Embedded Terminal Remote Development With Cloud IDE Forwarding
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current embedded terminal development systems face high technical thresholds due to complex software and hardware design requirements, lack of compatibility with different communication modules, and inefficient IDEs, leading to high costs, long development cycles, and stability issues.
Innovation Solution
An embedded terminals remote online development system comprising an embedded terminal, cloud forwarding platform, and IDE module, enabling data exchange via a cloud platform with fixed IP address, supporting code editing, compilation, debugging, and software updating across various communication modules.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If embedded terminals use imported MCUs and chip-dependent IDEs, then development can be performed on specific hardware, but developers need to re-adapt to different IDEs for different MCUs and the process becomes cumbersome
Solution Approach 1:
The patent creates a unified IDE that can work with multiple MCU types through a standardized interface layer. The system architecture includes an IDE module that communicates with different MCUs via a common protocol, eliminating the need for separate chip-dependent IDEs. This universal IDE provides consistent development experience across different embedded terminal types.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces a standardized communication interface as an intermediary between the IDE and different MCU types. This interface layer translates between the universal IDE commands and MCU-specific instructions, allowing the IDE to work with various MCUs without requiring re-adaptation. The interface acts as a mediator that handles the complexity of different hardware platforms.
2Reliability
If embedded terminals require software and hardware collaborative design with multi-industry knowledge, then system functionality can be optimized, but the technical threshold becomes too high and development costs increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent divides the embedded terminal system into modular functional units with standardized interfaces. The terminal is segmented into independent modules that can be developed and tested separately, then integrated through defined communication protocols. This modular approach reduces the complexity of software-hardware collaborative design while maintaining system reliability.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent standardizes key system parameters and communication protocols across different embedded terminals. By defining uniform parameters for data transmission, memory access, and interrupt handling, the system reduces design complexity while ensuring consistent real-time performance and stability across different hardware configurations.
3Productivity
If embedded terminals use traditional local development mode, then debugging can be performed directly on hardware, but remote deployment capabilities are limited and development cycles lengthen
Solution Approach 1:
The patent replaces the traditional mechanical connection required for local development with a network-based communication system. The embedded terminal can be accessed and debugged remotely through data networks, eliminating the need for physical presence at the hardware location. This substitution enables remote development while maintaining debugging capabilities.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent implements preliminary configuration of development environments and communication protocols before actual development begins. The system pre-configures standardized interfaces and remote access channels, so that developers can immediately start remote work without setting up complex local connections each time. This preliminary setup reduces development cycle time for remote projects.
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AI summary
An embedded terminals remote online development system is divided into three parts: an embedded terminal, a cloud forwarding platform and an IDE. Under remote online development, the cloud forwarding platform establishes a communication connection with the IDE through the Internet and establishes a connection with a communication module of the embedded terminal through a communication base station, so that the communication between the IDE and embedded terminal is completed. To be compatible with a local development mode, it is also possible to establish a connection between the IDE and the embedded terminal in a wired manner such as serial communication, to realize local online development. The embedded terminals remote online development system with good universality and flexibility is established in combination with a cloud platform, so the development difficulty of embedded terminals is lowered, repetitive work during development is reduced, development cycle is shortened, and development cost is reduced.