A sensor module includes a first sensor device that outputs first measurement data from a first measurement circuit receiving a signal from a first sensor element and performing a measurement process, a second sensor device that outputs a second measurement circuit receiving a signal from a second sensor element and performing a measurement process, and a microcontroller that receives the first measurement data and the second measurement data, in which the first sensor device includes a first terminal that is used for input of an external synchronization signal or a synchronization signal which is a signal based on the external synchronization signal, and input or output of a communication signal, and the second sensor device includes a second terminal that is used for input of the synchronization signal, and input or output of the communication signal.

Systems, controllers, and configurations are disclosed for providing precisely timed laser actuation, RF waveform control, and synchronous acquisition of fluorescence information from magnetometry components, such as a DNV sensor. A controller for a DNV sensor may include a RF waveform generator for generating a RF waveform for a RF signal for a DNV sensor and a digital control for controlling a laser for the DNV sensor. The RF waveform generator and the digital control may be formed in a single chip, such as an FPGA or ASIC.

A communication device (10) communicates with a communication device (20) in each of time divisions defined by shared time that is shared with the communication device (20). The communication device (10) includes a clocking unit (11) that measures the shared time, an acquirer (13) that acquires, from the communication device (20), error information about a first error of the communication device (20) in measuring the shared time, and a specifier (14) that specifies, to the communication device (20), a suspension duration at least at a start or at an end of each of the time divisions. The suspension duration is a duration for which the communication device (20) suspends data transmission. The suspension duration specified by the specifier (14) is greater than or equal to a greater error of the first error and a second error that is an error of the clocking unit (11) in time measurement.

Methods, apparatus, systems, and articles of manufacture are disclosed for sequence of event generation for a process control system. An example apparatus includes at least one memory, machine readable instructions, and processor circuitry to at least one of execute or instantiate the machine readable instructions to obtain a first digital signal from a first field device representative of a first sensor data value labeled with a first timestamp generated by the first field device, obtain a second digital signal from a second field device representative of a second sensor data value labeled with a second timestamp generated by the second field device, and store a data association of the first and second sensor data values in a datastore, the data association representative of a sequence of events including an ordering of the first sensor data value and the second sensor data value based on the first and second timestamps.