each submodule of the one or more submodules comprising:
a submodule base structure; and
a plurality of connection nodes disposed on a first side of the submodule base structure configured to interface with the plurality of connection pads of the raceway respectively by fitting into the detent portion of each connection pad,
wherein each of the plurality of connection nodes provides a continuous electrical connection between the submodule and the respective connection pad; and

at least one microcontroller communicatively coupled to the plurality of electronics modules.