Abstract: A digital rate monitor including a microprocessor operating under program control to receive and process event pulses to calculate the rate of the event pulses, and display the calculated rate. The rate is calculated by accumulating a batch of pulses and measuring the time it takes to accumulate such number of pulses. The batch size for a given calculation is a function of the event pulse rate, and a different batch size is automatically selected if the event pulse rate increases or decreases within a certain range. The rate is calculated once per second by averaging sixteen pulses for high speed inputs, four pulses for intermediate rates, and using a single pulse for low speed inputs.

Abstract: A system for measuring program execution time compares all addresses occurring on a memory bus to an upper limit number and a lower limit number to produce a signal which indicates if each address occurring on the memory bus is within a range represented by the upper limit number and the lower limit number. The signal is utilized to either enable incrementing of a counter at a predetermined rate or to increment the counter once for every new address occurring on the memory bus within the range. The contents of the counter represent either the accumulated time of execution of instructions having addresses within the range or the number of instructions executed having addresses within the range. The system includes a display for displaying the contents of the counter.

Abstract: A remote device for receiving communication signals carried by the phase conductors of a multi-phase power distribution network communication system is dislosed. The remote device includes a circuit for independently receiving each of the communication signals carried by the phase conductors. The receiving circuit produces an input signal having a serial format in response to each of the received communication signals. A clock circuit produces a train of clock pulses and a train of strobe pulses, each of the strobe pulses being produced in response to the production of a predetermined number of clock pulses. A serial-to-parallel shift register is responsive to each of the input signals. At the positive transition of each of the clock pulses, a sample value of each input signal is clocked into one of the serial-to-parallel shift register. Upon the production of each strobe pulse, the samples are transferred from each shift register to a latched storage register.

Abstract: An electronic trip meter for an automotive vehicle comprises a memory circuit to store sector distances between a start point and intermediate and final destinations, a distance presetting circuit to determine alarm points near to and before intermediate and final destinations, a counter to count the actual distance travelled from the last destination, a comparator to output a signal from the time when the value in the counter becomes equal to that in the distance presetting circuit until the time when the value in the counter becomes equal to that in the memory circuit, an alarm device driven by the comparator output signal, and a display device. Such an electronic trip meter displays the remaining distance to the next destination while the comparator is sending out an output signal; that is, at any intermediate points in between an alarm-point and the next destination. At other times the display shows a value representative of the total distance travelled.