Patent ID: 8538625

Claim:
A vehicle-mounted apparatus comprising: a first interface module configured to communicate with at least one first sensor module that measures a first operating condition of the vehicle, wherein the at least one first sensor module provides a first measurement signal based on the first measured operating condition to the first interface module; a second interface module coupled to the first interface module in a daisy chain fashion through a port, wherein the first and second interface modules are modularly configured to be scalable to connect with one or more additional interface modules, the second interface module configured to communicate with at least one second sensor module that measures a second operating condition of the vehicle, wherein the at least one second sensor module provides a second measurement signal based on the second measured operating condition to the second interface module, the second interface module configured to output the first measurement signal with the second measurement signal in a time division multiplexed manner; wherein each interface module includes a processor and a memory, wherein the second interface module is configured to receive at least the multiplexed first and second measurement signals and display sensor data representative of the received multiplexed measurement signals in compliance with a customizably programmable display profile; wherein the interface modules and the display module are not integrated in a dashboard of the vehicle.