Flexible architecture for microinstrumentation systems in silicon

• Author(s): Cretu, E. ; Correia, J. H. ; Kong, S. H. ; Bartek, M. ; Wolffenbuttel, R. F.
• Date: 1997
• Persistent ID: http://hdl.handle.net/1822/4591
• Origin: RepositóriUM - Universidade do Minho
• Subject(s): Internal bus interface; Microsystems
• Document Type: Conference Object
• Language: English

Description

A flexible architecture for a microinstru- mentation system in silicon was developped, and intended for use in a wide range of applications. The MCM device should be considered a genuine (micro)instrument, which supplies high-level data over an external instrumentation bus. Internally, the system should support all vital functions, such as power management, self-calibration and in-system data transfer over a flexible internal data bus. The internal bus is the major subject of this paper. Drivers are designed for a generic sensor module; the application will decide the type of sensors to be used.