Patent ID: 6937957
Filing Date: 2005-08-30
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. Process for the acquisition of measurements using a digital communication bus ( 10 ) composed of a cable with a first and a second shielded twisted pair of lines, said first pair of lines used for exchanging data between a bus arbitrator and a slave equipment, said second pair of lines for transporting data validation clock, the shielding of this cable being continuous throughout its length, and a computer system comprising a bus arbitrator ( 11 ) connected to the communication bus ( 10 ) which acts as bus master and which synchronizes measurements made using sensors ( 14 ), pull-up and pull-down resistances at said bus arbitrator ( 11 ), and several items of slave equipment ( 13 ) connected to the communication bus ( 10 ) to which these sensors are connected, the process comprising: acquiring measurements from sensors ( wherein the bus arbitrator (