Abstract: A motor vehicle data collection, monitoring and management system is provided for ready connection to the vehicle's onboard data network through the data interface provided by the vehicle manufacturer. The data collected includes data available on the manufacturer's network, such as network data traffic between control modules, as well as data from discrete components located outside of the motor vehicle network. The data collecting and monitoring system exhibits power saving features including automatic shutdown when the motor vehicle is switched off. A methodology for configuring the system is also disclosed.

Abstract: A method for fabricating graded refractive index (rugate, optical filters as well as complex rugate filters having prespecified refractive index verses thickness profiles is disclosed. A plurality of at least two different compatable thin film deposition source components of different refractive index, which are stoichiometrically combinable in variable proportion, such as silicon nitride and silicon oxide, or zinc sulfide and zinc selenide, are used to form a thin film material with a refractive index which varies as a function of the proportions of the components. Each source component is separately laser flash evaporated and codeposited on a substrate to form a coating while monitoring the physical and optical thicknesses of the coating, to allow adjustment of the respective laser flash evaporation rates of the source components.