An articulated arm for use in a coordinate measuring machine. The arm includes a serial network for communicating data from transducers located in the arm to a controller. Each transducer includes a transducer interface having a memory which stores transducer data. The controller serially addresses each...http://www.google.fr/patents/US6219928?utm_source=gb-gplus-shareBrevet US6219928 - Serial network for coordinate measurement apparatus
Serial network for coordinate measurement apparatus