CN112954496B - Industrial personal computer system and miniaturized monitoring all-in-one machine - Google Patents

Industrial personal computer system and miniaturized monitoring all-in-one machine Download PDF

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CN112954496B
CN112954496B CN201911254449.XA CN201911254449A CN112954496B CN 112954496 B CN112954496 B CN 112954496B CN 201911254449 A CN201911254449 A CN 201911254449A CN 112954496 B CN112954496 B CN 112954496B
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The application provides an industrial computer system and miniaturized reconnaissance all-in-one, the system includes: a PON module for providing an optical data transmission link; the FPGA module is connected with the PON module and is used for processing the uplink data of the PON module; the network adapter is connected with the FPGA module; a COME interface connected with the network adapter; the COME industrial personal computer can be adaptively inserted into the COME interface and is used for extracting messages from the network adapter and performing packet receiving and sending processing on data; and the COME industrial personal computer is accessed to the access module of the existing temporary detection equipment. The application can greatly improve the structural performance and reliability of the detection equipment, and greatly improves the convenience.

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Industrial personal computer system and miniaturized monitoring all-in-one machine
Technical Field
The application relates to the technical field of temporary reconnaissance equipment, in particular to an industrial personal computer system and a miniaturized temporary reconnaissance all-in-one machine.
Background
The traditional monitor all-in-one machine adopts a mode that an industrial personal computer with a general X86 framework is added with a monitor access module, and data are transmitted between the industrial personal computer and the access module in a network cable connection mode. The industrial personal computer and the access module of the structure are both provided with RJ45 interfaces, the number of network adapters and PHY (physical layer interfaces) is increased, the reliability of network cable connection is a problem, the size and the performance of the industrial personal computer are a challenge, the processing performance of small size is insufficient, the overall structure of the all-in-one machine is large enough and is inconvenient to carry, and the size and the performance of the all-in-one machine are enough.
Disclosure of Invention
In view of the above disadvantages of the prior art, the technical problem to be solved by the present application is to provide an industrial personal computer system and a miniaturized monitor all-in-one machine, which are used for solving the problems in the prior art.
In order to realize above-mentioned purpose and other relevant purpose, this application provides an industrial computer system, is applied to and faces reconnaissance equipment, the system includes: a PON module for providing an optical data transmission link; the FPGA module is connected with the PON module and is used for processing the uplink data of the PON module; the network adapter is connected with the FPGA module; the COME interface is connected with the network adapter; the COME industrial personal computer can be adaptively inserted into the COME interface and is used for extracting messages from the network adapter and transmitting and receiving data; and the COME industrial personal computer is accessed to the access module of the existing temporary detection equipment.
In an embodiment of the present application, the PON module includes one or more sets of OLT equipment and ONU equipment.
In an embodiment of the present application, the COME interface is a 110X2P dual socket.
In an embodiment of the present application, the COME interface is further directly connected to the FPGA module, so that the COME industrial personal computer directly manages the FPGA module.
In an embodiment of the present application, the COME interface is connected to the FPGA module through an SPI interface.
In an embodiment of the present application, the COME industrial personal computer and the access module of the existing critical detection device both adopt a COME industrial personal computer X86 architecture.
In an embodiment of the present application, the COME industrial personal computer includes: any one of Mini COME, Compact COME, and Basic COME.
In an embodiment of the present application, the interface of the network adapter includes a PCIE interface to extend a plurality of network ports.
In an embodiment of the present application, the network adapter may be integrated in the PON module, and is connected to the COME interface, into which the COME industrial personal computer is inserted, through the PCIE interface.
To achieve the above and other related objects, the present application provides a miniaturized machine for clinical investigation, comprising: the detection device comprises a detection device main body, an access module and the industrial personal computer system.
As mentioned above, this application provides an industrial computer system and miniaturized reconnaissance all-in-one, the system includes: a PON module for providing an optical data transmission link; the FPGA module is connected with the PON module and is used for processing the uplink data of the PON module; the network adapter is connected with the FPGA module; the COME interface is connected with the network adapter; the COME industrial personal computer can be adaptively inserted into the COME interface and is used for extracting messages from the network adapter and performing packet receiving and sending processing on data; and the COME industrial personal computer is accessed to the access module of the existing temporary detection equipment.
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the structural performance and the reliability of the detection equipment can be greatly improved, and the convenience is greatly improved.
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Fig. 1 is a schematic structural diagram of an industrial personal computer system in the embodiment of the present application.
Fig. 2 is a schematic structural diagram of a miniaturized limb detection and surveillance integrated machine in the embodiment of the present application.
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The following description of the embodiments of the present application is provided by way of specific examples, and other advantages and effects of the present application will be readily apparent to those skilled in the art from the disclosure herein. The present application is capable of other and different embodiments and of being practiced or of being carried out in various ways, and its several details are capable of modification in various respects, all without departing from the spirit and scope of the present application. It should be noted that the embodiments and features of the embodiments in the present application may be combined with each other without conflict.
Embodiments of the present application will be described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings so that those skilled in the art to which the present application pertains can easily carry out the present application. The present application may be embodied in many different forms and is not limited to the embodiments described herein.
In order to clearly explain the present application, components that are not related to the description are omitted, and the same reference numerals are given to the same or similar components throughout the specification.
Throughout the specification, when a component is referred to as being "connected" to another component, this includes not only the case of being "directly connected" but also the case of being "indirectly connected" with another element interposed therebetween. In addition, when a component is referred to as "including" a certain constituent element, unless otherwise stated, it means that the component may include other constituent elements, without excluding other constituent elements.
When an element is referred to as being "on" another element, it can be directly on the other element, or intervening elements may also be present. When a component is referred to as being "directly on" another component, there are no intervening components present.
Although the terms first, second, etc. may be used herein to describe various elements in some instances, these elements should not be limited by these terms. These terms are only used to distinguish one element from another. For example, the first interface and the second interface, etc. are described. Also, as used herein, the singular forms "a," "an," and "the" are intended to include the plural forms as well, unless the context indicates otherwise. It will be further understood that the terms "comprises," "comprising," "includes" and/or "including," when used in this specification, specify the presence of stated features, steps, operations, elements, components, items, species, and/or groups, but do not preclude the presence, or addition of one or more other features, steps, operations, elements, components, species, and/or groups thereof. The terms "or" and/or "as used herein are to be construed as inclusive or meaning any one or any combination. Thus, "A, B or C" or "A, B and/or C" means "any of the following: a; b; c; a and B; a and C; b and C; A. b and C ". An exception to this definition will occur only when a combination of elements, functions, steps or operations are inherently mutually exclusive in some way.
The terminology used herein is for the purpose of describing particular embodiments only and is not intended to be limiting of the application. As used herein, the singular forms "a", "an" and "the" include plural forms as long as the words do not expressly indicate a contrary meaning. The term "comprises/comprising" when used in this specification is taken to specify the presence of stated features, regions, integers, steps, operations, elements, and/or components, but does not exclude the presence or addition of other features, regions, integers, steps, operations, elements, and/or components.
Terms indicating "lower", "upper", and the like relative to space may be used to more easily describe a relationship of one component with respect to another component illustrated in the drawings. Such terms are intended to include not only the meanings indicated in the drawings, but also other meanings or operations of the device in use. For example, if the device in the figures is turned over, elements described as "below" other elements would then be oriented "above" the other elements. Thus, the exemplary terms "under" and "beneath" all include above and below. The device may be rotated 90 or other angles and the terminology representing relative space is also to be interpreted accordingly.
With the increasing maturity of COM-Express interface industrial control host modules and urgent demands of national security departments on portability and miniaturization of the monitoring equipment; by combining the two points, the COME interface is integrated on the monitor access module, and then the monitor all-in-one machine can be portable and miniaturized as much as possible by configuring the general COME industrial personal computer module. The access module that this application adopted the COME industrial computer to add COME interface can perfectly solve as above the performance and the structure problem of present reconnaissance equipment.
As shown in fig. 1, a schematic structural diagram of an industrial personal computer system in an embodiment is shown. As shown, the industrial personal computer system 100 includes:
a PON module for providing an optical data transmission link;
the FPGA module is connected with the PON module and is used for processing the uplink data of the PON module;
the network adapter is connected with the FPGA module;
a COME interface connected to the network adapter,
the COME industrial personal computer can be adaptively inserted into the COME interface and is used for extracting messages from the network adapter and performing packet receiving and sending processing on data; and the COME industrial personal computer is accessed to the access module of the existing temporary detection equipment.
In this embodiment, the access module of the existing temporary detection equipment is composed of a PON module, an FPGA module and a network adapter, where the bottom layer is responsible for processing PON link data. The FPGA module data signal line is directly or indirectly pulled to a COME interface (female socket) through a universal network adapter, and is plugged with a COME industrial personal computer which is used for extracting messages from the network adapter and performing packet receiving and sending processing on data; and after the COME industrial personal computer, the corresponding receiving and sending packet network cards can be seen in the industrial personal computer system. PON link data is restored to be processed through the FPGA and then is sent to the network card, and the COME industrial personal computer receives and sends packets from the network card.
In this embodiment, the COME is COM Express for short, which is a computer module standard defined by international industry electrical association (PICMG), a computer module standard commonly made by several embedded industrial computer manufacturers, and similar standards also include ETX, XTX, and Qseven. As serial communication technology evolves, some old bus technologies slowly get obsolete, so the ETX standard also requires an upgraded version, i.e., the COM Express standard should be run out. The COM Express standard abandons the former low speed PCI and IDE signals, is a standard mainly based on a brand-new high speed computer interface, and is particularly suitable for executing a customized industrial computer solution and being used when a standard single board computer is not suitable due to structure or lack of expansibility, and the PCI Express, the serial ATA, the gigabit network interface, the SDVO and the USB3.0 are supported.
Structurally, COM Express is understood to be a Module made of a HighlyIntegrated CPU and its minimal system, and the Module can be a Plug-in-o custom Carrier Board (custom motherboard with special purpose, which contains all external interfaces (SATA, PCIe, USB, Power, Audio, Video, etc.) required by the user), thereby forming a product or system.
The size of a common COME industrial personal computer can be very small, and the performance of a CPU can be very high. Through directly docking with the COME industrial computer through COME interface on integrating the module with the network adapter, can directly follow the network adapter and extract data message on the industrial computer, all have great promotion from the aspect of structure and reliability like this, adopt the face of COME industrial computer to detect all-in-one and can accomplish 1U height, a 10 cun IPAD size has promoted the portability greatly.
In an embodiment of the present application, the PON module includes one or more sets of OLT equipment and ONU equipment.
The PON is a typical passive optical network, which means that (in an optical distribution network) the PON does not contain any electronic devices and electronic power sources, and the ODN is composed of all passive devices such as an optical Splitter (Splitter), and does not need expensive active electronic devices. A passive optical network includes an Optical Line Terminal (OLT) mounted at a central control station and a plurality of associated Optical Network Units (ONUs) mounted at customer sites.
The OLT provides an interface between a network side and a core network for the access network and is connected with each ONU through the ODN. As a core function device of the PON system, the OLT has functions of centralized bandwidth allocation, controlling each ONU, real-time monitoring, and operation, maintenance, and management of the PON system. The ONU provides an interface of a user side for the access network, provides access of multiple service flows of voice, data, video and the like and the ODN, and is controlled by the OLT in a centralized way. The transmission mechanism of GPON is completely the same as that of EPON, a single-fiber bidirectional transmission mechanism is adopted, and the uplink and downlink data are transmitted by different wavelengths on the same optical fiber by using WDM technology. GPONs can use Wavelength Division Multiplexing (WDM) technology to enable bidirectional transmission of signals on the same fiber. According to actual needs, a corresponding PON protection structure can be adopted on the basis of the traditional tree topology to improve the survivability of the network.
The OLT is used for sending Ethernet data to the ONU (optical network unit) in a broadcast mode, initiating and controlling a ranging process, recording ranging information and allocating bandwidth to the ONU; i.e. to control the start time and the size of the transmission window for the ONU to transmit data.
An ONU (optical Network unit) is divided into an active optical Network unit and a passive optical Network unit. A device equipped with a network monitoring comprising an optical receiver, an upstream optical transmitter, a plurality of bridged amplifiers is generally called an optical node. The PON uses a single fiber to connect to the OLT, which then connects to the ONUs. The ONU provides data, IPTV (interactive network television), voice (using IAD (Integrated Access Device) and other services, and truly realizes triple-play application.
In an embodiment of the present application, the COME interface is a 110X2P dual-row socket.
In this embodiment, the COME interface mainly be the female head of double-row socket, with its adaptation, what insert the COME industrial computer still is equipped with the public head of double-row socket.
In this embodiment, the COME interface includes most external interfaces required by the user, for example, but not limited to: SATA, PCIe, USB, Power, Audio, Video, etc.
In an embodiment of the present application, the COME interface is further directly connected to the FPGA module, so that the COME industrial personal computer directly manages the FPGA module.
In an embodiment of the present application, the COME interface is connected to the FPGA module through an SPI interface.
In an embodiment of the present application, the COME industrial personal computer and the existing access module of the temporary detection device both adopt a universal X86 architecture.
In this embodiment, the industrial personal computer system of the present application has fewer multi-core CPU processing units than the conventional temporary detection access module in architecture, which can save the cost of the multi-core CPU, and the management software of the access module and the application software of the client operate on the same X86 platform in view of universality, thereby greatly improving the integration convenience of the client software and the management software.
In an embodiment of the present application, the COME industrial personal computer includes: any one of Mini COME, Compact COME, and Basic COME.
Specifically, the Mini COME size is 55mm × 84mm, the Compact COME size is 95mm × 95mm, and the Basic COME size is 95mm × 125 mm.
In an embodiment of the present application, the interface of the network adapter includes a PCIE interface to extend a plurality of network ports.
In an embodiment of the present application, the network adapter may be integrated in the PON module, and is connected to the COME interface, into which the COME industrial personal computer is inserted, through the PCIE interface.
In this embodiment, the network adapter interface uses a PCIE interface, and since the network card of the COME motherboard is not enough and the PCIE interface can extend multiple network ports, multiple network adapters can be integrated into the PON module and be docked with the COME motherboard through the PCIE of the COME interface, which is equivalent to integrating a PCIE network card on the PON module.
Fig. 2 shows a schematic structural diagram of the miniaturized clinical detection all-in-one machine in an embodiment. As shown in the figure, the miniaturized clinical reconnaissance all-in-one machine comprises: a clinical equipment body and access module 210, and an industrial personal computer system 220 as described in fig. 1.
In many embodiments, the miniaturized monitor all-in-one machine has a small and flexible structure under the condition that the circuit layout environment of the optical network is complex, or the industrial personal computer system 220 can be designed to have access to pon links with more modes when the number of optical network devices to be carried is large.
In addition, the miniaturized clinical reconnaissance all-in-one machine can further comprise: the system comprises at least one local communication and charging interface (for example, a Micro USB interface circuit which is used for being connected with external wired communication, and also can be used for being connected with a power supply and charging a battery (such as a lithium battery) in an industrial personal computer system applied to the small-sized clinical detection all-in-one machine), at least one wireless charging module (such as a wireless charging coil), and at least one wireless communication module (such as one or more of a WiFi module, a 3G/4G/5G mobile communication module and a Bluetooth module), wherein optionally, the wireless communication module (such as Bluetooth and the like) can be communicated with a mobile terminal, such as a smart phone, a tablet computer, a notebook computer and the like.
To sum up, industrial computer system, and miniaturized reconnaissance all-in-one, include: a PON module for providing an optical data transmission link; the FPGA module is connected with the PON module and is used for processing the uplink data of the PON module; the network adapter is connected with the FPGA module; a COME interface connected with the network adapter; the COME industrial personal computer can be adaptively inserted into the COME interface and is used for extracting messages from the network adapter and performing packet receiving and sending processing on data; and the COME industrial personal computer is accessed to the access module of the existing temporary detection equipment.
This application industrial computer system and miniaturized are faced and are listened all-in-one can be provided greatly and are listened structural performance and reliability of equipment to greatly promoted the convenience.
The above embodiments are merely illustrative of the principles and utilities of the present application and are not intended to limit the application. Any person skilled in the art can modify or change the above-described embodiments without departing from the spirit and scope of the present application. Accordingly, it is intended that all equivalent modifications or changes which may be made by those skilled in the art without departing from the spirit and technical spirit of the present disclosure be covered by the claims of the present application.

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1. An industrial personal computer system, characterized in that, be applied to and face reconnaissance equipment, the system includes:
a PON module for providing an optical data transmission link;
the FPGA module is connected with the PON module and is used for processing the uplink data of the PON module;
the network adapter is connected with the FPGA module;
the COME interface is connected with the network adapter; the COME interface is integrated on an access module of the existing spy equipment;
the COME industrial personal computer can be adaptively inserted into the COME interface and is used for extracting messages from the network adapter and performing packet receiving and sending processing on data; the COME industrial personal computer is connected with the existing monitoring equipment access module; the existing temporary reconnaissance equipment access module is composed of the PON module, the FPGA module and a network adapter.
2. The industrial personal computer system of claim 1, wherein the PON module comprises one or more sets of OLT equipment and ONU equipment.
3. The industrial personal computer system as claimed in claim 1, wherein the COME interface is a 110X2P dual socket.
4. The industrial personal computer system of claim 1, wherein the COME interface is further directly connected with the FPGA module for the COME industrial personal computer to directly manage the FPGA module.
5. The industrial personal computer system of claim 4, wherein the COME interface is connected with the FPGA module through an SPI interface.
6. The industrial personal computer system of claim 1, wherein the COME industrial personal computer and the existing detection device access module both adopt a COME industrial personal computer X86 architecture.
7. The industrial personal computer system of claim 1, wherein the COME industrial personal computer comprises: any one of Mini COME, Compact COME, and Basic COME.
8. The industrial personal computer system of claim 1, wherein the interface of the network adapter comprises a PCIE interface to extend a plurality of network ports.
9. The industrial personal computer system of claim 8, wherein the network adapter can be integrated with the PON module and is connected to the COME interface, into which the COME industrial personal computer is inserted, through the PCIE interface.
10. A miniaturized machine integrating clinical investigation and surveillance, comprising: a detection device body and an access module, and an industrial personal computer system according to any one of claims 1 to 9.
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