Large unmanned aerial vehicle ground station environment control system control box
The UAV ground station environmental control system control box, which integrates a power module, a main control board, and a signal adapter board, solves the equipment decentralized control and power supply problems of traditional UAV ground station environmental control systems, realizes unified monitoring and management, and improves the reliability and compatibility of the system.
Patent Information
- Application Number
- CN202423180979.3
- Authority / Receiving Office
- CN · China
- Patent Type
- Utility models(China)
- Current Assignee / Owner
- Filing Date
- 2024-12-23
- Publication Date
- 2025-10-28
- Estimated Expiration
- 2034-12-23
AI Technical Summary
Traditional UAV ground station environmental control systems lack unified monitoring equipment, resulting in insufficient environmental monitoring and a lack of linkage control with the ground station's internal environment. In addition, environmental control equipment and sensors are controlled and powered separately, resulting in high hardware space and cost.
A control box for the environmental control system of a large-scale UAV ground station is designed. The box integrates a power module, a main control board, a signal adapter board, and a power adapter board to achieve centralized monitoring of environmental control equipment and sensors. The signal adapter board and the power adapter board manage power supply and communication to avoid interference. An Arduino microcontroller is used as the central processing unit, and expansion interfaces and program burning interfaces are set.
It realizes centralized monitoring of environmental control equipment and sensors, saves hardware space and costs, improves the reliability and compatibility of the environmental control system, and uniformly monitors light strips, temperature sensors, human infrared sensors and portable weather stations to avoid interference with communication signals caused by power supply lines.
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Abstract
Description
Technical Field
[0001] This utility model relates to the field of UAV ground control technology, specifically to a control box for a large UAV ground station environmental control system. Background Technology
[0002] With the rapid development of UAV technology, the modular UAV ground station, as an important component of large-scale UAV systems, directly impacts the work efficiency of operators and the execution quality of UAV missions due to its environmental stability. Traditional ground station environmental control systems lack unified data acquisition and monitoring equipment, generally employing dedicated monitoring devices, such as dedicated light strip controllers for light strip control and dedicated temperature monitors for cabinet temperature monitoring. Furthermore, they lack sufficient monitoring of external environmental changes and linkage control with the internal environment of the ground station. Therefore, this paper designs an environmental control system control box that interacts with environmental monitoring equipment through a universal interface, achieving unified monitoring of the ground station environmental control system.
[0003] Based on this technical background, this utility model studies a control box for a large-scale UAV ground station environmental control system. Utility Model Content
[0004] To address the shortcomings of existing technologies, this utility model provides a control box for a large UAV ground station environmental control system. The box integrates a power module, main control board, signal adapter board, and power adapter board, enabling centralized monitoring of environmental control equipment and sensors within the large ground station. This solves the problem of separate control and power supply for environmental control equipment and sensors in traditional ground station environmental control systems, saving hardware space and costs, and improving the reliability of the environmental control system.
[0005] To achieve the above objectives, this utility model provides a control box for a large unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) ground station environmental control system, comprising:
[0006] Power supply modules, including 5V switching power supplies and 12V switching power supplies;
[0007] The main control board uses an Arduino microcontroller as the central processing unit to receive data from peripherals, execute control logic, and send control commands to control the peripherals.
[0008] The signal adapter board is electrically connected to the main control board and the peripheral device respectively, and is used to transfer or convert the control commands and data transmitted between the main control board and the peripheral device.
[0009] A power adapter board is used to split the 5V switching power supply and the 12V switching power supply into multiple signals to power the peripheral device.
[0010] The enclosure is made of sheet metal and adopts a 2U or 3U standard rack mechanism. It integrates the power module, main control board, signal adapter board and power adapter board.
[0011] The beneficial effects of this utility model include:
[0012] (1) The control box of the large UAV ground station environmental control system proposed in this utility model integrates the power module, main control board, signal adapter board and power adapter board in the box, realizing centralized monitoring of the environmental control equipment and sensors inside the large ground station, solving the problem of separate control and power supply of environmental control equipment and sensors in the traditional ground station environmental control system, saving hardware space and cost.
[0013] (2) The large UAV ground station environmental control system control box proposed in this utility model can monitor the data and control of light strips, multiple temperature sensors, human infrared sensors and portable weather stations in a unified manner through the environmental control system control box. The power supply and communication management of each peripheral device are separated through the signal adapter board and power adapter board, which avoids the interference of power supply lines to communication signals and improves the reliability of environmental control system monitoring.
[0014] (3) The control box of the large UAV ground station environmental control system proposed in this utility model has different interfaces on the signal adapter board to perform signal interaction with the light strip, multiple temperature sensors, human infrared sensors and portable weather station. At the same time, the main control board is equipped with an expansion interface and a program burning interface, which improves the compatibility and functional expandability of the environmental control system.
[0015] Other features and advantages of this invention will be described in detail in the following detailed description section. Attached Figure Description
[0016] The above and other objects, features and advantages of this utility model will become more apparent from the more detailed description of exemplary embodiments of this utility model in conjunction with the accompanying drawings.
[0017] Figure 1 This is a schematic diagram of the control box of the large UAV ground station environmental control system proposed in this utility model.
[0018] Figure 2 This is a schematic diagram of the internal module connections in a specific embodiment of the control box of the large UAV ground station environmental control system proposed in this utility model. Detailed Implementation
[0019] Preferred embodiments of the present invention will now be described in more detail. While preferred embodiments of the present invention are described below, it should be understood that the present invention can be implemented in various forms and should not be limited to the embodiments set forth herein.
[0020] This utility model provides a control box for a large-scale UAV ground station environmental control system, such as Figure 1 As shown, including:
[0021] Power supply modules, including 5V switching power supplies and 12V switching power supplies;
[0022] The main control board uses an Arduino microcontroller as the central processing unit to receive data from peripherals, execute control logic, and send control commands to control the peripherals.
[0023] The signal adapter board is electrically connected to the main control board and peripherals respectively, and is used to transfer or convert the control commands and data transmitted between the main control board and peripherals.
[0024] The power adapter board is used to split the 5V switching power supply and the 12V switching power supply into multiple signals to power peripherals.
[0025] The enclosure is made of sheet metal and uses a 2U or 3U standard rack mechanism. It integrates a power module, main control board, signal adapter board and power adapter board.
[0026] In this invention, the power module, main control board, signal adapter board, and power adapter board are integrated into a housing, realizing centralized monitoring of environmental control equipment and sensors inside large ground stations. This solves the problem of separate control and power supply for environmental control equipment and sensors in traditional ground station environmental control systems, saving hardware space and costs.
[0027] According to this utility model, the main control board is powered by a 5V switching power supply and is equipped with an expansion interface and a program burning interface.
[0028] The expansion interface is used to expand the interface of the main control board so that more monitoring devices can be connected;
[0029] The main control board connects to a computer via a program burning interface to modify and burn functions.
[0030] According to this utility model, it also includes:
[0031] The touchscreen communicates with the main control board to display data and allow operators to view it.
[0032] According to this utility model, the peripheral device includes a light strip, a human infrared sensor, multiple temperature sensors, and a portable weather station.
[0033] According to this utility model, the light strip communicates with the signal adapter board through a PWM interface. The PWM interface is used to receive the PWM signal output by the main control board and adjust the saturation and brightness of the light strip through the PWM signal.
[0034] The human infrared sensor communicates with the signal adapter board through the IO interface. The IO interface is used to transmit the information about the presence or absence of personnel in the ground station detected by the human infrared sensor to the main control board, which then controls the lighting mode of the light strip.
[0035] Multiple temperature sensors via I 2 The C interface communicates with the signal adapter board, I 2 The C interface is used to effectively transmit temperature data from multiple temperature sensors to the main control board for processing.
[0036] The portable weather station communicates with the signal adapter board via an RS485 interface.
[0037] In this invention, the data and control of the light strip, multiple temperature sensors, human infrared sensor, and portable weather station can be uniformly monitored through the environmental control system control box. The power supply and communication management of each peripheral device are separated by the signal adapter board and power adapter board, which avoids the interference of the power supply line to the communication signal and improves the reliability of the environmental control system monitoring.
[0038] Preferably, the multiple signals include four DC5V signals and one DC12V signal;
[0039] Four DC 5V signals are used to power the touch screen, LED strip, human infrared sensor, and multiple temperature sensors respectively;
[0040] One DC 12V signal is used to power the portable weather station.
[0041] According to this utility model, the box body is rectangular and includes a front panel, a rear panel and a pair of side panels.
[0042] According to this utility model, the rear panel is provided with an aviation connector for connecting AC220V power supply and control signals.
[0043] According to this utility model, a portable weather station is used to acquire real-time temperature, humidity, and wind direction data from ground stations.
[0044] According to this utility model, the touch screen is a 10-inch human-computer interaction interface;
[0045] The data displayed on the touchscreen includes real-time temperature, humidity, and wind direction data from ground stations acquired by the portable weather station, as well as temperature data monitored by multiple temperature sensors.
[0046] In this invention, different interfaces are set on the signal adapter board to enable signal interaction with the light strip, multiple temperature sensors, human infrared sensor and portable weather station. At the same time, the main control board is equipped with an expansion interface and a program burning interface, which improves the compatibility and functional expandability of the environmental control system.
[0047] The present invention will be described in more detail below through embodiments.
[0048] Example 1:
[0049] like Figure 1 , Figure 2 As shown, this embodiment proposes a control box for a large unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) ground station environmental control system, comprising:
[0050] The power module consists of multiple switching power supplies, including 5V and 12V.
[0051] The main control board uses an Arduino microcontroller, which is responsible for receiving sensor data, executing control logic, sending control commands to the actuators, and communicating with the touch screen.
[0052] The signal adapter board serves as a bridge connecting peripherals and the main control board. Its primary function is to acquire I / O signals from multiple external temperature sensors. 2 The system uses C protocol data to effectively transmit temperature sensor data to the main control board for processing; secondly, it can transfer the IO signals of the human infrared sensor to the main control board, so that the main control board can control the lighting mode according to whether there are people in the ground station; thirdly, it can send the PWM signal output by the main control board to the control pin of the light strip, and can control the saturation and brightness of the light strip through the PWM signal.
[0053] The power adapter board splits the 5V and 12V power signals into multiple power supply voltages. The 5V voltage needs to be split into four paths to power the human infrared sensor, light strip, multiple temperature sensors and touch screen respectively, while the 12V voltage powers the portable weather station.
[0054] The enclosure is made of sheet metal and uses a 2U or 3U standard rack mechanism to integrate the above modules and boards into the interior. The rear panel uses an aviation plug connector to connect AC220V power and control signals.
[0055] In this embodiment, the main control board can be connected to a computer via a USB interface to modify and program functions. The main control board is also equipped with an expansion interface, which can expand multiple I / O ports or serial ports, and can connect to more monitoring devices.
[0056] The control box in this embodiment can realize programmable light strip control, cabinet temperature monitoring, and outdoor weather monitoring functions. The control box can collect and process signals and data from devices such as temperature sensors, human infrared sensors, and portable weather stations used for environmental monitoring. Then, it sends the processed data to the serial port display screen for display via serial port. It can also receive instructions sent from the serial port screen and control the programmable light strip according to the agreed protocol.
[0057] The control box for the large UAV ground station environmental control system proposed in this embodiment integrates the power module, main control board, signal adapter board and power adapter board in the box, realizing centralized monitoring of the environmental control equipment and sensors inside the large ground station. It solves the problem of separate control and power supply for environmental control equipment and sensors in traditional ground station environmental control systems, saving hardware space and cost.
[0058] The various embodiments of the present invention have been described above. These descriptions are exemplary and not exhaustive, nor are they limited to the disclosed embodiments. Many modifications and variations will be apparent to those skilled in the art without departing from the scope and spirit of the described embodiments.
Claims
1. A control box for a large unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) ground station environmental control system, characterized in that, include: Power supply modules, including 5V switching power supplies and 12V switching power supplies; The main control board uses an Arduino microcontroller as the central processing unit to receive data from peripherals, execute control logic, and send control commands to control the peripherals. The signal adapter board is electrically connected to the main control board and the peripheral device respectively, and is used to transfer or convert the control commands and data transmitted between the main control board and the peripheral device. A power adapter board is used to split the 5V switching power supply and the 12V switching power supply into multiple signals to power the peripheral device. The enclosure is made of sheet metal and adopts a 2U or 3U standard rack mechanism. It integrates the power module, main control board, signal adapter board and power adapter board.
2. The control box according to claim 1, characterized in that, The main control board is powered by the 5V switching power supply and is equipped with an expansion interface and a program burning interface. The expansion interface is used to expand the interface of the main control board so as to connect more monitoring devices; The main control board connects to a computer via the program burning interface to modify and burn functions.
3. The control box according to claim 1, characterized in that, Also includes: The touchscreen communicates with the main control board and is used for data display and for operators to view data.
4. The control box according to claim 3, characterized in that, The peripherals include a light strip, a human infrared sensor, multiple temperature sensors, and a portable weather station.
5. The control box according to claim 4, characterized in that, The light strip communicates with the signal adapter board through a PWM interface. The PWM interface is used to receive the PWM signal output by the main control board and adjust the saturation and brightness of the light strip through the PWM signal. The human infrared sensor communicates with the signal adapter board through an IO interface. The IO interface is used to transmit the information about the presence or absence of personnel in the ground station detected by the human infrared sensor to the main control board, and then the main control board controls the lighting mode of the light strip. The multiple temperature sensors are connected via I 2 The C interface communicates with the signal adapter board, and the I... 2 The C interface is used to effectively transmit temperature data from the multiple temperature sensors to the main control board for processing. The portable weather station communicates with the signal adapter board via an RS485 interface.
6. The control box according to claim 4, characterized in that, The multi-channel signal includes four DC5V signals and one DC12V signal; The four DC5V signals are used to power the touch screen, light strip, human infrared sensor and multiple temperature sensors respectively; One DC12V signal is used to power the portable weather station.
7. The control box according to claim 1, characterized in that, The enclosure is rectangular in shape and includes a front panel, a rear panel, and a pair of side panels.
8. The control box according to claim 7, characterized in that, The rear panel is equipped with an aviation connector for connecting AC220V power and control signals.
9. The control box according to claim 4, characterized in that, The portable weather station is used to acquire real-time temperature, humidity, and wind direction data from ground stations.
10. The control box according to claim 9, characterized in that, The touchscreen is a 10-inch human-computer interaction interface; The data displayed on the touchscreen includes real-time temperature, humidity, and wind direction data from the ground station acquired by the portable weather station, as well as temperature data monitored by the multiple temperature sensors.