A sensor array including an electronic control unit and a speed sensor that has at least one sensor element. The speed sensor and the electronic control unit are interconnected by at least one line. The speed sensor includes a signal processing circuit which is designed in such a way as to obtain at least one digital frequency signal from the output signal of the sensor element, the at least one digital frequency signal being encoded in a data item, being stored in at least one first memory unit, and being transmitted to the electronic control unit.