CN113220082A

CN113220082A - Industrial control machine

Info

Publication number: CN113220082A
Application number: CN202110506655.6A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 代保华; 白煜
Original assignee: Hefei Zhuoyi Hengtong Information Security Co Ltd
Current assignee: Hefei Zhuoyi Hengtong Information Security Co Ltd
Priority date: 2021-05-10
Filing date: 2021-05-10
Publication date: 2021-08-06

Abstract

The invention provides an industrial personal computer which comprises a case, a main board, a patch panel, a plurality of expansion supports and a plurality of expansion IO modules, wherein the expansion IO modules are respectively installed on the expansion supports, the patch panel is electrically connected with the main board and the expansion IO modules, and the expansion IO modules are provided with a plurality of expansion IO interfaces. The invention adopts a modular design, separates the main board from the expanded IO module and realizes electrical connection through the adapter board, thereby realizing expansion of IO interfaces with different quantities and meeting the requirement of customizing the expanded IO interfaces by users. And because the extension IO interface of user's customization is realized through extension IO module, the structural arrangement of mainboard is relatively more fixed so, need not to change the structural layout of mainboard according to user's different IO interface demands to reduce the kind and the customization configuration of mainboard development, and then shorten development cycle and reduce development cost.

Description

Industrial control machine

Technical Field

The invention relates to the field of computer equipment, in particular to an industrial personal computer.

Background

The industrial control computer is specially designed for industrial control and is used for monitoring and controlling machine equipment, production flow, data parameters and the like used in the production process. With the continuous development of industrial control computer technology, the application field of the industrial personal computer is not limited to industrial sites, the industrial personal computer is applied more and more in various industries such as electronic information, electric power, traffic and the like, and the use requirements of users in different industries on products are more various. Although the industrial personal computer is widely applied at present, the requirements of the whole industrial personal computer structure are different when the industrial personal computer is used specifically. In addition, although the existing industrial personal computer has a lot of functions and interfaces supported by the mainboard, the requirements of each user on the functions and the interfaces of the mainboard are different in the actual use process of the product.

In addition, the industrial personal computer has very high requirement on expansibility, the design of an interface needs to meet specific external equipment, and the industrial personal computer needs to be customized independently in most cases to meet the requirement. Generally, for the change of the number of COM (serial communication port, serial port for short) or USB interfaces, the number needs to be expanded. Therefore, the motherboard and the chassis need to be changed according to the requirements of customers, and the interface is customized. Accordingly, the main board, the wires, the IO interface (i/o interface), the chassis, and the like are customized, and the cost of designing and manufacturing the product is increased. The current COM-E (chip on module-electronic) system integration is a mode of using a core board + a substrate, and an IO interface of COM-E system integration output is also limited by the existing IO interface layout on the substrate, and cannot meet the requirement of a user for customizing an expansion IO interface.

Disclosure of Invention

The invention aims to provide an industrial personal computer, which adopts a modular design, separates a main board from an expanded IO module, realizes electrical connection through a patch board, realizes expansion of IO interfaces with different quantities, and meets the requirement of customizing the expanded IO interfaces by a user.

In order to achieve the purpose, the invention provides an industrial personal computer which comprises a case, a main board, a patch panel, a plurality of expansion supports and a plurality of expansion IO modules, wherein the expansion IO modules are respectively arranged on the expansion supports; the main board, the adapter board and the plurality of expansion supports are all positioned in the case, and the adapter board is electrically connected with the main board and the plurality of expansion IO modules;

the integrated IO module is characterized in that an integrated IO interface is arranged on the mainboard and only comprises a basic IO interface, and a plurality of expansion IO interfaces are arranged on the expansion IO module.

The mainboard is provided with a slot, one end of the adapter plate is provided with a plug, and the electrical connection between the mainboard and the adapter plate is realized by inserting the plug into the slot;

the adapter plate and the plurality of expansion IO modules are electrically connected through a plurality of cables respectively.

The adapter plate is provided with a control chip and an adapter port far away from one end of the plug, the control chip is used for controlling the output of the adapter port, and the adapter port can be electrically connected with a plurality of cables at the same time;

the expansion IO module is provided with an input port; one end of each cable is electrically connected with the switching port, and the other end of each cable is electrically connected with the input ports of the expansion IO modules respectively, so that the electrical connection between the switching board and the expansion IO modules is realized.

The switching port and the input port both comprise a plurality of pins, and the number of the pins of the switching port is more than that of the input port, so that one ends of a plurality of cables can be simultaneously electrically connected with the switching port, and the other ends of the cables are respectively electrically connected with the input ports.

The basic IO interfaces comprise an AUDIO interface, an RJ45 interface, a USB3.0 interface, a USB2.0 interface, a COM interface, a VGA interface and a DC JACK.

The expansion IO module is a USB expansion module, a COM port expansion module or a combination thereof; the expansion IO interface is a USB interface arranged on the USB expansion module and a COM interface arranged on the COM interface expansion module.

The plurality of expansion IO modules comprise two USB expansion modules and two COM port expansion modules; the USB expansion module is provided with four USB interfaces, and the COM interface expansion module is provided with four COM interfaces.

The USB interface is a USB3.0 interface.

The chassis comprises a side wall, wherein the side wall comprises a basic area and an expansion area positioned above the basic area; the plurality of expansion brackets are fixedly arranged in the expansion area; the basic IO interface is located in the basic area, and the extended IO interface is located in the extended area.

The expansion support is provided with a connecting hole, the expansion area is correspondingly provided with a through hole, and the expansion support and the side wall are fixedly installed by penetrating a locking screw through the connecting hole and the through hole.

The invention has the beneficial effects that: the industrial personal computer provided by the invention comprises a case, a main board, a patch panel, a plurality of expansion supports and a plurality of expansion IO modules which are respectively arranged on the plurality of expansion supports, wherein the patch panel is electrically connected with the main board and the plurality of expansion IO modules, and the expansion IO modules are provided with a plurality of expansion IO interfaces. The invention adopts a modular design, separates the main board from the expanded IO module and realizes electrical connection through the adapter board, thereby realizing expansion of IO interfaces with different quantities and meeting the requirement of customizing the expanded IO interfaces by users. And because the extension IO interface of user's customization is realized through extension IO module, the structural arrangement of mainboard is relatively more fixed so, need not to change the structural layout of mainboard according to user's different IO interface demands to reduce the kind and the customization configuration of mainboard development, and then shorten development cycle and reduce development cost.

Drawings

For a better understanding of the nature and technical aspects of the present invention, reference should be made to the following detailed description of the invention, taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings, which are provided for purposes of illustration and description and are not intended to limit the invention.

In the drawings, there is shown in the drawings,

FIG. 1 is an assembled perspective view of a motherboard, a patch panel, and an extended IO module according to the present invention;

FIG. 2 is a schematic block diagram of the electrical connection of the motherboard, the interposer, and the extended IO module of the present invention;

FIG. 3 is a schematic perspective view of a housing of the present invention;

FIG. 4 is a schematic view of a side wall of the enclosure of the present invention;

FIG. 5 is a perspective view of an adapter plate of the present invention;

fig. 6 is a schematic perspective view of the COM port expansion module of the present invention mounted on an expansion bracket;

fig. 7 is a schematic perspective view of the COM port expansion module of the present invention mounted at another angle on the expansion bracket;

FIG. 8 is a front view of FIG. 7;

FIG. 9 is a schematic perspective view of the USB expansion module of the present invention mounted on an expansion bracket;

FIG. 10 is a perspective view of the USB expansion module of the present invention mounted on an expansion bracket at another angle;

fig. 11 is a front view of fig. 10.

Detailed Description

To further illustrate the technical means and effects of the present invention, the following detailed description is given with reference to the preferred embodiments of the present invention and the accompanying drawings.

Referring to fig. 1 to 11, the present invention provides an industrial personal computer, which includes a case 5, a main board 1, a patch panel 2, a plurality of expansion brackets 30, and a plurality of expansion IO modules 3 respectively mounted on the plurality of expansion brackets 30. The main board 1, the adapter board 2 and the plurality of expansion brackets 30 are all located in the case 5. The adapter board 2 is electrically connected with the main board 1 and the plurality of expansion IO modules 3.

Specifically, a slot 11 is formed in the motherboard 1, a plug 21 is arranged at one end of the adapter board 2, and the electrical connection between the motherboard 1 and the adapter board 2 is realized by inserting the plug 21 into the slot 11.

The adapter plate 2 and the plurality of expansion IO modules 3 are electrically connected through a plurality of CABLE lines (CABLE lines) 4 respectively.

Specifically, an integrated IO interface is further arranged on the motherboard 1, the integrated IO interface only includes a standard basic IO interface 12, and the basic IO interface 12 includes an AUDIO interface (AUDIO interface), two RJ45 (network cable interfaces), two USB3.0 interfaces, four USB2.0 interfaces, a COM interface, a vga (video Graphics array) interface, a DC JACK (direct current socket), and the like. Of course, the number and type of the basic IO interfaces 12 may be changed according to the requirement, and the present invention is not limited thereto.

The expansion IO module 3 is provided with a plurality of expansion IO interfaces 31.

Specifically, the adapter plate 2 is provided with a control chip 23 and an adapter port 22 far from one end of the plug 21, and the control chip 23 is used for controlling the output of the adapter port 22. The switching port 22 can be electrically connected to several cables 4 at the same time.

The expansion IO module 3 is provided with an input port 32; one end of each of the cables 4 is electrically connected to the corresponding switching port 22, and the other end of each of the cables is electrically connected to the corresponding input port 32 of the corresponding expansion IO module 3, so that the corresponding switching board 2 and the corresponding expansion IO modules 3 are electrically connected.

Specifically, each control chip 23 controls the output of at most four expansion IO interfaces 31, and the number of the required expansion IO interfaces 31 is different due to different requirements of users, so that a proper number of control chips 23 need to be configured according to different numbers of expansion IO interfaces 31, thereby implementing output control of all expansion IO interfaces 31. I.e. the number of said control chips 23 may be one or several. When the number of the control chips 23 is several, each control chip 23 correspondingly controls one transfer port 22, so that the output of the plurality of expansion IO interfaces 31 of the plurality of expansion IO modules 3 is controlled through each transfer port 22 via the plurality of cables 4.

Specifically, the extended IO module 3 is a USB extended module 33, a COM port extended module 34, or a combination thereof. Accordingly, the expansion IO interface 31 is a USB interface 331 provided in the USB expansion module 33, and a COM interface 341 provided in the COM interface expansion module 34.

Specifically, the USB interface 331 may be a USB3.0 interface.

As shown in fig. 3, 4, 6 to 11, in an alternative embodiment of the present invention, the number of the extended IO modules 3 is four, that is, two USB extension modules 33 and two COM port extension modules 34; each USB expansion module 33 is provided with four USB interfaces 331, and each two USB interfaces 331 correspond to one input port 32. Each COM port expansion module 34 is provided with four COM ports 341, and each COM port 341 corresponds to one input port 32. The number of the control chips 23 is four, and the four control chips correspondingly and respectively control the outputs of the four transfer ports 22, and the four transfer ports 22 are respectively electrically connected to the two USB expansion modules 33 and the two COM port expansion modules 34. Each USB expansion module 33 is electrically connected to the adapter board 2 through two cables 4, that is, one end of each cable 4 is electrically connected to the adapter port 22, and the other end is electrically connected to two input ports 32 on the USB expansion module 33. Each COM port expansion module 34 is electrically connected to the patch panel 2 through four cables 4, that is, one end of each cable 4 is electrically connected to the patch port 22 at the same time, and the other end is electrically connected to four input ports 32 on the COM port expansion module 34.

It is understood that, in this alternative embodiment, the transit port 22 and the input port 32 each include a plurality of pins (pin pins), and the transit port 22 includes a larger number of pins than the input port 32, so that one end of the plurality of cables 4 can be electrically connected to the transit port 22 at the same time, and the other end is electrically connected to the plurality of input ports 32 on the extended IO module 3 respectively.

Specifically, the chassis 5 includes a sidewall 51, and the sidewall 51 includes a base region 511 and an extension region 512 located above the base region 511. The plurality of expansion brackets 30 are fixedly mounted to the expansion region 512. The basic IO interface 12 is located in the basic region 511, and the extended IO interface 31 is located in the extended region 512. The basic region 511 is provided with an opening corresponding to the basic IO interface 12, so as to expose the basic IO interface 12, so as to facilitate external connection of devices. The expansion area 512 is provided with an opening corresponding to the expansion IO interface 31, so that the expansion IO interface 31 is exposed, and external devices can be conveniently connected.

Preferably, as shown in fig. 4, 8 and 11, the extension bracket 30 is provided with a connecting hole 301, the extension area 512 is correspondingly provided with a through hole 5121, and the fixing of the extension bracket 30 and the sidewall 51 of the chassis 5 is realized by a locking screw passing through the connecting hole 301 and the through hole 5121.

Of course, the expansion bracket 30 may also be installed at other positions inside the chassis 5, and at this time, a knock-out hole structure is provided on the expansion area 512, so that when a greater number of expansion brackets 30 need to be installed, materials in the knock-out holes may be removed, so as to expose the expansion IO interfaces 31.

In summary, the industrial personal computer provided by the invention includes a case, a motherboard, a patch panel, a plurality of expansion brackets, and a plurality of expansion IO modules respectively installed on the plurality of expansion brackets, wherein the patch panel is electrically connected with the motherboard and the plurality of expansion IO modules, and the expansion IO modules are provided with a plurality of expansion IO interfaces. The invention adopts a modular design, separates the main board from the expanded IO module and realizes electrical connection through the adapter board, thereby realizing expansion of IO interfaces with different quantities and meeting the requirement of customizing the expanded IO interfaces by users. And because the extension IO interface of user's customization is realized through extension IO module, the structural arrangement of mainboard is relatively more fixed so, need not to change the structural layout of mainboard according to user's different IO interface demands to reduce the kind and the customization configuration of mainboard development, and then shorten development cycle and reduce development cost.

As described above, it will be apparent to those skilled in the art that various other changes and modifications can be made based on the technical solution and the technical idea of the present invention, and all such changes and modifications should fall within the protective scope of the appended claims.

Claims

1. An industrial personal computer is characterized by comprising a case (5), a main board (1), an adapter board (2), a plurality of expansion supports (30) and a plurality of expansion IO modules (3) which are respectively arranged on the expansion supports (30); the main board (1), the adapter board (2) and the plurality of expansion supports (30) are all positioned in the case (5), and the adapter board (2) is electrically connected with the main board (1) and the plurality of expansion IO modules (3);

be equipped with integrated IO interface on mainboard (1), integrated IO interface only includes basic IO interface (12), be equipped with several extension IO interface (31) on extension IO module (3).

2. The industrial personal computer as claimed in claim 1, wherein a slot (11) is arranged on the mainboard (1), a plug (21) is arranged at one end of the adapter plate (2), and the mainboard (1) is electrically connected with the adapter plate (2) by inserting the plug (21) into the slot (11);

the adapter plate (2) and the plurality of expansion IO modules (3) are electrically connected through a plurality of cables (4) respectively.

3. The industrial personal computer as claimed in claim 2, wherein a control chip (23) and a switching port (22) far away from one end of the plug (21) are arranged on the switching board (2), the control chip (23) is used for controlling the output of the switching port (22), and the switching port (22) can be electrically connected with a plurality of cables (4) simultaneously;

an input port (32) is arranged on the expansion IO module (3); one end of each cable (4) is electrically connected with the corresponding switching port (22), and the other end of each cable is electrically connected with the corresponding input port (32) of the corresponding expansion IO module (3), so that the switching board (2) is electrically connected with the corresponding expansion IO modules (3).

4. The industrial personal computer of claim 3, wherein the switching port (22) and the input port (32) each comprise a plurality of pins, and the number of the pins of the switching port (22) is greater than that of the input port (32), so that one end of the plurality of cables (4) is electrically connected with the switching port (22) at the same time, and the other end of the plurality of cables is electrically connected with the plurality of input ports (32) respectively.

5. The industrial personal computer of claim 1, wherein the basic IO interface (12) comprises AUDIO, RJ45, USB3.0 interface, USB2.0 interface, COM interface, VGA interface, and DC JACK.

6. The industrial personal computer according to claim 1, wherein the extended IO module (3) is a USB extended module (33), a COM port extended module (34), or a combination thereof; the expansion IO interface (31) is a USB interface (331) arranged on the USB expansion module (33) and a COM port (341) arranged on the COM port expansion module (34).

7. The industrial personal computer of claim 6, wherein the plurality of expansion IO modules (3) are two USB expansion modules (33) and two COM port expansion modules (34); the USB expansion module (33) is provided with four USB interfaces (331), and the COM port expansion module (34) is provided with four COM ports (341).

8. The industrial personal computer of claim 6, wherein the USB interface (331) is a USB3.0 interface.

9. The industrial personal computer of claim 1, wherein the case (5) comprises a sidewall (51), the sidewall (51) comprising a base region (511) and an extension region (512) located above the base region (511); a plurality of expansion brackets (30) are fixedly arranged on the expansion area (512); the basic IO interface (12) is located in the basic area (511), and the extended IO interface (31) is located in the extended area (512).

10. The industrial personal computer as claimed in claim 9, wherein a connecting hole (301) is formed in the extension bracket (30), a through hole (5121) is correspondingly formed in the extension area (512), and a locking screw penetrates through the connecting hole (301) and the through hole (5121) to fixedly mount the extension bracket (30) and the side wall (51).