A control device based on physical modules
By using modular design and standardized interfaces, combined with mechanical keys and LED indicators, the problems of low communication efficiency and poor heat dissipation between equipment modules are solved, achieving flexibility, reliability, and full-process visualized debugging of the equipment, and extending the equipment's lifespan.
Patent Information
- Authority / Receiving Office
- CN · China
- Patent Type
- Utility models(China)
- Current Assignee / Owner
- MIDAS ELECTRIC SHANGHAI CO LTD
- Filing Date
- 2025-07-22
- Publication Date
- 2026-07-17
AI Technical Summary
The existing equipment suffers from low communication efficiency between modules, lacks efficient debugging methods, and has poor heat dissipation performance of hardware modules, which affects the service life and stability of the equipment.
It adopts a modular design and standardized interface, combined with mechanical keys and LED indicators to achieve reliable connection between modules; it integrates heat sinks and fans to ensure that the equipment temperature is below 40℃; it supports bidirectional data transmission and debugging interface to achieve full-process visual debugging.
It improves the flexibility and scalability of the equipment, ensures the reliability of module connections, reduces operating temperature, extends equipment life, and enables full-process visualized debugging.
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Abstract
Claims
1. A physical module based control device, characterized by, include: The touchscreen controller module is used to display a graphical interface and receive script logic configuration commands input by the user through the graphical interface. The logic operation unit module is electrically connected to the touch screen controller module through a circuit board slot, and is used to parse the graphical script and generate control signals. The actuator drive module is connected to the logic operation unit module via a pluggable interface and is used to drive external devices according to control signals. A modular housing is used to fix and integrate the above modules, and it has standardized physical interfaces inside to enable communication between modules; The modular shell has an internal structure that includes multiple slot areas, each corresponding to a functional module. The functional module includes at least one of a touch screen controller module, a logic operation unit module, and an actuator driver module. The functional modules achieve physical connection and data transmission between modules through standardized interfaces.
2. The device according to claim 1, characterized in that, The logic operation unit module includes programmable logic devices for real-time parsing of graphical scripts and generation of control signals that conform to user-defined syntax structures.
3. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein, The slot area of the modular housing is provided with an anti-misinsertion structure, including: The mechanical key design at the module interface only allows specific functional modules to be inserted into the corresponding slots; The LED indicator lights in the slot area are used to display the module connection status and indicate communication errors.
4. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein, The actuator drive module includes a relay array and a power amplifier circuit, used to drive industrial equipment according to control signals.
5. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein, The touchscreen controller module integrates a variable grouping management unit, which is used to implement variable grouping control functions through hardware logic, including: Configurable permission control switches are used to set the editability, deletion permissions, and numerical range restrictions for variable groups; Storage unit, used to store the configuration parameters and initial values of the variable group.
6. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein, The bottom of the modular housing is equipped with a heat dissipation duct, and the temperature of the device during operation is reduced through the combination design of fan module and heat dissipation fins.
7. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein, The standardized physical interface supports bidirectional data transmission, including: Transmit graphical script configuration data from the touchscreen controller module to the logic unit module; Transmit control signals from the logic operation unit module to the actuator drive module; The actuator driver module feeds back the device operating status information to the touch screen controller module.
8. The device according to claim 1, characterized in that, The top of the modular housing is equipped with a debugging interface, through which external debugging equipment can be connected for real-time monitoring of data communication and signal integrity between modules.