Multi-interface firmware automatic upgrading device supporting different interface types
By designing a multi-interface automatic firmware upgrade device that integrates multiple wired and wireless interfaces, automatically identifies the device and displays its status via indicator lights, the device solves the problems of interface compatibility and manual confirmation in existing technologies, and achieves efficient and reliable firmware upgrades.
Patent Information
- Authority / Receiving Office
- CN · China
- Patent Type
- Utility models(China)
- Current Assignee / Owner
- Filing Date
- 2025-05-13
- Publication Date
- 2026-03-27
AI Technical Summary
Existing firmware upgrade devices cannot be adapted to devices with different types of interfaces, and require manual confirmation of successful upgrades, which is cumbersome, costly, inefficient, and prone to errors.
Design a multi-interface automatic firmware upgrade device that integrates wired interfaces (such as USB, RS232, RS485, TTL, Ethernet RJ45) and wireless interfaces (WiFi, LoRa), and displays the upgrade status through an indicator light module. It can automatically identify the device type and version and perform intelligent upgrades.
It enables simultaneous upgrades of multiple devices, reduces manual operation costs, improves upgrade efficiency and reliability, reduces manual inspection steps, and enhances system security.
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Abstract
Description
TECHNICAL FIELD
[0001] The utility model relates to firmware upgrade device technical field, especially in support of different interface type's multi -interface firmware automatic upgrade device. BACKGROUND
[0002] In prior art, after the production of equipment, the product quality can be improved through the way of upgrading firmware, and some deficiencies and problems existing in the product are repaired, at present, for the equipment which cannot be connected or does not have the condition of being connected, such as the production inventory equipment of factory, often need to be upgraded through the specified type interface of the equipment connected by communication cable, this kind of way has the following problems: (1) need to connect the computer through the specific communication cable, operate the corresponding software in the computer or use the specific device to upgrade, the operation is cumbersome, the cost is high, and the efficiency is low, (2) different types of equipment need to use different communication interfaces, different firmware and different software to upgrade, the upgrade operation and firmware management are difficult, and are easy to make mistakes, (3) after upgrading, it needs to be checked manually, and whether the upgrade is successful is confirmed, if the upgrade fails, the upgrade steps need to be repeated, the operation is cumbersome, and the reliability is poor, therefore, it is necessary to improve the prior art. CONTENT OF UTILITY MODEL
[0003] The utility model provides a kind of multi-interface firmware automatic upgrade device in support of different interface type, by equipping different types of wired interface, and each type of wired interface is provided with multiple, to solve the problem that existing firmware upgrade device cannot adapt to different types of interface equipment and cannot upgrade multiple equipment simultaneously;In addition, by setting indicator light module, for the case that equipment is illegal or equipment upgrade is not successful, control indicator light bright red light, for the case that equipment upgrade is successful, control indicator light bright green light, to solve the problem that existing firmware upgrade device needs manual inspection to confirm whether upgrade is successful.
[0004] To achieve the above purpose, the technical scheme adopted by the utility model is as follows:
[0005] A kind of multi-interface firmware automatic upgrade device in support of different interface type, including wired interface module, storage module, power module and main control module, wired interface module, storage module and power module are connected with main control module;Wherein, the wired interface module has several wired interfaces connected with main control module, the type of the wired interface includes USB interface, RS232 interface, RS485 interface, TTL interface and Ethernet RJ45 interface, each type of wired interface is provided with multiple;
[0006] The power output interface module has a plurality of power output interfaces for supplying power to the devices to be upgraded, the plurality of power output interfaces correspond to the plurality of wired interfaces one by one, and each power output interface is provided with a power supply control switch.
[0007] The indication light module has a plurality of indication lights for indicating whether the devices to be upgraded are successfully upgraded, the plurality of indication lights correspond to the plurality of wired interfaces one by one, and the plurality of indication lights and the power supply control switches of the plurality of power output interfaces are connected with the main control module.
[0008] Further, the multi-interface firmware automatic upgrading device further comprises a wireless interface module, and the wireless interface module comprises a WiFi interface connected with the main control module.
[0009] Further, the wireless interface module further comprises a LoRa interface connected with the main control module.
[0010] Further, the multi-interface firmware automatic upgrading device further comprises an antenna, and the antenna is connected with the main control module.
[0011] Further, the multi-interface firmware automatic upgrading device further comprises a hardware watchdog, and the hardware watchdog is connected with the main control module.
[0012] Further, the multi-interface firmware automatic upgrading device further comprises a key module, and the key module is connected with the main control module.
[0013] Further, the power supply control switch is a relay.
[0014] Due to the adoption of the above technical scheme, the multi-interface firmware automatic upgrading device has the following beneficial effects:
[0015] 1. The wired interface module of the utility model integrates common communication interfaces, including USB interface, Ethernet RJ45 interface, RS232 interface, RS485 interface and TTL interface, meets the upgrading needs of various devices, and there are multiple wired interfaces of each type, which meets the needs of simultaneous upgrading of multiple devices and improves the operability and upgrading efficiency of device upgrading.
[0016] 2. The utility model also integrates a wireless interface module, including a WiFi interface and a LoRa interface. In addition to device upgrading through wired interfaces, device upgrading through wireless interfaces is also possible, which meets the upgrading needs of different devices in different application scenarios.
[0017] 3. The utility model discloses can automatic identification equipment type and version information, and from the server download latest firmware or find latest firmware from the firmware that has stored, carry out equipment upgrade, do not need manual operation, reduced manual cost, and further promote the upgrading efficiency of equipment. In addition, the utility model discloses through intelligent authentication, verifies the legality of equipment, does not carry out operation to the illegal equipment, improves the security of system.
[0018] 4. The utility model discloses through pilot lamp and show whether equipment upgrade is successful, for the equipment illegal or equipment upgrade unsuccessful condition, control pilot lamp bright red light, for the equipment upgrade successful condition, control pilot lamp bright green light, need not artificial additional check and confirmation, reduce manual operation. ACCURACY
[0019] Figure 1 The system block diagram of the multi-interface firmware automatic upgrading device is provided for the utility model;
[0020] Figure 2 The software function block diagram of the multi-interface firmware automatic upgrading device is provided for the utility model;
[0021] Figure 3 The working flow chart of the multi-interface firmware automatic upgrading device is provided for the utility model;
[0022] Figure 4 The circuit principle diagram of the main control module is provided for the utility model;
[0023] Figure 5 The circuit principle diagram of the LoRa interface is provided for the utility model;
[0024] Figure 6 The circuit principle diagram of the WiFi interface is provided for the utility model;
[0025] Figure 7 The circuit principle diagram of the USB interface is provided for the utility model;
[0026] Figure 8 The circuit principle diagram of the RS485 interface is provided for the utility model;
[0027] Figure 9 The circuit principle diagram of the RS232 interface is provided for the utility model;
[0028] Figure 10 The circuit principle diagram of the TTL interface is provided for the utility model;
[0029] Figure 11 The circuit principle diagram of the Ethernet RJ45 interface is provided for the utility model;
[0030] Figure 12The circuit principle diagram of the power module is provided. DETAILED DESCRIPTION
[0031] The technical solutions in the embodiments of the present application will be clearly and completely described with reference to the drawings in the embodiments of the present application. Obviously, the described embodiments are only part of the embodiments of the present application, rather than all the embodiments. Based on the embodiments in the present application, all other embodiments obtained by those skilled in the art without creative work fall within the scope of the present application.
[0032] As shown in Figure 1 , a multi-interface firmware automatic upgrading device supporting different interface types comprises a wired interface module, a storage module, a power module, a main control module, a power output interface module, an indicator light module and a wireless interface module. The wired interface module, the storage module, the power module, the power output interface module, the indicator light module and the wireless interface module are connected with the main control module. The circuit principle diagram of the main control module is shown in Figure 4 , the CPU model is RK3506J, and the manufacturer is Ruiyiwei. The circuit principle diagram of the power module is shown in Figure 12 .
[0033] The wired interface module has a plurality of wired interfaces connected with the main control module, the types of the wired interfaces include USB interfaces, RS232 interfaces, RS485 interfaces, TTL interfaces and Ethernet RJ45 interfaces, and a plurality of wired interfaces of each type are provided. The circuit principle diagram of the USB interface is shown in Figure 7 , the circuit draws multiple USB interfaces through a USB HUB chip, can be connected with multiple slave devices as a master device, and thus can perform batch upgrading on other devices; the circuit principle diagram of the RS485 interface is shown in Figure 8 , the interface supports multiple devices to be connected together through an RS485 bus, realizes batch upgrading of the devices, the circuit enhances lightning protection and surge resistance by adding a ceramic gas discharge tube, a transient voltage suppressor and the like, and reduces signal attenuation by adding a common mode filter; the circuit principle diagram of the RS232 interface is shown in Figure 9 , the circuit draws multiple RS232 interfaces through a USB-to-RS232 chip; the circuit principle diagram of the TTL interface is shown in Figure 10 , the circuit draws multiple TTL interfaces through a USB-to-TTL chip; and the circuit principle diagram of the Ethernet RJ45 interface is shown in Figure 11 , the circuit realizes a 10 / 100M adaptive network interface through an Ethernet controller.
[0034] The power output interface module has a plurality of power output interfaces for supplying power to the device to be upgraded, the plurality of power output interfaces correspond to the plurality of wired interfaces one by one, and each power output interface is provided with a power supply control switch.
[0035] The indicator light module has a plurality of indicator lights for indicating whether the device to be upgraded is successfully upgraded, the plurality of indicator lights correspond to the plurality of wired interfaces one by one, and the plurality of indicator lights are connected with the main control module.
[0036] The wireless interface module includes a WiFi interface and a LoRa interface connected with the main control module, in addition to the device upgrade through the wired interface, the device can also be upgraded through the wireless interface, meeting the upgrade requirements of different devices in different application scenarios. Figure 5 The circuit principle diagram of the WiFi interface is shown in Figure 6 .
[0037] The multi-interface firmware automatic upgrade device further includes an antenna, a hardware watchdog and a key module, and the antenna, the hardware watchdog and the key module are connected with the main control module. The antenna module provides a WiFi antenna and a LoRa antenna for receiving WiFi signals and LoRa signals; the hardware watchdog module is used for monitoring the running state of the device, and the device is restarted when an abnormality occurs; and the key module provides a man-machine operation key interface for user to set device parameters.
[0038] The software function block diagram of the multi-interface firmware automatic upgrade device is shown in Figure 2 The utility model can automatically identify the device type and version information, download the latest firmware from the server or find the latest firmware from the stored firmware, and perform device upgrade without manual operation, thereby reducing the labor cost and further improving the upgrade efficiency of the device. In addition, the utility model verifies the legality of the device through intelligent authentication, and does not operate on illegal devices, thereby improving the safety of the system. The specific working process is shown in Figure 3 .
[0039] The wired interface module of the utility model integrates common communication interfaces, including a USB interface, an Ethernet RJ45 interface, an RS232 interface, an RS485 interface and a TTL interface, meets the upgrade requirements of various devices, and has a plurality of wired interfaces of each type, thereby meeting the requirements of simultaneous upgrade of multiple devices and improving the operability and upgrade efficiency of the device.
[0040] The utility model discloses a control indication lamp to show whether the equipment upgrade is successful, and the indication lamp is red for the illegal equipment or the unsuccessful equipment upgrade, and the indication lamp is green for the successful equipment upgrade, so that the artificial inspection and confirmation are not needed, and manual operation is reduced.
[0041] The above description is directed to the detailed description of the preferred and feasible embodiment of the utility model, but the embodiment is not used to limit the patent application range of the utility model, and any equivalent change or modification change completed under the technical spirit of the utility model should belong to the patent range covered by the utility model.
Claims
1. A multi-interface firmware automatic upgrade device supporting different interface types, comprising a wired interface module, a storage module, a power module and a master control module, the wired interface module, the storage module and the power module are connected with the master control module, characterized in that: The wired interface module has a plurality of wired interfaces connected to the main control module, and the types of the wired interfaces include USB interface, RS232 interface, RS485 interface, TTL interface and Ethernet RJ45 interface, and each type of the wired interfaces is provided with a plurality of interfaces; The power output interface module has a plurality of power output interfaces for supplying power to the devices to be upgraded, and the plurality of power output interfaces are one-to-one corresponding to the plurality of wired interfaces, and each power output interface is provided with a power supply control switch; The indicator light module has a plurality of indicator lights for indicating whether the devices to be upgraded are successfully upgraded, and the plurality of indicator lights are one-to-one corresponding to the plurality of wired interfaces; the plurality of indicator lights and the power supply control switches of the plurality of power output interfaces are connected to the main control module.
2. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the apparatus is characterized by: The wireless interface module includes a WiFi interface connected to the main control module.
3. The apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the apparatus is characterized by: The wireless interface module further includes a LoRa interface connected to the main control module.
4. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the apparatus is characterized by: The antenna is connected to the main control module.
5. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the apparatus is characterized by: The hardware watchdog is connected to the main control module.
6. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the apparatus is characterized by: The key module is connected to the main control module.
7. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the apparatus is characterized by further comprising: The power supply control switch is a relay.