Patent ID: 7668685
Filing Date: 2010-02-23
Classification: H01R,Y10S

Abstract:
1. Electrical connector for connection to a sensor which has an integrated microcontroller, comprising: a plug-and-socket connection for connection to an interface of the sensor, and an electronic circuit having a memory for storage of data, and a microcontroller for operating an interface of the sensor, the microcontroller being able to mirror data of the sensor in the memory of the electronic circuit and to parameterize the sensor with data from the memory of the electronic circuit, and depending on characteristic data of the sensor, the microcontroller either causes parameter data to be read out of the sensor via the interface and stored in the memory of the electronic circuit, or causes parameter data stored in the memory of the electronic circuit to be read out of the memory of the electronic circuit and transmitted via the interface into the sensor, wherein said microcontroller has means for comparing characteristic data from the sensor with characteristic data stored in the memory of the electronic circuit; and wherein the microcontroller is adapted to determine whether data is to be transferred from the memory of the electronic circuit to the sensor or is to be transferred from the sensor to the memory of the electronic circuit automatically based upon a comparison of the characteristic data of the sensor in the sensor with characteristic data stored in the memory of the electronic circuit.