Patent ID: 8412049

Claim:
A portable data probe, comprising: a portable housing; an optical transceiver circuit disposed substantially within the portable housing, the optical transceiver circuit operable to convert between electrical signals and corresponding optical signals, the optical transceiver circuit configured to be in optical communication with an exterior of the portable housing; a wireless communication circuit disposed substantially within the housing, the wireless communication circuit operably coupled to obtain information received via the optical transceiver circuit, the wireless communication circuit operable to communicate wireless signals containing the obtained information to a remote wireless circuit; and level conversion circuitry disposed between the wireless communication circuit and the optical communication circuit, the level conversion circuitry operable to convert a first maximum level digital signal to a second maximum level digital signal; wherein the second maximum level digital signal is a TTL standard signal, and wherein the optical transceiver comprises: an optical detector device operably coupled to a bias voltage source, the bias voltage source having a voltage level exceeding a maximum level of the second maximum level digital signal.