Patent ID: 7953828

Claim:
A distributed networked data acquisition system, comprising: a host; a plurality of distributed networked data acquisition devices for performing a plurality of data acquisitions, each of said plurality of distributed networked data acquisition devices further comprising: an embedded microcontroller connected to a reset chip, a clock oscillator chip, an external interrupt terminal, a serial port, an IIC interface, a USB interface, a JTAG interface, an Ethernet controller, and a power supply chip; a flash memory chip connected to said embedded microcontroller and mapped in a first memory address region of said embedded microcontroller; a SDRAM chip connected to said embedded microcontroller and mapped in a second memory address region of said embedded microcontroller; a GPS receiver connected to said serial port; an integrated D/A filtering circuit connected to said external interrupt terminal; an A/D converter coupled to said integrated D/A filtering circuit and connected to said USB interface through a USB/serial converter; a keyboard connected to said microcontroller through said IIC interface; and a LCD display connected to said microcontroller through said IIC interface; one or more sensors connected to the integrated D/A filtering circuits of said plurality of data acquisition devices; and one or more transmission media connecting said plurality of distributed networked data acquisition devices to said host, said one or more transmission media including a plurality of unshielded twisted pairs (UTP) for connecting said plurality of distributed networked data acquisition devices in various distribution points; wherein said one or more sensors may include different types of sensors for detecting different types of continuous signals; and said host controls and coordinates said plurality of distributed networked data acquisition devices to form a distributed data acquisition network, and implements dynamic display for said plurality of data acquisitions.