Flexible architecture for microinstrumentation systems in silicon

A flexible architecture for a microinstru- mentation system in silicon was developped, and intended for use in a wide range of applications. The MCM device should be considered a genuine (micro)instrument, which supplies high-level data over an external instrumentation bus. Internally, the system should support all vital functions, such as power management, self-calibration and in-system data transfer over a flexible internal data bus. The internal bus is the major subject of this paper. Drivers are designed for a generic sensor module; the application will decide the type of sensors to be used.STW - Project DEL55.3733. TU Delft. Junta Nacional de Investigação Científica e Tecnológica - PRAXIS XXI-BD/5181/95