Patent ID: 7962296

Claim:
A data acquisition and/or control module for interfacing with a device and for communicating with one or more further data acquisition and/or control modules, each further module being for interfacing with a respective device within a sensor/control network formed by the data acquisition and/or control modules and the respective devices, the data acquisition and/or control module comprising: a transceiver for receiving data from and transmitting data to the sensor/control network; first and second microcontrollers, the first microcontroller being connected to the second microcontroller, the first microcontroller further being connected to the transceiver and the second microcontroller further being for connecting to the device; first and second memories, each memory being arranged external to the first and second microcontrollers; and switching means operable to connect: one of the first and second microcontrollers selectively to one of the first and second memories, and the respective other of the first and second microcontrollers to the respective other of the first and second memories.