Scireq flexivent - Ports, Units and Channels; Universal Intelligent Transducer Architecture

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FIGURE 1-2: UNIVERSAL INTELLIGENT TRANSDUCER (UNIT) ARCHITECTURE
1.2.3 PORTS, UNITS & CHANNELS
UnitWise instruments typically possess eight ports, each of which may be occupied by one
Universal Intelligent Transducer (UNIT) without further adapters, amplifiers or pods, so that any
UNIT can fit into and be recognized by any instrument port (see Figure 1-2).
Every UNIT contains between one and four sensor elements or other input/output channels,
each permitting the measurement or modification of a physical property. To optimize the signal-
to-noise ratios, all input signals are digitized right in the UNIT. A small micro-controller (μC)