CN103176886A - Electronic device and display method - Google Patents

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CN103176886A
CN103176886A CN2011104411752A CN201110441175A CN103176886A CN 103176886 A CN103176886 A CN 103176886A CN 2011104411752 A CN2011104411752 A CN 2011104411752A CN 201110441175 A CN201110441175 A CN 201110441175A CN 103176886 A CN103176886 A CN 103176886A
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The invention discloses an electronic device and a display method. The electronic device comprises a luminous unit, an input switch, a power source control unit, a temporary register data storage unit and a signal control module. The input switch is used for producing switching signals and addressing signals. The power source control unit is used for sending power source state data. The temporary register data storage unit is used for providing corresponding temporary register data according to the addressing signals. The signal control module is in coupling connection with the luminous unit, the power source control unit, the temporary register data storage unit and the input switch in an electrical mode, selects and receives the temporary register data of the temporary register data storage unit and the power source state data of the power source control unit according to the switching signals, and sends all the data to the luminous unit.

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Electronic installation and display packing
Technical field
The present invention relates to a kind of hardware monitoring mechanism, relate in particular to a kind of electronic installation and display packing of utilizing luminescence unit to show to be stored in the hardware internal state.
Background technology
In a lot of products, the power supply order of various elements is extremely important, relatively makes the power supply sequence become key function.But and mostly use at present complexity program logic device (Complex Programmable Logic Device, CPLD) to realize the power supply sequential control.
Under the framework of CPLD, if the user wants to learn relevant for baseboard management controller (Baseboard Management Controller, BMC) with low pin number (Low Pin Count, LPC) be stored in corresponding (memory map) data of storer in the hardware working storage, will learn by software support and external fluorescent screen.For example, the corresponding data of the storer of BMC will read with instruction by the BMC monitoring software, the corresponding data of the storer of LPC is by Basic Input or Output System (BIOS) (Basic Input Output System, BIOS) with magnetic disc operating system (Disk Operating System, DOS) software resource reads, then reading result is shown on external fluorescent screen.
Accordingly, there is no software support or without external fluorescent screen the time, the user is carrying out the circuit maintenance, when error condition is got rid of, just can't effectively learn the corresponding data of storer of BMC and LPC.
Summary of the invention
The invention provides a kind of electronic installation, under the situation that there is no software support or show without the fluorescent screen, can effectively learn the data of hardware internal state.
The invention provides a kind of display packing, can show by the cresset of luminescence unit the data of internal state, with the foundation of getting rid of as circuit maintenance and erroneous condition.
The present invention proposes a kind of electronic installation, and it has comprised luminescence unit, input switch, power control unit, working storage data storage unit and signal controlling module.Wherein, luminescence unit is in order to the working storage data of display register data storage unit or the power supply status data of power control unit.Input switch is in order to produce switching signal and addressing signal.Power control unit is in order to transmit the power supply status data.Working storage data storage unit provides corresponding working storage data in order to the foundation addressing signal.The signal controlling module is electrically coupled to luminescence unit, power control unit, working storage data storage unit and input switch, and the working storage data of the switching signal selective reception working storage data storage unit that produces according to input switch or the power supply status data of power control unit, and with selected data transmission to luminescence unit.
In one embodiment of this invention, above-mentioned signal controlling module also comprises selected cell, and it is electrically coupled to input switch, and in order to receiving switching signal, thereby selects power supply status data or working storage data transmission to luminescence unit.
In one embodiment of this invention, above-mentioned signal controlling module also comprises data working storage and power supply status working storage.The data working storage is electrically coupled to working storage data storage unit and selected cell, in order to temporary working storage data from working storage data storage unit.The power supply status working storage is electrically coupled to power control unit and selected cell, in order to temporary power supply status data from power control unit.And selected cell can switch to and data working storage electric property coupling according to switching signal, or switches to and power supply status working storage electric property coupling.
In one embodiment of this invention, above-mentioned signal controlling module also comprises the display data working storage, and it is electrically coupled to luminescence unit and selected cell, in order to the output of temporary selected cell.
In one embodiment of this invention, above-mentioned input switch comprises the first input block and the second input block.The first input block is in order to produce switching signal.The second input block is in order to produce addressing signal.
The present invention proposes a kind of display packing.The method utilizes luminescence unit to come the internal state of display electronics assemblies, and this electronic installation comprises luminescence unit, power control unit, working storage data storage unit and input switch.At this, produce switching signal by input switch, and according to this switching signal, select one in working storage data storage unit and power control unit.When power control unit is selected, transmit the power supply status data of power control unit to luminescence unit.When working storage data storage unit is selected, transmit the working storage data of working storage data storage unit to luminescence unit.
In one embodiment of this invention, above-mentioned display packing also comprises by input switch and produces addressing signal, and transmit addressing signal to working storage data storage unit, make working storage data storage unit provide corresponding working storage data to the data working storage, and when working storage data storage unit is transfused to switch and selects, with the working storage data transmission in the data working storage to luminescence unit.
Based on above-mentioned, the internal state that the present invention selects the electronic installation that the luminescence unit wish shows by input switch why, accordingly, even if there is no software support or do not have under the situation of fluorescent screen demonstration, utilize the prompting of luminescence unit, the user still can learn whether the internal state of electronic installation occurs extremely by look-up table.
For above-mentioned feature and advantage of the present invention can be become apparent, embodiment cited below particularly, and coordinate accompanying drawing to be described in detail below.
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Fig. 1 is the electronic installation calcspar according to one embodiment of the invention.
Fig. 2 is the display packing process flow diagram according to one embodiment of the invention.
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100: electronic installation; 110: input switch;
120: luminescence unit; 120a: display data working storage;
130: but the complexity program logic device; 131: the signal controlling module;
132: selected cell; 133,137: working storage data storage unit;
133a, 137a: data working storage; 135: power control unit;
135a: power supply status working storage; 140: baseboard management controller;
150: the south bridge wafer; S201~S207: each step of display packing.
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Fig. 1 is the electronic installation calcspar according to one embodiment of the invention.In the present embodiment, but electronic installation 100 has comprised input switch 110, luminescence unit 120, complexity program logic device (Complex Programmable Logic Device, CPLD) 130, baseboard management controller 140 and south bridge wafer 150.For convenience of description, the present embodiment is take south bridge wafer 150 as example, and in other embodiments, south bridge wafer 150 also can replace with the wafer set of having integrated south bridge wafer and north bridge wafer, but not as limit.
But above-mentioned complexity program logic device 130 is in order to carrying out data conversion access and control, and it has comprised signal controlling module 131, working storage data storage unit 133, power control unit 135 and working storage data storage unit 137.At this, signal controlling module 131 is electrically coupled to luminescence unit 120, power control unit 135, working storage data storage unit 133, working storage data storage unit 137 and input switch 110.In addition, in the present embodiment, selected cell 132, display data working storage 120a, data working storage 133a, power supply status working storage 135a and data working storage 137a have also been comprised in signal controlling module 131.At this, selected cell 132 is for example multiplexer, and it is electrically coupled to input switch 110, data working storage 133a, power supply status working storage 135a, data working storage 137a and display data working storage 120a.And data working storage 133a and data working storage 137a are electrically coupled to respectively working storage data storage unit 133 and working storage data storage unit 137.Power supply status working storage 135a is electrically coupled to power control unit 135.Display data working storage 120a is electrically coupled to luminescence unit 120.
Input switch 110 is in order to produce switching signal and addressing signal, so that switching signal and addressing signal are sent to signal controlling module 131.At this, input switch 110 is for example the thumb-acting switch of 8 bits, can be with wherein part bit as the first input block, producing switching signal, and with other bits as the second input block, to produce addressing signal.For example, the first input block comprises 2 bits, and the second input block comprises 6 bits.So at this only for illustrating, not as limit.
Power control unit 135 is in order to transmit the power supply status data to the power supply status working storage 135a of signal controlling module 131.At this, power supply status working storage 135a is for example the working storage of 7 bits, in order to the power supply status data is temporary in this.
Working storage data storage unit 133 for example is electrically coupled to baseboard management controller 140 by the XBus bus-bar, it has stored corresponding (memory map) form of storer of baseboard management controller 140, and can provide the working storage data of correspondence to data working storage 133a according to addressing signal.At this, data working storage 133a is set as the working storage of 4 bits, does not limit with this, and each system can compile and implementation according to the required bit number that carries out inner working storage.Aforesaid substrate Management Controller 140 provides the far-end active user to carry out system management and mis repair in order to carry out hardware detection function (such as temperature of processor, rotation speed of the fan and magnitude of voltage etc.) and can assign command operating monitoring hardware state.
Working storage data storage unit 137 is for example by low pin number (Low Pin Count, LPC) bus-bar is electrically coupled to south bridge wafer 150, it has stored the corresponding form of storer of low pin number, and can provide the working storage data of correspondence to data working storage 137a according to addressing signal.At this, data working storage 137a is set as the working storage of 8 bits, does not limit with this, and each system can compile and implementation according to the required bit number that carries out inner working storage.Thereby the working storage data in working storage data storage unit 137 is for example for passing through south bridge wafer 150 from Basic Input or Output System (BIOS) (Basic Input Output System, BIOS) software resource with magnetic disc operating system (Disk Operating System, DOS) reads acquisition.
Above-mentioned signal controlling module 131 can come the working storage data of selective reception working storage data storage unit 133 or 137 or the power supply status data of power control unit 135 according to above-mentioned switching signals, and is sent to luminescence unit 120.Say further, selected cell 132 can be according to above-mentioned switching signal, switch to and data working storage 133a or data working storage 137a electric property coupling, or switch to the electric property coupling with power supply status working storage 137a, selecting the data that in data working storage 133a, power supply status working storage 135a and data working storage 137a, one is deposited, and it is inputed to display data working storage 120a.Owing to being up to 8 bits in data working storage 133a, power supply status working storage 135a and data working storage 137a, so display data working storage 120a also is set as the working storage of 8 bits.
For instance, the thumb-acting switch take input switch 110 as 8 bits is supposed front 2 bits as the first input block as example, and rear 6 bits are as the second input block.And, suppose that switching signal " 00 ", " 01 " reach " 10 " and corresponds respectively to power supply status working storage 135a, data working storage 133a and data working storage 137a.When selecting the received switching signal in unit 132 to be " 01 " time, with the working storage data transmission of data working storage 133a to display data working storage 120a.By that analogy, when switching signal is " 00 ", save as the power supply status data in display data working storage 120a; When switching signal is " 10 ", save as the working storage data of data working storage 137a in display data working storage 120a.In addition, the addressing signal that is produced by the second input block can transfer to respectively working storage data storage unit 133 and working storage data storage unit 137, thereby corresponding working storage data with this addressing signal is read in these two working storages data storage unit 133,137 meetings, to reach corresponding data working storage 133a and 137a.Suppose addressing signal for " 000101 ", working storage data storage unit 133 and working storage data storage unit 137 can provide respectively the working storage data of its address " 0x05 " to data working storage 133a and data working storage 137a.
At this, luminescence unit 120 is for example light-emittingdiode (the Light Emitting Diode of 8 bits, LED) display, each bit correspond to respectively each bit of the display data of depositing in display data working storage 120a, wherein the output of the temporary selected cell 132 of display data working storage 120a.。
In this embodiment, although two working storage data storage unit and corresponding data working storage thereof are arranged, also can implement to comprise one or more than the electronic installation of two working storage data storage unit and each corresponding data working storage thereof.The present invention does not limit the form that the quantity of data working storage and input switch are controlled, and supposes to only have a working storage data storage unit, and the switching signal of input switch can only be represented by 1 bit.
The below illustrates for an embodiment again.Fig. 2 is the display packing process flow diagram according to one embodiment of the invention.Please simultaneously with reference to Fig. 1 and Fig. 2, in step S201, produce switching signal by input switch 110.After this electronic installation 100 came into operation, the user can operate in input switch 110 (as thumb-acting switch), to produce switching signal and the addressing signal of corresponding this operation.Wherein, switching signal can be transferred to selected cell 132.In addition, if the user has also produced addressing signal by input switch 110, addressing signal can be transferred into working storage data storage unit 133 and working storage data storage unit 137, makes working storage data storage unit 133 and working storage data storage unit 137 provide respectively corresponding working storage data to data working storage 133a and data working storage 137a.
Then, in step S203, selected cell 132 meeting foundations are from the received switching signal of input switch 110, select one in working storage data storage unit 133, working storage data storage unit 137 and power control unit 135, with the working storage data of decision with data working storage 133a or data working storage 137a, or the power supply status data transmission of power supply status working storage 135a is to display data working storage 120a.If select power control unit 135, enter step S205.If selection working storage data storage unit 133 or 137 enters step S207.
In step S205, transmit the power supply status data of power control unit 135 to luminescence unit 120.In detail, selected cell 132 switches to the electric property coupling with power supply status working storage 135a according to switching signal, with with the display data of the power supply status data in power supply status working storage 135a as display data working storage 120a, make luminescence unit 120 come start according to display data, for example light corresponding cresset.
In step S207, the working storage data of working storage data storage unit 133 or 137 that transmits is to luminescence unit 120.Say further, selected cell 132 switches to according to switching signal and data working storage 133a or data working storage 137a electric property coupling, with with the working storage data of data working storage 133a or the data working storage 137a display data as display data working storage 120a, make luminescence unit 120 come start according to display data.And the user produce by input switch 110 switching signals with switch to working storage data storage unit 133 and working storage data storage unit 137 one of them the time, also can produce an addressing signal by input switch 110, with the working storage data that determines that wish shows.
If input switch 110 has produced addressing signal, working storage data storage unit 133 and unit 137 meetings of working storage data storage are according to received addressing signal, and the working storage data with address in corresponding this addressing signal reads out to data working storage 133a and data working storage 137a respectively.And selected cell 132 can decide according to switching signal and be electrically coupled to data working storage 133a or data working storage 137a.
For example, the thumb-acting switch take input switch 110 as 8 bits is supposed front 2 bits as the first input block as example, and to produce switching signal, rear 6 bits are as the second input block, to produce addressing signal.And, suppose that switching signal " 00 ", " 01 " reach " 10 " respectively in order to switch as for power control unit 135, working storage data storage unit 133 and working storage data storage unit 137.Suppose that the user inputs " 01000101 " by thumb-acting switch, luminescence unit 120 address that can demonstrate in working storage data storage unit 133 is the working storage data of " 0x05 ".
In addition, also the default output of luminescence unit 120 can be set as the power supply status data.That is to say, before switching, the state of luminescence unit 120 meeting display power supply control modules 135.
In sum, in the above-described embodiments, by input switch as switching, make luminescence unit not be merely able to demonstrate the power supply status data to carry out Power Supply Monitoring, can also be in the situation that there is no external fluorescent screen, demonstrate understand low pin number, baseboard management controller the working storage data why, and can show that with reference to the cresset of luminescence unit carry out efficient circuit detects with erroneous condition and get rid of.
Although the present invention discloses as above with embodiment; but it is not to limit the present invention; technical field technician under any; without departing from the spirit and scope of the present invention; can change arbitrarily or be equal to replacement, therefore protection scope of the present invention should be as the criterion with the scope that the application's claims are defined.

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1. an electronic installation, is characterized in that, comprising:
One luminescence unit;
One input switch produces one and switches signal and an addressing signal;
One power control unit transmits a power supply status data;
One working storage data storage unit provides a corresponding working storage data according to this addressing signal; And
One signal controlling module, be electrically coupled to this luminescence unit, this power control unit, this working storage data storage unit and this input switch, according to this working storage data of this working storage data storage of this switching signal selective reception unit or this power supply status data of this power control unit, and be sent to this luminescence unit.
2. electronic installation according to claim 1, is characterized in that, this signal controlling module comprises:
One selected cell is electrically coupled to this input switch, receiving this switching signal, and selects this power supply status data or this working storage data transmission to this luminescence unit by this selected cell.
3. electronic installation according to claim 2, is characterized in that, this signal controlling module also comprises:
One data working storage is electrically coupled to this working storage data storage unit and this selected cell, temporary this working storage data; And
One power supply status working storage is electrically coupled to this power control unit and this selected cell, temporary this power supply status data.
4. electronic installation according to claim 2, is characterized in that, this selected cell switches to and this data working storage electric property coupling according to this switching signal, or switches to and this power supply status working storage electric property coupling.
5. electronic installation according to claim 2, is characterized in that, this signal controlling module also comprises:
One display data working storage is electrically coupled to this luminescence unit and this selected cell, the output of temporary this selected cell.
6. electronic installation according to claim 1, is characterized in that, this input switch comprises:
One first input block produces this switching signal; And
One second input block produces this addressing signal.
7. a display packing, utilize a luminescence unit to show the internal state of an electronic installation, it is characterized in that, this electronic installation comprises this luminescence unit, a power control unit, a working storage data storage unit and an input switch, and the method comprises:
Produce one by this input switch and switch signal;
According to this switching signal, select one in this working storage data storage unit and this power control unit;
When selecting this power control unit, transmit a power supply status data of this power control unit to this luminescence unit; And
When selecting this working storage data storage unit, transmit a working storage data of this working storage data storage unit to this luminescence unit.
8. display packing according to claim 7, is characterized in that, also comprises:
Produce this addressing signal by this input switch;
Transmit this addressing signal to this working storage data storage unit, make this working storage data storage unit provide in corresponding this working storage data to data working storage; And
When selecting this working storage data storage unit, with this working storage data transmission in this data working storage to this luminescence unit.
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