Abstract: An electronic accessory connectable to a remote electronic device through a data interface. The electronic accessory includes an electronic circuit that exchanges data through a data interface, and a magnetically mating optical circuit connector. The magnetically mating optical circuit connector includes at least one optical terminal for the data interface, and a connector body that engages a corresponding connector. The connector body is attached to the at least one optical terminal and includes at least one alignment feature that aligns each of the optical terminals with a corresponding optical terminal of the corresponding connector. The magnetically mating optical circuit connector has at least one magnetic attachment area attached to the connector body and configured to magnetically attach the connector body to the corresponding connector when the connector body is engaged into the corresponding connector.

Abstract: An electronic device with an optical and electrical circuit connector. The electronic device includes a processor, a memory, a wireless communications component that provides wireless data communications between the processor and a wireless data network, and an optical and electrical circuit connector. The optical and electrical circuit connector includes a connector body configured to engage a corresponding connector, at least one optical terminal coupled to the connector body, and at least one electrical data interface terminal coupled to the connector body. The optical and electrical circuit connector also has at least one magnetic attachment area that magnetically attaches the connector body to the corresponding connector. The at least one magnetic attachment area has an electrically conductive path with an electrical connection that conducts electrical power.

Abstract: An electronic accessory connectable to a remote electronic device through a data interface. The electronic accessory includes an electronic circuit configured to exchange data through a data interface and an optical and electrical circuit connector. The optical and electrical circuit connector includes a connector body configured to engage a corresponding connector, at least one optical terminal for the data interface coupled to the connector body, and at least one electrical data interface terminal for the data interface coupled to the connector body.

Abstract: An electronic device. The electronic device includes a processor, a memory that stores information operated upon by the processor, and a wireless communications component that provides wireless data communications between the processor and a wireless data network. The electronic device further has a magnetically mating optical circuit connector with at least one optical terminal, a connector body that engages a corresponding connector. The connector body comprising at least one alignment feature that aligns, when the connector body engages the corresponding connector, each of the at least one optical terminal with a respective corresponding optical terminal of the corresponding connector. The connector body further has at least one magnetic attachment area that magnetically attaches the connector body to the corresponding connector.

Abstract: A system and method is provided for detecting and measuring impacts in a wireless device. The wireless device has a processor coupled to a memory and an acoustic transducer. The method comprises acquiring data from the acoustic transducer, the data acquisition including the processor taking samples of an electrical input signal supplied to an input of the processor by the acoustic transducer; saving the acquired data in the memory; detecting whether an impact has occurred; and halting data acquisition after the impact is detected.