Patent ID: 8718981

Claim:
A modular sensor assembly, comprising: a signal processing module configured to be connected to an end-user device and configured to produce a conditioned output signal from a raw or partially conditioned output signal, the signal processing module comprising a signal conditioning block; a sensing module housed separately from and removably mechanically coupled to the signal processing module, the sensing module comprising at least one transducer or sensor for sensing a physical parameter and a local memory configured to retain a set of conditioning coefficients specific to the at least one transducer or sensor of the sensing module, the sensing module configured to generate a raw or partially conditioned output signal; and wherein the signal conditioning block is configured to download all or some of the conditioning coefficients stored in the local memory of the sensing module, and the signal conditioning block is configured to utilize the downloaded conditioning coefficients to produce the conditioned output signal from the raw or partially conditioned output signal.