Daisy chain (engineering)

A graphic representation of a daisy chain

In electrical and electronic engineering, a daisy chain is a wiring scheme. It has multiple devices, which are wired together in sequence or in a ring, similar to a garland of daisy flowers.^[1][2]

Daisy chains may be used for power, analog signals, digital data, or a combination of them.^[3]

The term daisy chain may refer either to large scale devices connected in series, such as a series of power strips plugged into each other to form a single long line of strips, or to the wiring patterns embedded inside of devices. Other examples of devices which can be used to form daisy chains are those based on USB, FireWire, Thunderbolt and Ethernet cables.^[4]

References

1. "Daisy chain (electrical engineering) | Semantic Scholar". www.semanticscholar.org. Retrieved 2022-08-30.
2. Li, Wei-Jian; Wang, Wei; Wang, Xu-Qing; Li, Mu; Ke, Yubin; Yao, Rui; Wen, Jin; Yin, Guang-Qiang; Jiang, Bo; Li, Xiaopeng; Yin, Panchao (2020-05-06). "Daisy Chain Dendrimers: Integrated Mechanically Interlocked Molecules with Stimuli-Induced Dimension Modulation Feature". Journal of the American Chemical Society. 142 (18): 8473–8482. doi:10.1021/jacs.0c02475. ISSN 0002-7863. PMID 32302108. S2CID 215809715.
3. Porter, Robert; Shirinzadeh, Bijan; Choi, Man (2016). "Modelling and Daisy Chaining Control Allocation of a Multirotor Helicopter with a Single Tilting Rotor". Electronics. 5 (4): 81. doi:10.3390/electronics5040081. ISSN 2079-9292.
4. "Thunderbolt™ for Developers". Intel. Retrieved 2022-08-30.