ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,717,295, issued on Aug. 25, was assigned to Schneider Electric Systems USA Inc. (Foxboro, Mass.).

"Systems and methods for using memory-mapped memories in a microcontroller-based instrument" was invented by Brooks Read (Foxboro, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods for using memory-mapped memories in a microcontroller-based instrument are provided herein. The method includes operating the microcontroller-based instrument using a complex application or protocol and operating a highly integrated, low-power microcontroller unit (MCU). The MCU is configured to use memory mapping for accessing at least one off-MCU memory c...