Patent ID: 7529488

Claim:
An optoelectronic transceiver, comprising: a housing; an optical transmitter positioned at least partially within said housing; an optical receiver positioned at least partially within said housing; a controller disposed at least partially within said housing, said controller comprising: memory, including one or more memory arrays for storing information related to the transceiver; analog to digital conversion circuitry for receiving a plurality of analog signals from the optoelectronic transceiver, the analog signals corresponding to operating conditions of the optoelectronic transceiver, converting the received analog signals into digital values, and storing the digital values in the memory; comparison logic for comparing the digital values with limit values to generate flag values, wherein the flag values are stored in the memory when generated by the optoelectronic transceiver; an interface configured to allow a host to read from host specified locations within the memory; a circuit board disposed at least partially within said housing; a first row of at least five electrical contacts on said circuit board; a second row of at least six electrical contacts on said circuit board, where said second row is substantially parallel to said first row; and at least ten elongate pins each extending from a respective one of said electrical contacts substantially perpendicular to said circuit board, wherein at least one of said electrical contacts from said second row is electrically coupled to said interface.