A plant packaging system and method comprising a combination of a protective upper portion and a decorative lower portion having a base portion and a skirt portion for packaging a potted plant or a botanical item and a growing medium without a pot. The upper portion may be detachable from the lower
A plant packaging system and method comprising a combination of a protective upper portion and a decorative lower portion having a base portion and a skirt portion for packaging a potted plant or a botanical item and a growing medium without a pot. The upper portion may be detachable from the lower portion of the sleeve. The lower portion may have a skirt portion which has a non-linear upper peripheral edge. The lower portion may be tapered and may have a gusset in the lower end.
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A plant packaging system and method comprising a combination of a protective upper portion and a decorative lower portion having a base portion and a skirt portion for packaging a potted plant or a botanical item and a growing medium without a pot. The upper portion may be detachable from the lower
A plant packaging system and method comprising a combination of a protective upper portion and a decorative lower portion having a base portion and a skirt portion for packaging a potted plant or a botanical item and a growing medium without a pot. The upper portion may be detachable from the lower portion of the sleeve. The lower portion may have a skirt portion which has a non-linear upper peripheral edge. The lower portion may be tapered and may have a gusset in the lower end. d comprising; at the master, transmitting a telemetry signal onto the channel; at the master, detecting a response to the telemetry signal in the master; at the master, evaluating the response to generate impedance compensation information; at the master, sending the impedance compensation information to the slave device; and at the slave device, adjusting the impedance of a connection circuit on the slave device in response to the impedance compensation information sent by the master. 11. The method of claim 10 wherein the slave device comprises a control register and the impedance compensation circuit, wherein the impedance compensation circuit comprises a variable capacitor element, and wherein the step of programming the impedance compensation circuit in accordance with the evaluation of the response further comprises; at the master, determining a control value in accordance with the evaluation of the response; under control of the master, storing the control value in the control register; defining a control signal within the slave device in accordance with the control value; and adjusting the capacitance of the variable capacitor element in response to the control signal. 12. The method of claim 10, wherein the step of transmitting a telemetry signal comprises transmitting at least one of a single step signal and a single bit signal. 13. The method of claim 10 wherein the step of transmitting a telemetry signal comprises transmitting a pseudo-random data signal. 14. The method of claim 10 wherein the step of detecting a response to the telemetry signal further comprises: detecting one or more signal reflections caused by inter-reaction of the telemetry signal with one or more impedance discontinuities in the channel. 15. The method of claim 14 wherein the step of detecting one or more signal reflections further comprises: applying the detected one or more signal reflections to one port of a two port sampler/comparator. 16. The method of claim 15 wherein the step of evaluating the response further comprises; generating an adjustment voltage which when applied to a second port of the two port sampler/comparator minimizes or maximizes the voltage output of the sampler/comparator, and determining a control value corresponding to the adjustment voltage. 17. The method of claim 14 wherein the slave device further comprises a control register and a variable capacitor element, and wherein the step of programming the impedance compensation circuit further comprises: writing the control value into the control register; generating a control signal from the control value; and, applying the control signal to the variable capacitor element. 18. The method of claim 17 wherein the variable capacitor element comprises an array of transistors, and wherein the control signal comprises a digital word defined by the control value which selects certain transistors in the array of transistors. 19. The method of claim 17 wherein the variable capacitor element comprises an array of capacitors, and wherein the control signal comprises a digital word defined by the control value which selects certain capacitors in the array of capacitors. 20. A slave device connected to a master via a high-speed bus, the slave device comprising: an input/output (I/O) pin, within the slave devices connected to a first signal line of the high-speed bus; means within the slave device for receiving a control signal received from a master via one or more signal lines of the high-speed bus; a variable capacitor element located within the slave device and responsive to the control signal such that a change in the control signal causes a change in the impedance presented by the I/O pin to the first signal line of the high-speed bus. 21. The slave device of claim 20, wherein the I/O pin comprises an input-only pin adapted to receive data from the signal line. 22. The slave device of claim 20, wherein the slave device further co mprises an output transistor adapted to drive data onto the signal line. 23. A bus system comprising; a master connected to a slave device via a bus; the slave device comprising at least one input/output (I/O) pin connected to a signal line associated with the bus, and a variable capacitor element connected to the at least one I/O pin for adjusting impedance of a connection circuit of the slave device, the connection circuit connected to the at least one I/O pin; wherein the variable capacitor element of the slave device is responsive to a control signal received from the master via the bus to vary the impedance at the at least one I/O pin. 24. The bus system of claim 23, wherein the master further comprises: a circuit adapted to drive a telemetry signal onto the bus; a circuit generating a reference signal; a sampler circuit detecting signal reflections induced on the bus by the telemetry signal, comparing the signal reflections to the reference signal, and communicating the comparison to a decision making element. 25. The bus system of claim 24, wherein the reference signal generating circuit is responsive to the decision making element to vary the reference signal. 26. The bus system of claim 25, wherein the decision making element is external to the master. 27. A method of impedance compensation in a bus system comprising a master and a slave device mounted on a printed circuit board (PCB) and connected via a plurality of signal lines, the method comprising: at the slave device, driving data from the slave device onto a first PCB signal line of the plurality of PC signal lines via an input/output (I/O) pin of the slave device; and at the slave device, receiving a control signal from the master via one or more of the plurality of PCB signal lines, and adjusting the capacitance of a variable capacitor element in the slave device in accordance with the control signal so as to adjust the impedance of a connection circuit of the slave device with respect to the first PCB signal line. 28. The method of claim 27, including storing a control value in a control register in the slave device, the control value corresponding to the control signal sent by the master, and adjusting the capacitance of a variable capacitor element in the slave device in accordance with the control value stored in the control register. 29. The method of claim 27, including storing a control value in a register in the slave device, and conveying the control value to the master, wherein the control signal is derived by the master by reading the control value from the control register. 30. A slave device connected to a master via a high-speed bus, the slave device comprising: an input/output (I/O) pin within the slave device connected to a first signal line of the high-speed bus; means within the slave device for receiving a control signal received from a master via one or more signal lines of the high-speed bus; a control register within the slave device for storing a control value in accordance with the control signal received from the master; a variable capacitor element located within the slave device and responsive to the control value such that a change in the control value causes a change in the impedance presented by the I/O pin to the first signal line of the high-speed bus. helical slot having a width and pitch sufficient to restore flexibility of the pipe once coated with said rigid material and a plurality of annular slots spaced so as to restore flexibility of said pipe once coated with said rigid insulating material. 2. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein said at least one circumferential slot is formed by machining. 3. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein said at least one circumferential slot is helical. 4. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein said at least one circumferential slot comprises a plurality of circular slots. 5. A method intended for thermal insulation of a flexible pipe having a longitudinal axis, comprising the following successive stages: extruding, on an outer surface of said pipe moving longitudinally, a thickness of extrudable insulating material, with an extruding head concentric to said pipe, hardening said insulating material by cooling said insulating material over a substantially rectilinear part downstream from the deposition area to form a rigid insulating material, forming at least one circumferential slot in said thickness of the rigid insulating material in relation to the longitudinal axis of the pipe, the at least one circumferential slot comprising one of at least one helical slot having a width and pitch sufficient to restore flexibility of the pipe once coated with said rigid material and a plurality of annular slots spaced so as to restore flexibility of said pipe once coated with said rigid insulating material. 6. A method intended for thermal insulation of a flexible pipe having a longitudinal axis, comprising the following successive stages: extruding, on an outer surface of said pipe moving longitudinally, a thickness of extrudable insulating material, with an extruding head arranged laterally to said pipe and revolving in relation to the pipe so as to deposit said material in the form of a helical strip, hardening said insulating material by cooling said insulating material over a substantially rectilinear part downstream from the deposition area to form a rigid insulating material, forming at least one circumferential slot in said thickness of the rigid insulating material in relation to the longitudinal axis of the pipe, the at least one circumferential slot comprising one of at least one helical slot having a width and pitch sufficient to restore flexibility of the pipe once coated with said rigid material and a plurality of annular slots spaced so as to restore flexibility of said pipe once coated with said rigid insulating material. 7. A method intended for thermal insulation of a flexible pipe having a longitudinal axis, comprising the following successive stages: extruding, on an outer surface of said pipe moving longitudinally, a thickness of extrudable insulating material, by extrusion performed in several successive layers so as to reach great thicknesses of insulating material, hardening said insulating material by cooling said insulating material over a substantially rectilinear part downstream from the deposition area to form a rigid insulating material, forming at least one circumferential slot in said thickness of the rigid insulating material in relation to the longitudinal axis of the pipe, the at least one circumferential slot comprising one of at least one helical slot having a width and pitch sufficient to restore flexibility of the pipe once coated with said rigid material and a plurality of annular slots spaced so as to restore flexibility of said pipe once coated with said rigid insulating material. 8. The method as claimed in claim 7, wherein a layer of sticking preventive material is deposited on the outside of each extruded layer of material. 9. The A method as claimed in claim 7, wherein each layer comprises said machined slots. 10. A heat insulated flexible pipe, characterized in that it comprises at least one layer of rigid and insulating material on the outside of said pipe, and in t
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