摘要 |
One embodiment of the present invention includes a computer-implemented method for operating a transducer database, the method including creating a first electronic datasheet for a first type of sensor on a first computer, wherein creating includes specifying a plurality of attribute values for the first type of sensor, accessing the transducer database over a network, and registering the first electronic datasheet for the first type of sensor in the transducer database, wherein registering includes storing the first electronic datasheet in the transducer database. The method may further include coupling a first sensor to a system, wherein the system is coupled to the network, wherein the first sensor is of the first sensor type. The method may include obtaining the first electronic datasheet from the transducer database for the first sensor, wherein obtaining includes accessing the transducer database over the network; and after obtaining, performing at least one of: 1) configuring at least one of a device or a software program based on data in the first electronic datasheet; and 2) storing at least a portion of the first electronic datasheet in the system. The first sensor may only have analog interface connections.
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