Patent ID: 11953547
Assignee: BAE SYSTEMS CONTROLS INC.
Field: Measurement (Instruments)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 0:
1. An apparatus comprising:
a small-form factor connector configured to receive a fiber optic cable, the apparatus being connectable to a unit under testing (UUT) via the fiber optic cable;
a control area network (CAN) interface or a universal serial bus (USB) interface, the apparatus being connectable to an external device via at least one of the CAN interface or USB interface; and
a processor configured to:
receive a plurality of register addresses for registers in a central processing unit in the UUT from the external device via at least one of the CAN interface or USB interface to set up a reading of the corresponding registers in the central processing unit;
relay the plurality of register addresses to the central processing unit via the fiber optic cable; and
receive state information corresponding to each of the plurality of register addresses periodically, wherein the period is less than or equal to an analog to digital conversion of an analog to digital converter (ADC) in the UUT.