CN115129330A

CN115129330A - Burning system and method for automatically adapting firmware

Info

Publication number: CN115129330A
Application number: CN202210641787.4A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 贾鹏飞
Original assignee: Zhejiang Fuyong Electronic Technology Co ltd
Current assignee: Zhejiang Fuyong Electronic Technology Co ltd
Priority date: 2022-06-08
Filing date: 2022-06-08
Publication date: 2022-09-30

Abstract

A burning system and method for automatically adapting firmware includes an input device, a communication card, and a test board. The test board is divided into an application layer, a function module layer, a process event layer, a protocol layer and a hardware driving layer from top to bottom according to hierarchical management on a program. The functional module division corresponding to the burning of the products with different models is the same, and the difference is a process event. And classifying the process events governed by each functional module according to the product model in the process event layer, and selecting the corresponding process events to burn according to the model by the test board so as to realize automatic adaptation and compatibility with any module. Before burning, the data to be burned is stored in the buffer RAM1, the burning data is divided into N parts, 1/N data is burnt into the module and stored in the buffer RAM2 each time, and CRC (cyclic redundancy check) values V1 and V2 of the RAM1 and the RAM2 are calculated while burning. The burning is not affected, and meanwhile, the calculation of V1 and V2 is completed by using the burning time, so that the verification efficiency and speed are improved, and the burning self-check is realized.

Description

Burning system and method for automatically adapting firmware

Technical Field

The invention relates to the technical field of electronic paper burning, in particular to a burning system and method for automatically adapting firmware.

Background

Electronic paper is also called digital paper. It is an ultra-thin and ultra-light display screen, i.e. a thin, soft and erasable display understood as paper. In the prior art, firmware burning of the electronic paper module is performed through a test board. The worker needs to transmit the information of the module to be burned to the test board through the data input device, and the test board burns the information into the product, such as a firmware burning method, device and related device disclosed in CN 202110997958.2.

However, modules of different models need different firmware to be downloaded to the test board, so that the problem of whether the firmware program is matched with the modules is involved, the manual determination is too troublesome, and when the firmware is burned in batches, errors are easy to occur, the damaged hardware is difficult to find quickly, and the maintenance is inconvenient. In addition, the verification of the burning data is generally to read the burning data for CRC verification after the burning is completed, so that the data needs to be read again, thereby increasing the burning time and affecting the burning efficiency.

Disclosure of Invention

In view of the above, the present invention provides a recording system and method for automatically adapting firmware to solve the above technical problems.

A burning system of automatic adaptive firmware comprises an input device, a communication card connected with the input device, and a plurality of test boards connected with the communication card. The input device is used for inputting and storing burning parameters of modules of different models, and the communication card is used as the input device and is connected with the test boards through the information transfer terminals of the test boards. The test board comprises a microprocessor and a hardware self-test module. The test board is provided with a plurality of detection points connected with the hardware self-checking module, the detection points detect voltages of different hardware, and the hardware self-checking module judges whether the voltages are in a normal range. The test board is divided into an application layer, a function module layer, a process event layer, a protocol layer and a hardware drive layer from top to bottom according to hierarchical management in a program, and the level is higher from top to bottom. The function module layer divides a control flow of burning application into several function modules, the function module layer schedules the process event layer, the division of the function modules corresponding to burning of products with different models is the same, the difference is process events, and the process events governed by each function module are classified according to the product models in the process event layer, so that the function modules schedule corresponding process events. The process event layer schedules the protocol layer and the hardware driver layer.

Furthermore, the communication card comprises a microcontroller, a USB interface and a communication card communication module, wherein the microcontroller receives the module type output from the test board, calls the burning parameters corresponding to the type from the input device according to the received module type and transmits the burning parameters to the test board.

Furthermore, one end of the communication card is connected with the input device through the USB interface, the other end of the communication card is respectively connected with the plurality of test boards through the communication card communication module, and the communication card communication module adopts a modbus/CAN bus communication or wireless communication mode.

Furthermore, the test board also comprises an analog power supply module for supplying power, a test board communication module connected with the communication card communication module, and the display driving module connected with the hardware self-checking module.

Furthermore, the test board communication module adopts a bus communication or wireless communication mode and is matched with the communication mode of the communication card communication module.

Furthermore, the burning system and the burning method for the automatic adaptive firmware further comprise a plurality of infrared code scanners connected with the test board, and the infrared code scanners read the model information of the module.

Further, the application layer is used for expanding the use of the test board and is burned into one application, the application layer schedules the function module layer, the protocol layer is a communication protocol and a special algorithm, and the protocol layer schedules the hardware driving layer.

A burning method of automatic adaptive firmware comprises the following steps:

s1: providing an input device, a communication card connected with the input device, a plurality of test boards connected with the communication card, and a plurality of infrared code scanners connected with the test boards, wherein the test boards comprise a microprocessor, and the test boards control the infrared code scanners to read the model information of the modules and send the model information to the communication card;

s2: the communication card obtains burning information data corresponding to the model from the input device and forwards the burning information data to the test board;

s3: the test board automatically matches the corresponding firmware to burn according to the model information;

s4: before burning, the microprocessor needs to open a buffer RAM1 for storing data to be burned, divides the burning data into N parts, burns 1/N data into the ROM space of the module IC each time, and calculates the CRC value V1 of the data in the buffer RAM1 while burning;

s5: after the 1/N data is burned, the microprocessor opens up a buffer RAM2, then reads out the/N data which are just burned in the ROM of the module IC and stores the/N data in the RAM2, then calculates a CRC check value V2 for the data in the buffer RAM2 when the next cycle of burning data is waited, and the cycle is repeated until the burning of the N parts of burning data is completed, and obtains the CRC check value V2 of the N parts of burning data;

s6: and comparing the CRC value V1 with the CRC value V2 accumulated by the N burning data to judge whether the burning is successful.

Further, in step S1, one of the test boards is connected to one of the infrared scanners and corresponds to one of the modules.

Compared with the prior art, the burning system of the automatic adaptive firmware divides the test board into an application layer, a function module layer, a process event layer, a protocol layer and a hardware driving layer according to the hierarchical management on the program from top to bottom. The functional module layer divides a burning control flow into a plurality of functional modules, the functional modules corresponding to the burning of products with different models are divided into the same functional modules, the process events are different, the process events governed by each functional module are classified according to the product models in the process event layer, the functional modules can conveniently schedule the corresponding process events, and the test board can select the corresponding process events to carry out burning according to the models during burning, so that automatic adaptation is realized, and any module is compatible. In addition, before burning, the burning method of the automatic adaptive firmware stores the data to be burned into the buffer RAM1 and divides the burning data into N parts, 1/N data is burned into the ROM space of the module IC each time, the CRC check value V1 of the data in the buffer RAM1 is calculated while burning, after the 1/N data is burned, one piece of buffer RAM2 opened by the microprocessor is opened, then the 1/N data which is just burned into the ROM of the module IC is read out and stored into the RAM2, the CRC check value V2 is calculated for the data in the buffer RAM2 when the next cycle of burning data is waited, the process is circulated until the burning of the N parts of burning data is completed, and the CRC check value V2 of the N parts of burning data is obtained. Therefore, burning is not affected, and meanwhile, the calculation of V1 and V2 is completed by using burning time, so that the verification efficiency and speed are improved, and burning self-check is realized.

Drawings

Fig. 1 is a schematic structural diagram of a recording system for automatically adapting firmware according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram of a communication card of the recording system of the auto-adaptive firmware of FIG. 1.

FIG. 3 is a schematic structural diagram of a test board of the recording system of the auto-adaptive firmware of FIG. 1.

FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram of a program level of a test board of the recording system of the auto-adaptive firmware of FIG. 1.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart illustrating a burning method of the auto-adaptive firmware of FIG. 1.

Detailed Description

Specific examples of the present invention will be described in further detail below. It should be understood that the description herein of embodiments of the invention is not intended to limit the scope of the invention.

Fig. 1 to 5 are schematic structural diagrams of a burning system of an auto-adaptive firmware and a method thereof according to the present invention. The burning system of the automatic adapting firmware comprises an input device 10, a communication card 20 connected with the input device 10, a plurality of test boards 30 connected with the communication card 20, and a plurality of infrared scanners 40 connected with the test boards 30. It is understood that the recording system and method for automatically adapting firmware may further include other functional modules, such as a control module, a storage module, and a transmission module, which are well known to those skilled in the art and will not be described herein again.

The input device 10 is used for inputting and storing the burning parameters of different modules, and can be called when needed. The input device 10 may be an input device such as a usb disk, a programmable input panel, or an upper computer, for inputting and storing the recording parameters of different types of modules.

The communication card 20 serves as an information transfer terminal between the input device 10 and the test board 30, and is used for calling data to implement multi-communication.

The communication card 20 includes a microcontroller 21, a USB interface 22, and a communication card communication module 23.

The microcontroller 21 is configured to receive the module type output from the test board 30, and call, according to the received module type, the burning parameter corresponding to the type from the input device 10 to transmit to the test board 30. One end of the communication card 20 is connected to the input device 10 through the USB interface 22, and the other end of the communication card is connected to the plurality of test boards 20 through the communication card communication module 23, so as to implement one-to-many communication. The communication card communication module 23 may adopt a modbus/CAN bus communication mode, or may adopt a bluetooth, WiFi, or 2.4g wireless communication mode.

The test board 30 includes a microprocessor 31, a test board communication module 32 connected to the communication card communication module 23, an analog power module 33 for supplying power, a hardware introspection module 34, and the display driving module 35 connected to the hardware introspection module 34.

The microprocessor 31 is a single chip microcomputer and is used for controlling the test board 30. The single chip is an integrated circuit chip, and integrates modules with multiple functions into one chip by using a very large scale integrated circuit technology, and as is well known, the single chip should have functional modules such as a central processing unit CPU, a read only memory ROM, an interrupt system, a timer/counter, an analog multiplexer, an a/D converter, and the like, so as to control the whole test board 30 to work, which should be the prior art, and will not be described herein again.

The test board communication module 32 can use bus communication or wireless communication, but should match the communication mode of the communication card communication module 23. Be equipped with a plurality of with the check point that hardware self-checking module 34 is connected on testing board 30, the voltage of different hardware is detected to the check point, whether hardware self-checking module 34 judges the voltage in normal range to show the testing result and show on display driver module 35, can the audio-visual concrete which hardware damages, the subsequent maintenance of being convenient for.

One of the test boards 30 is connected to one of the infrared scanners 40 and corresponds to one module. The infrared code scanner 40 is used for reading model information of the module, and specifically, the model is determined by scanning the two-dimensional code on the module. Then, the model information is sent to the communication card 20 through the test board communication module 32, the communication card 20 obtains the burning parameters of the product with the corresponding model from the database of the input device 10 according to the model, and then the burning parameters are forwarded to the test board 30 through the communication card communication module 23, and the test board 30 is burned.

In order to be compatible with any module, the test board 30 is divided into an application layer 310, a function module layer 320, a process event layer 330, a protocol layer 340, and a hardware driver layer 350 according to the hierarchical management. The higher the grade the higher.

The application layer 310 is used for expanding the usage of the test board, burning is only one application, other applications can be added to the application layer 310 to realize other functions, and the application layer 310 schedules the functional module layer 320.

The function module layer 320 divides the control flow of a burning application into several function modules, and the function module layer 320 schedules the process event layer 330. The functional module partitions corresponding to burning of products with different models are the same, the difference is a process event, the process events governed by each functional module are classified according to the product models in the process event layer 320, the functional modules can conveniently schedule the corresponding process events, and the process event layer 330 schedules the protocol layer 340 and the hardware driving layer 350. Therefore, after the communication board 20 forwards the burning parameters of the product with the corresponding model to the test board 30, the test board 30 selects the corresponding process event to burn according to the model, so as to realize automatic adaptation and compatibility with any module.

The protocol layer 340 is a communication protocol and a special algorithm, such as modbus/CAN wireless communication, USB driver protocol, CRC check algorithm, etc., and the protocol layer 340 schedules the hardware driver layer 350.

The hardware driver layer 350 is used to drive each hardware of the test board 30, for example, to drive a RAM/ROM space management driver to store and buffer the burning data during burning, and then, for example, to drive an a/D converter of the microprocessor 31 to convert an analog signal into a digital signal and transmit the digital signal to the hardware self-test module 34, that is, to convert an input voltage signal into an output digital signal, so that the hardware self-test module 34 detects whether each hardware is normal.

The invention provides a burning method for automatically adapting firmware, which comprises the following steps:

s1: an input device 10, a communication card 20 connected with the input device 10, a plurality of test boards 30 connected with the communication card 20, and a plurality of infrared scanners 40 connected with the test boards 30 are provided. The test board 30 includes a microprocessor 31. One of the test boards 30 is connected to one of the infrared scanners 40 and corresponds to one module. The test board 30 controls the infrared code scanner 40 to read the model information of the module, and sends the model information to the communication card 20.

S2: the communication card 20 obtains the burning information data corresponding to the model from the input device 10 and then forwards the burning information data to the test board 30.

S3: the test board 30 automatically matches the corresponding firmware for burning according to the model information.

S4: before burning, the microprocessor 31 needs to create a buffer RAM1 for storing data to be burned, divides the burning data into N parts, burns 1/N data into the ROM space of the module IC each time, and calculates the CRC check value V1 of the data in the buffer RAM1 while burning.

S5: after the 1/N data is burned, the microprocessor 31 opens up a buffer RAM2, then reads out the 1/N data which is just burned in the ROM of the module IC and stores the data in the RAM2, then calculates the CRC check value V2 for the data in the buffer RAM2 when the next cycle of burning data is waited, and the process is repeated until the burning of the N parts of burning data is completed, and obtains the CRC check value V2 of the N parts of burning data. Therefore, the burning is not influenced, and the calculation of V1 and V2 is completed by using the burning time.

Compared with the prior art, the burning system of the automatic adaptive firmware divides the test board 30 into an application layer 310, a function module layer 320, a process event layer 330, a protocol layer 340 and a hardware driver layer 350 according to the hierarchical management in the program. The function module layer 320 divides a burning control flow into several function modules, the division of the function modules corresponding to the burning of products with different models is the same, the difference is a process event, the process events governed by each function module are classified according to the product models in the process event layer 320, the function modules can conveniently schedule the corresponding process events, and the test board 30 can select the corresponding process events to burn according to the models during burning, so that automatic adaptation is realized, and any module is compatible. In addition, before burning, the burning method of the automatic adaptive firmware stores the data to be burned into the buffer area RAM1 and divides the burning data into N parts, 1/N data are burned into the ROM space of the module IC each time, the CRC check value V1 of the data in the buffer area of the RAM1 is calculated while burning, after the 1/N data are burned, the microprocessor 31 opens up a buffer area RAM2, then the 1/N data which are just burned into the ROM of the module IC are read out and stored into the RAM2, the CRC check value V2 is calculated for the data in the buffer area RAM2 when the next cycle of burning data is waited, and the process is circulated until the burning of the N parts of burning data is completed, and the CRC check value V2 of the N parts of burning data is obtained. Therefore, burning is not affected, and meanwhile, the calculation of V1 and V2 is completed by using burning time, so that the verification efficiency and speed are improved, and burning self-check is realized.

The above description is only for the purpose of illustrating the preferred embodiments of the present invention and is not to be construed as limiting the scope of the present invention, and any modifications, equivalents or improvements that are within the spirit of the present invention are intended to be covered by the following claims.

Claims

1. A burning system of automatic adaptive firmware is characterized in that: the burning system and the method thereof for the automatic adapting firmware comprise an input device, a communication card connected with the input device and a plurality of test boards connected with the communication card, wherein the input device is used for inputting and storing burning parameters of modules with different types, the communication card is used as an information transfer terminal of the input device and the test boards and is connected with the test boards, the test boards comprise a microprocessor and a hardware self-checking module, a plurality of detection points connected with the hardware self-checking module are arranged on the test boards, the detection points detect the voltage of different hardware, the hardware self-checking module judges whether the voltage is in a normal range, the test boards are divided into an application layer, a function module layer, a process event layer, a protocol layer and a hardware driving layer according to the hierarchical management in the program from top to bottom, the higher the level is when the test boards go up, the process event layer classifies the process events governed by each function module according to the product model so that the function modules schedule the corresponding process events, and the process event layer schedules the protocol layer and the hardware driving layer.

2. The system for burning auto-adaptive firmware as claimed in claim 1, wherein: the communication card comprises a microcontroller, a USB interface and a communication card communication module, wherein the microcontroller receives the module type output from the test board, calls the burning parameters corresponding to the type from the input device according to the received module type and transmits the burning parameters to the test board.

3. The burning system of automatically adapted firmware as claimed in claim 2, wherein: one end of the communication card is connected with the input device through the USB interface, the other end of the communication card is respectively connected with the plurality of test boards through the communication card communication module, and the communication card communication module adopts a modbus/CAN bus communication or wireless communication mode.

4. The system for burning automatically adapted firmware of claim 2, wherein: the test board also comprises an analog power supply module for supplying power, a test board communication module connected with the communication card communication module, and a display driving module connected with the hardware self-checking module.

5. The system for burning automatically adapted firmware of claim 4, wherein: the test board communication module adopts a bus communication or wireless communication mode and is matched with the communication mode of the communication card communication module.

6. The system for burning auto-adaptive firmware as claimed in claim 1, wherein: the burning system and the method for the automatic adaptive firmware further comprise a plurality of infrared code scanners connected with the test board, and the infrared code scanners read the model information of the modules.

7. The system for burning automatically adapted firmware of claim 1, wherein: the application layer is used for expanding the use of the test board and is burned into one application, the application layer schedules the function module layer, the protocol layer is a communication protocol and a special algorithm, and the protocol layer schedules the hardware driving layer.

8. A burning method of automatic adaptive firmware comprises the following steps:

s5: after 1/N data is burnt, a buffer area RAM2 is opened up by the microprocessor, then/N data which are just burnt in the ROM of the module IC are read out and stored in the RAM2, then a CRC check value V2 is calculated for the data in the buffer area RAM2 when the next cycle of burning data is waited, the cycle is repeated until N parts of burning data are burnt, and a CRC check value V2 of N parts of burning data is obtained;

9. The method of burning auto-adaptive firmware as claimed in claim 8, wherein: in step S1, one test board is connected to one infrared scanner and corresponds to one module.