US 12,140,987 B2
Load current simulator
Ian R. Vinci, Shandaken, NY (US); Peter Vinci, Shandaken, NY (US); and Richard A. Frantz, Hatboro, PA (US)
Filed by Ian R. Vinci, Woodstock, NY (US); and Peter Vinci, Woodstock, NY (US)
Filed on Sep. 19, 2019, as Appl. No. 16/575,488.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/757,773, filed on Nov. 9, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2020/0150708 A1, May 14, 2020
Int. Cl. G05F 3/02 (2006.01); G01R 31/00 (2006.01); B60R 16/02 (2006.01)
CPC G05F 3/02 (2013.01) [G01R 31/007 (2013.01); B60R 16/02 (2013.01)] 4 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An apparatus comprising:
current monitoring circuitry operative to measure a current of an input signal;
a plurality of resistors arranged in parallel on the input signal;
a plurality of switches, each of the plurality of switches operative to activate and deactivate a respective one of the plurality of resistors;
microcontroller circuitry operative to control the plurality of switches at least in part based on data from the current monitoring circuitry; and
temperature sensor circuitry operative to measure a temperature in the apparatus;
wherein the microcontroller circuitry is further operative to control the plurality of switches at least in part based on data from the temperature sensor circuitry.