Patent ID: 6595811
Filing Date: 2003-07-22
Classification: B63B

Abstract:
A personal watercraft vehicle, comprising:a hull; a deck mounted on said hull; a display apparatus mounted on said deck; an engine; a propulsion system operatively coupled to said engine to provide propulsion for said watercraft; a plurality of sensors adapted to monitor an associated watercraft condition and generate data indicative of the watercraft condition; a component electronic control unit electrically coupled to said sensors and configured to process the data; a display electronic control unit coupled to said display apparatus, said display apparatus configured to display the data; a system bus configured to operatively interconnect said component electronic control unit and said display electronic control unit, said system bus arranged to support multiplexed transmission of the data; and a terminating connector containing a terminating resistor for terminating said system bus, wherein each of said component control unit and display electronic control unit are configured to communicate with each other and exchange the multiplexed data via said system bus.