Extensible universal code assigning system and equipment

Abstract

The invention relates to the technical field of industrial detection instruments and meters, in particular to an extensible universal code assigning system and equipment. According to the extensible universal code assigning system, through the extensible board card switching modules and the extensible code assigning board card modules, the corresponding board card switching modules and the code assigning board card modules can be connected in parallel according to the required number, so that the code assigning board card modules of multiple manufacturers can be placed in a centralized mode through extensible universal code assigning equipment; and a uniform interface is provided for direct connection with the tool. Compared with the prior art that code assigning devices of all manufacturers are arranged in a scattered mode, the occupied area of the code assigning devices is greatly reduced, the complex production environment switching process is omitted, the code assigning board cards of all the manufacturers are switched smoothly and do not affect one another, and great application and popularization value is achieved.

Description

Technical Field

[0001] The present invention relates to the technical field of industrial detection instruments and meters, and in particular to an expandable universal coding system and equipment. Background Art

[0002] At present, the digital electronic detonators widely used in China are produced with the digital electronic detonator control module as the core. During the production process of digital electronic detonators, due to national security supervision requirements, it is necessary to code the semi-finished digital electronic detonators during the production process. Only after coding can they be used as finished digital electronic detonators.

[0003] There are many manufacturers of digital electronic detonator control modules. In order to code the digital electronic detonator control modules of different manufacturers, the pipe factory needs to be equipped with multiple different types of coding instruments, which leads to serious accumulation of large and small equipment in the production line control cabinet and complicated lines. Because the production line can only produce and code digital electronic detonators from one manufacturer in the same time period, the pipe factory needs to select coding instruments according to different manufacturers and switch equipment in the production environment, which is not only time-consuming but also the equipment and lines may cause unexpected failures and damage due to switching. How to unify and modularize the coding instruments of these control modules is an important task to solve the pain points of the pipe factory's automated production line. Summary of the invention

[0004] The object of the present invention is to provide an expandable universal coding system and device, which can solve the above-mentioned technical problems.

[0005] A first aspect of the present invention provides an expandable universal coding system, comprising: A core control module, wherein the core control module is connected to the PCL via an IO interface; An expandable board switching module, the expandable board switching module includes a plurality of groups of board switching modules, each of the board switching modules is connected in parallel, and the corresponding number of board switching modules can be connected in parallel according to the required number; the expandable board switching module is connected to the core control module, and the expandable board switching module is used to connect or disconnect with the bus according to the instruction of the host computer, wherein the bus includes: a power bus, an IO interface bus, a coding serial port bus and a ten-channel BUS bus; An expandable coding board and card module, the expandable coding board and card module includes multiple groups of coding board and card modules, the first ends of the multiple groups of coding board and card modules are correspondingly connected to the multiple groups of board and card switching modules, the individual coding board and card modules are connected in parallel, and the corresponding coding board and card modules can be connected in parallel according to the required quantity, the second ends of the multiple groups of coding board and card modules are connected to the tooling, which is used to code the digital electronic detonator control module arranged on the tooling.

[0006] In a preferred embodiment, the core control module is provided with a universal coding system status display unit, the expandable board switching module and a detection unit of the expandable coding board module.

[0007] In a preferred embodiment, the core control module is further provided with an upgrade unit, and the core control module is connected to a USB flash drive via a USB interface to upgrade the firmware of the core control module.

[0008] In a preferred embodiment, it also includes a network port module, which connects the serial port bus of the expandable coding board module and the serial port of the core control module to the outside of the universal coding system equipment, and is distinguished by different port numbers, so that the host computer can control the coding board module to perform coding operations, and the host computer of the universal coding system can interact with the core control module.

[0009] Preferably, in one embodiment, a BUS interface module is further included, and the expandable coding board module is connected to the tooling via the BUS interface module.

[0010] In a preferred embodiment, an electrostatic protection unit and an overcurrent protection unit are further provided between the BUS interface module and the tooling.

[0011] In a preferred embodiment, the overcurrent protection unit is used for active protection of 12V and 5V power supply overvoltage and overcurrent.

[0012] Preferably, in one embodiment, it also includes a status indication module, which is used to display the communication status, the status of the expandable board switching module and the status of the expandable coding board module.

[0013] The second aspect of the present invention provides an expandable universal coding equipment, comprising an expandable universal coding system as described in any of the above items, a host computer, a tooling and a digital electronic detonator, wherein the digital electronic detonator is connected to the expandable universal coding system through the tooling, and the host computer controls the connection to the expandable universal coding system.

[0014] The invention provides an expandable universal coding system and equipment with beneficial effects: the expandable board switching module and the expandable coding board module can be connected in parallel with the corresponding board switching module and coding board module according to the required quantity, so that the expandable universal coding equipment can centrally place the coding boards of multiple manufacturers and provide a unified interface to directly connect the tooling. Compared with the existing scattered placement of coding equipment of various manufacturers, the area occupied by the coding equipment is greatly reduced, the complex production environment switching process is eliminated, and the switching between the coding boards of various manufacturers is smooth and does not affect each other, which has great promotion and application value. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0015] In order to more clearly illustrate the specific implementation methods of the present invention or the technical solutions in the prior art, the drawings required for use in the specific implementation methods or the description of the prior art will be briefly introduced below. Obviously, the drawings described below are some implementation methods of the present invention. For ordinary technicians in this field, other drawings can be obtained based on these drawings without paying creative work.

[0016] Figure 1 A schematic diagram of an expandable universal coding device of the present invention; Figure 2 A schematic diagram of an expandable universal coding system of the present invention; Figure 3 The present invention is a schematic diagram of an expandable board switching module of an expandable universal coding system. DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0017] The technical solution of the present invention will be clearly and completely described below in conjunction with the embodiments. Obviously, the described embodiments are part of the embodiments of the present invention, rather than all of the embodiments. Based on the embodiments of the present invention, all other embodiments obtained by ordinary technicians in this field without creative work are within the scope of protection of the present invention.

[0018] In the description of the present invention, it should be understood that the terms "center", "longitudinal", "lateral", "length", "width", "thickness", "up", "down", "front", "back", "left", "right", "vertical", "horizontal", "top", "bottom", "inside", "outside", "clockwise", "counterclockwise" and the like indicate orientations or positional relationships based on the orientations or positional relationships shown in the accompanying drawings, and are only for the convenience of describing the present invention and simplifying the description, and do not indicate or imply that the referred device or element must have a specific orientation, be constructed and operated in a specific orientation, and therefore should not be understood as limiting the present invention.

[0019] In addition, the terms "first" and "second" are only used for descriptive purposes and cannot be understood as indicating or implying relative importance or implicitly indicating the number of technical features indicated. Therefore, the features defined as "first" and "second" may explicitly or implicitly include one or more of the features. In the description of the present invention, "multiple" means two or more, unless otherwise clearly and specifically defined. In addition, the terms "installed", "connected" and "connected" should be understood in a broad sense, for example, it can be a fixed connection, a detachable connection, or an integral connection; it can be a mechanical connection or an electrical connection; it can be a direct connection, or it can be indirectly connected through an intermediate medium, or it can be the internal connection of two components. For those of ordinary skill in the art, the specific meanings of the above terms in the present invention can be understood according to specific circumstances.

[0020] See also Figures 1 to 3 The present invention provides an expandable universal coding system, including: a core control module, an expandable board switching module and an expandable coding board module. The core control module is connected to the PCL via an IO interface, and the expandable board switching module is connected to the core control module. Among them, the expandable board switching module includes a plurality of groups of board switching modules, each of which is connected in parallel, and the corresponding number of board switching modules can be connected in parallel according to the required number. The core control module takes over the instructions of the host computer and controls the expandable board switching module to connect or disconnect with the bus. The instructions include device standby, running status instructions, coding function board status instructions, board switching instructions, and device and board status light display instructions. The bus includes: a power bus, an IO interface bus, a coding serial port bus and a ten-channel BUS bus. The expandable coding board module includes multiple groups of coding board modules, the first ends of the multiple groups of coding board modules are correspondingly connected to the multiple groups of board switching modules, the individual coding board modules are connected in parallel, and the corresponding coding board modules can be connected in parallel according to the required quantity, the second ends of the multiple groups of coding board modules are connected to the tooling, which is used to code the digital electronic detonator control module arranged on the tooling.

[0021] Specifically, the expandable universal coding equipment integrates coding board modules from multiple digital electronic detonator control module manufacturers. These coding board modules are automatically identified by the core control module when in place, and the in-place status is uploaded to the host computer main control system. The host computer main control system intuitively displays the switchable board positions, and the coding board modules of various manufacturers can be quickly and freely switched through simple selection.

[0022] Specifically, the expandable board switching module and the expandable coding board module are expandable modular design structures, so that each functional module can be designed separately. For the expandable coding board module and the board switching module, the corresponding number of groups can be increased according to customer needs, which effectively shortens the hardware development cycle and reduces development costs, so that the expandable general-purpose coding equipment can be quickly put into market use.

[0023] Specifically, the scalable universal coding system and equipment provide sufficient power supply, board space and peripheral interfaces for the coding board module. The coding board module manufacturers can design the coding board based on this and install it inside the scalable universal coding system. In addition, according to customer needs, it can be expanded to up to 64 coding board modules, and the corresponding board switching module also needs to be expanded on the circuit board. The scalability of the scalable universal coding system and equipment is reflected here. At present, the equipment has 6 sets of switching modules, which can be expanded to up to 64 sets of board switching modules according to customer needs.

[0024] In this embodiment, the number of expandable board switching modules and expandable coding board modules of the expandable universal coding equipment corresponds to each other, and the number of board switching modules and coding board modules can be connected in parallel according to the number of manufacturers' requirements, so that the expandable universal coding equipment can centrally place coding boards from multiple manufacturers and provide a unified interface to directly connect tooling. Compared with the existing scattered placement of coding equipment from various manufacturers, the area occupied by coding equipment is greatly reduced, the complex production environment switching process is eliminated, and the switching between coding boards from various manufacturers is smooth and does not affect each other.

[0025] In one embodiment, the core control module of the expandable universal coding equipment is provided with a universal coding system status display unit, a detection unit and an upgrade unit. Among them, the universal coding system status display unit is used to display whether the universal coding system is in a normal working state. Among them, the detection unit is used to detect the universal coding system, and to supply power and current to the expandable board switching module and the expandable coding board module, BUS voltage and current, and to detect the coding board in-place signal. The core control module is also provided with an upgrade unit, through which the core control module can upgrade the firmware of the core control module by simply connecting the USB interface to a USB flash drive.

[0026] In this embodiment, by setting up a system status display unit, a detection unit and an upgrade unit, the core control module can automatically identify the in-place status of the coding board module, and upload the in-place status of the coding module to the upper computer main control system. The upper computer main control system intuitively displays the switchable board position, and the coding board modules of various manufacturers can be quickly and freely switched through simple selection.

[0027] In one embodiment, the scalable universal coding system further includes a network port module, and the scalable universal coding system connects the serial port bus of the scalable coding board module and the serial port of the core control module to the outside of the universal coding system through the network port module. The scalable universal coding system distinguishes by different port numbers, so that the host computer controls the coding board module to perform coding operations on the digital electronic detonator control module. The network port module can also realize the interaction between the host computer and the core control module of the universal coding system.

[0028] The expandable universal coding equipment also includes a BUS interface module. The expandable coding board module is connected to the tooling through the BUS interface module, so that coding board modules from different manufacturers have a unified BUS interface, which is easier to adapt to the tooling and reduce equipment costs. There are also electrostatic protection units and overcurrent protection units between the BUS interface module and the tooling. The overcurrent protection unit is used for active protection of 12V and 5V power supply overvoltage and overcurrent. The electrostatic protection unit and the overcurrent protection unit effectively protect the coding board module and tooling, allowing the equipment to operate safely.

[0029] In this embodiment, the hardware of the coding board modules of multiple digital electronic detonator control module manufacturers is integrated, and the equipment hardware of multiple control module manufacturers is changed to the coding module board form, and the power supply interface, communication interface, IO interface, and BUS bus interface are integrated into a unified interface standard to ensure that the modules can be smoothly connected and exchange data, save space and volume, eliminate many complicated connection lines, and greatly reduce the interference and coupling between the coding devices of digital electronic detonator control modules of various manufacturers. Connect the coding board IO interface bus to the outside of the universal coding system equipment, and the input and output functions and levels can be defined by each coding board, which can be connected to an industrial computer, PLC or sensor.

[0030] In one embodiment, it also includes a status indication module, which is used to display the communication status, the expandable board switching module status and the expandable coding board module status. It has an expandable universal coding system and equipment communication indication, coding board in place indication, coding board switching indication, power supply and operation status indication.

[0031] The second aspect of the present invention provides an expandable universal coding equipment, comprising an expandable universal coding system as described in any of the above items, a host computer, a tooling and a digital electronic detonator, wherein the digital electronic detonator is connected to the expandable universal coding system through the tooling, and the host computer controls the connection to the expandable universal coding system.

[0032] The host computer main control system of the scalable universal coding equipment is easy to switch. The universal coding system equipment integrates coding board modules from multiple control module manufacturers. The in-place status of these coding board modules is automatically identified by the core control module and uploaded to the host computer main control system. The host computer main control system intuitively displays the switchable board positions, and the coding boards of various manufacturers can be quickly switched through simple selection.

[0033] The expandable universal coding equipment is easy to operate and maintain. In the past, when equipment from multiple control module manufacturers was mixed together, when a device was damaged due to a fault, it was necessary to remove the related hardware equipment and lines. The operation and maintenance were complicated, and improper operation would affect the stability of the coding system of the production line. After using the expandable universal coding system equipment, if the coding board module fails, you only need to pull out the faulty coding board module and replace it with a new corresponding coding board module to continue using it. It will not affect the stability of the coding system of the entire production line. At the same time, personnel without professional technical knowledge can also operate smoothly after training.

[0034] Finally, it should be noted that the above embodiments are only used to illustrate the technical solutions of the present invention, rather than to limit it. Although the present invention has been described in detail with reference to the aforementioned embodiments, those skilled in the art should understand that they can still modify the technical solutions described in the aforementioned embodiments, or replace some or all of the technical features therein with equivalents. However, these modifications or replacements do not cause the essence of the corresponding technical solutions to deviate from the scope of the technical solutions of the embodiments of the present invention.

Claims

1. A scalable universal coding system, characterized in that: include: A core control module, wherein the core control module is connected to the PCL via an IO interface; An expandable board switching module, the expandable board switching module includes a plurality of groups of board switching modules, each of the board switching modules is connected in parallel, and the corresponding number of board switching modules can be connected in parallel according to the required number; the expandable board switching module is connected to the core control module, and the expandable board switching module is used to connect or disconnect with the bus according to the instruction of the host computer, wherein the bus includes: a power bus, an IO interface bus, a coding serial port bus and a ten-channel BUS bus; An expandable coding board and card module, the expandable coding board and card module includes multiple groups of coding board and card modules, the first ends of the multiple groups of coding board and card modules are correspondingly connected to the multiple groups of board and card switching modules, the individual coding board and card modules are connected in parallel, and the corresponding coding board and card modules can be connected in parallel according to the required quantity, the second ends of the multiple groups of coding board and card modules are connected to the tooling, which is used to code the digital electronic detonator control module arranged on the tooling.

2. The scalable universal coding system according to claim 1, characterized in that: The core control module is provided with a universal coding system status display unit, the expandable board switching module and a detection unit of the expandable coding board module.

3. The scalable universal coding system according to claim 1, characterized in that: The core control module is also provided with an upgrade unit, and the core control module is connected to a U disk through a USB interface to upgrade the firmware of the core control module.

4. The scalable universal coding system according to claim 1, characterized in that: It also includes a network port module, which connects the serial port bus of the expandable coding board module and the serial port of the core control module to the outside of the universal coding system equipment, and is distinguished by different port numbers for the host computer to control the coding board module to perform coding operations, and for the host computer of the universal coding system to interact with the core control module.

5. The scalable universal coding system according to claim 1, characterized in that: It also includes a BUS interface module, and the expandable coding board module is connected to the tooling through the BUS interface module.

6. The scalable universal coding system according to claim 5, characterized in that: An electrostatic protection unit and an overcurrent protection unit are also provided between the BUS interface module and the tooling.

7. The scalable universal coding system according to claim 6, characterized in that: The overcurrent protection unit is used for active protection of 12V and 5V power supplies against overvoltage and overcurrent.

8. The scalable universal coding system according to claim 1, characterized in that: It also includes a status indication module, which is used to display the communication status, the status of the expandable board switching module and the status of the expandable coding board module.

9. A scalable universal coding device, characterized in that: It comprises an expandable universal coding system, a host computer, a tooling and a digital electronic detonator as described in any one of claims 1 to 8, wherein the digital electronic detonator is connected to the expandable universal coding system through the tooling, and the host computer controls the connection to the expandable universal coding system.

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