| 摘要 |
<p>An igniter (10) for igniting a reactive material has a conductor (13, 14) for conducting power and communication signals to and from the igniter. A controller (59) is located within the igniter. The controller is preferably an application specific integrated circuit. The controller has communication means for communicating with a master controller located remote from the igniter. The controller also has diagnostics means for comparing established parameters for components of the igniter to predetermined limits and sending fault warning messages and integrity status messages to the master control unit. The controller also further has means for receiving a unique igniter activation command from the master control unit and sending an activation signal to an igniter activation means that couples the energy stored in an energy storage capacitor (62) to a heating member (55) that ignites a reactive material (49).</p> |
