Managing slave devices

摘要

A hardware system comprises a digital signal generator, which generates a digital electrical signal that describes a first physical state of a first device; an analog electrical signal generator, which generates an analog electrical signal that describes a second physical state of the first device; a hybrid digital state signal generator, which generates a hybrid digital state signal that comprises the analog electrical signal overlaid onto the initial digital electric signal; and a hybrid signal transmitter, which transmits the hybrid digital state signal from the first device to a second device, wherein the second device comprises a hybrid signal receiver/decoder that extracts the analog electrical signal from the hybrid digital state signal.

主权项

1. A system comprising:
a hardware digital electrical signal generator, wherein the hardware digital electrical signal generator generates a digital electrical signal that describes a first physical state of a first device; a hardware analog electrical signal generator, wherein the hardware analog electrical signal generator generates an analog electrical signal that describes a second physical state of the first device; a hardware hybrid digital state signal generator, wherein the hardware hybrid digital state signal generator generates a hybrid digital state signal that comprises the analog electrical signal overlaid onto the digital electrical signal, wherein the analog electrical signal increases a voltage level of the digital electrical signal, and wherein an increase to the voltage level of the digital electrical signal defines an area above a pulse in the digital electrical signal, and wherein the area above the pulse describes a change in current being pulled by the first device, and wherein the hybrid digital state signal retains all information from the digital electrical signal and the analog electrical signal; and a hardware hybrid signal transmitter, wherein the hardware hybrid signal transmitter transmits the hybrid digital state signal from the first device to a second device, wherein the second device comprises a hardware hybrid signal receiver/decoder that extracts the analog electrical signal from the hybrid digital state signal.