Abstract: A real time controller is described for obtaining real time data from a sensor incorporating a memory, comparator, instruction decoder and real time counter. The real time controller solves the problem of gathering real time data as a function of time from a plurality of sensors receiving a plurality of signals.

Abstract: A circuit is described for recovering binary data from an input signal which may be phase coded and received intermittently and nonsynchronously incorporating an edge detector for detecting transitions of the data from a 0 to a 1, a counter which may be reset upon detection of a data transition, a second counter which may be reset upon the first counter reaching a predetermined value, the second counter being permitted to free run up to a predetermined value, a circuit for generating data in synchronous with the output of the second counter, and a squelch circuit for inhibiting the output of the generated data in response to output of the counters.