CN211684680U

CN211684680U - Charging controller and charging equipment

Info

Publication number: CN211684680U
Application number: CN201921988464.2U
Authority: CN
Inventors: 刘晓民; 周斌; 丁晓伟; 肖攀; 杨延志; 杜岩平; 侯晓颖; 刘维新; 常振明; 邓世卿; 孙建宇; 高攀
Original assignee: Beijing Huashang Sanyou New Energy Technology Co Ltd
Current assignee: Beijing Huashang Sanyou New Energy Technology Co Ltd
Priority date: 2019-11-15
Filing date: 2019-11-15
Publication date: 2020-10-16
Anticipated expiration: 2029-11-15

Abstract

The utility model discloses a charge controller and battery charging outfit. The charging controller comprises a main control unit and an expansion board, wherein the main control unit comprises a main control board and a core board, and the main control unit is used for providing a first control function; the expansion board is connected with the main control board and used for providing a second control function. The utility model provides a low, the control unit function redundancy of charging controller integrated level, expansibility poor, hardware are with high costs among the correlation technique, one set of controller is difficult to satisfy the technical problem of different grade battery charging outfit demands.

Description

Charging controller and charging equipment

Technical Field

The utility model relates to a charge controller field particularly, relates to a charge controller and battery charging outfit.

Background

At present, the electric vehicle charging industry has also reached a new stage of high-speed development, hundreds of flowers are all around, hundreds of families strive for, the charging equipment of different manufacturers has different topological types, the charging equipment of our company is no exception, and the charging equipment has the types of a single-gun all-in-one machine, a double-gun single-pile split machine, a multi-split machine and the like, so that the types of the charging controllers in the charging equipment are various, starting from the charging controller, the purposes of simplifying the structure, optimizing the configuration, saving the cost and facilitating the maintenance are achieved, and the following problems are mainly solved.

1) Most of the charging and the human-computer interaction of the controller are relatively independent, some functions are overlapped, the integration level is low, the two controllers are usually communicated by adopting an electric wiring connection, and signals are easily interfered;

2) one set of controllers cannot meet the requirements of charging equipment in different levels, and different charging controllers are required to be configured for charging systems in different levels, so that the topological types of the chargers are various and the chargers are inconvenient to maintain;

3) two sets of main control boards are mostly adopted in the double-gun system, so that the hardware board card has redundant functions, poor expansibility and high hardware cost.

Therefore, the existing electric vehicle charging equipment controller has the problems of low integration level, redundant functions of all control units, poor expansibility, high hardware cost and incapability of meeting the requirements of charging equipment of different grades (high and low ends) by one set of controller.

In view of the above problems, no effective solution has been proposed.

SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL

The embodiment of the utility model provides a charge controller and battery charging outfit to solve at least among the correlation technique charge controller integrated level low, the control unit function redundancy, expansibility poor, hardware are with high costs, and one set of controller is difficult to satisfy the technical problem of different grades of battery charging outfit demands.

According to an aspect of the embodiments of the present invention, there is provided a charging controller, including a main control unit and an expansion board, wherein the main control unit includes a main control board and a core board, and the main control unit is configured to provide a first control function; the expansion board is connected with the main control board and used for providing a second control function.

Optionally, the main control unit has a first expansion interface, the expansion board has a second expansion interface, and the first expansion interface is connected to the second expansion interface.

Optionally, the core board is connected to the main control board in a connector manner.

Optionally, the data transmission between the core board and the main control board adopts CAN communication.

Optionally, the main control unit further includes an electricity meter module, a card reader module, and a 4G module, and at least one of the electricity meter module, the card reader module, and the 4G module is connected in series with the main control board or connected in series with the core board.

Optionally, the core board comprises at least one of: display screen, ethernet module, voice module, ESAM module, USB module.

Optionally, the first control function comprises at least one of: the system comprises charging control guidance, output electric signal acquisition, insulation detection control, heat dissipation system control, CAN communication, RS485 communication, DO control and DI acquisition.

Optionally, the second control function comprises at least one of: the system comprises charging control guidance, output electric signal acquisition, insulation detection control, CAN communication, RS485 communication, DO control and DI acquisition.

According to the utility model discloses on the other hand, still provide a battery charging outfit, including charge controller, charge controller is anyone of the aforesaid charge controller.

Optionally, the charging device is a charging pile.

In the embodiment of the present invention, the charging controller includes a main control unit expansion board, the main control unit includes a main control board and a core board, and the main control unit is used for providing a first control function; the expansion board with the main control board is connected, the expansion board is used for providing the second control function, through with main control board and nuclear core plate integration to the main control unit, recycle the expansion board of being connected with the main control board, realize two mouthful of charging control, reached the purpose that one set of charge controller satisfied different grade (high, low end) battery charging outfit's demand to each control unit function is concentrated in having realized battery charging outfit, cost reduction, the convenient technological effect of maintenance, and then solved among the correlation technique charge controller integrated level low, control unit function redundancy, the expansibility is poor, the hardware cost is high, one set of controller is difficult to satisfy the technical problem of different grade battery charging outfit demands.

Drawings

The accompanying drawings, which are included to provide a further understanding of the invention and are incorporated in and constitute a part of this application, illustrate embodiment(s) of the invention and together with the description serve to explain the invention without undue limitation to the invention. In the drawings:

fig. 1 is a schematic structural diagram of a charge controller according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Detailed Description

It should be noted that the embodiments and features of the embodiments in the present application may be combined with each other without conflict. The present invention will be described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings in conjunction with embodiments.

In order to make the technical solutions better understood by those skilled in the art, the technical solutions in the embodiments of the present application will be clearly and completely described below with reference to the drawings in the embodiments of the present application, and it is obvious that the described embodiments are only partial embodiments of the present application, but not all embodiments. All other embodiments, which can be derived by a person skilled in the art from the embodiments given herein without making any creative effort, shall fall within the protection scope of the present application.

It should be noted that the terms "first," "second," and the like in the description and claims of this application and in the drawings described above are used for distinguishing between similar elements and not necessarily for describing a particular sequential or chronological order. It should be understood that the data so used may be interchanged under appropriate circumstances such that embodiments of the application described herein may be used. Furthermore, the terms "comprises" and "comprising," and any variations thereof, are intended to cover a non-exclusive inclusion, such that a system, article, or apparatus that comprises a list of elements is not necessarily limited to those elements explicitly listed, but may include other elements not expressly listed or inherent to such system, article, or apparatus.

Example 1

Fig. 1 is a schematic structural diagram of a charge controller according to an embodiment of the present invention; as shown in fig. 1, the charging controller includes a main control unit 10, and an expansion board 20, the main control unit 10 includes a main control board 30 and a core board 40, and the main control unit 10 is configured to provide a first control function; the expansion board 30 is connected to the main control board 10, and the expansion board 30 is used to provide a second control function.

The embodiment of the utility model provides an in, through integrated main control unit to main control board and nuclear core plate, recycle the expansion board of being connected with the main control board, realize two mouthful charging control, the purpose that one set of charge controller satisfies different grades (high, the low side) battery charging outfit's demand has been reached, thereby realized that each the control unit function in the battery charging outfit is concentrated, and cost reduction, maintain convenient technological effect, and then it is low to have solved the charge controller integrated level among the correlation technique, the control unit function is redundant, the expansibility is poor, the hardware is with high costs, one set of controller is difficult to satisfy the technical problem of different grades of battery charging outfit demands.

The existing charging equipment has various topological types, for example, the types of double guns are various, for example, a double-gun all-in-one machine, a split machine with 2 types and a double-gun split machine result in various types of internal charging controllers, and the functions of all controllers are redundant, so that the cost of a charger is increased, the software versions are multiple, and the maintenance is inconvenient. In order to realize the standardization of the charging equipment, the function concentration of the charging controller, the reduction of software versions and the convenience in maintenance, the charging controller at least comprises a main control unit and an expansion board, so that the function concentration of each control unit in the charging equipment is realized, the cost is reduced, and the maintenance is convenient.

Wherein, above-mentioned main control Unit includes main control board and core board, namely with main control board and core board's function integration to the main control Unit on, wherein, main control board and core board can set up corresponding little control Unit (MicroController Unit, MCU for short) according to the demand and use in order to realize the control of different scenes. For example, the charging controller adopts dual-core control, the main control board adopts ARM3 for charging logic control, and the core board adopts ARM7 for man-machine interaction, metering charging, cloud communication and the like.

The main control unit can be used for a single-gun integrated or split system, such as a double-gun system. The main control unit is connected with the expansion board, namely, one charging interface can be provided for the main control unit, the expansion board can provide another charging interface, double-port direct current signal acquisition, BMS communication, input amount detection and output amount control are achieved, and therefore double-port charging is achieved.

In addition, in the related art, two sets of main control boards are mostly adopted in the dual-gun system, so that the hardware board card has redundant functions, poor expansibility and high hardware cost, in the embodiment of the application, the controller adopts one set of main control board (equivalent to a main control unit), and then the connected expansion board is utilized, so that the single-gun and dual-gun charging systems can be realized through simple configuration and collection of all units in the controller, and the requirements of different types and different customers are realized through free configuration and cutting of all units in the controller. The method is suitable for single-gun all-in-one machines, double-gun all-in-one machines, one-pile double-gun split machines and the like, the functional division of each functional unit is clear and not overlapped, the configuration is flexible, and the hardware cost is reduced.

The charging controller can meet the requirements of different types and different customers through configuration or cutting of different units, and the whole charging process can be realized by the main control unit for a single gun system; and for the double-gun system, the double-gun charging can be realized only by connecting the main control unit with the expansion board, so that the defects of high cost, inconvenient maintenance and the like caused by the fact that two sets of main control units are needed for double guns are overcome.

Optionally, the core board is connected with the main control board in a connector manner.

The above-mentioned connector mode mainly adopts the connector, and this connector includes: the connector and the socket can connect the core board with the main control board through the connector. Because nuclear core plate and main control board are connected with the connector mode, have also realized the detachable connected mode promptly, can effectively simplify the assembly flow of charge controller, be convenient for maintain with subsequent components and parts upgrading.

The charging controller integrates related functions of human-computer interaction, metering and charging, pile cloud communication and the like and related functions of the charging control part into one unit, and the two parts perform data interaction in a circuit board in a CAN communication mode, so that high integration of a core unit is realized, and signal interference caused by connection of the charging control unit and the human-computer interaction unit through electric wiring in the market is reduced.

The main control unit is provided with an ammeter module, a card reader module and a 4G module, wherein the ammeter module is used for metering and charging, the card reader module is used for card reader communication, and the 4G module is used for pile cloud communication. It should be noted that any one of the functional modules may be connected in series with the main control board or the core board, where the series connection is implemented in a skip-resistor manner. For example, if the ammeter module is connected with the main control board, then can realize the measurement charging through the main control board, if the ammeter module is connected with nuclear core plate, then can realize the measurement charging through nuclear core plate, just so can realize that above-mentioned module corresponds the function, both can realize by the main control board, can realize again at nuclear core plate, the multiplexing of main control board with nuclear core plate has been accomplished, in the application scene that does not need the high-end charging system of nuclear core plate, can also realize the flow of charging through the multiplexing of main control board to relevant function, satisfy low end battery charging outfit's demand. Therefore, the mode can meet the requirements of charging equipment of different grades.

In a specific implementation, the core board includes, but is not limited to, a display screen, an ethernet module, a voice module, an ESAM module, a USB port module, and the like. The core board can realize different functions through different functional modules, and man-machine interaction and the like are facilitated. For example, the display screen is used to display parameters related to the charge control device; the Ethernet module can be used for background communication, debugging programs and the like; the voice module is used for realizing the functions of receiving, identifying, playing voice and the like; the ESAM module is an embedded safety communication module and is used for realizing the safety storage of data, the encryption and decryption of the data, the identification and authentication of identity and the like; and a USB module providing a USB interface for transmitting data and the like.

As an alternative embodiment, the main control unit includes, but is not limited to, the following functional modules: the charging control guidance module is used for charging control guidance, and the charging control guidance is used for guiding a user to perform corresponding charging operation and the like; the output electric signal acquisition module is used for acquiring output voltage and current; the insulation detection control module is used for realizing insulation detection control; the cooling system control module is used for realizing the control of the cooling system; the CAN communication module is used for realizing CAN communication; the RS485 communication module is used for realizing RS485 communication; the DO control module is used for realizing DO control; and the DI acquisition module is used for realizing DI acquisition.

An alternative embodiment of the invention is described below.

As an optional embodiment, the charging controller adopts dual cores (an a core and an M core) for control, the a core is responsible for human and interaction, metering and charging, pile cloud communication and the like, the M core is responsible for charging logic control, the whole set of controller consists of an a core board, an M core main control board and an expansion board, the a core board is installed on the M core main control board in a connector assembly mode, and the two complete data interaction in a circuit board in a CAN communication mode. The main control unit formed by the core A and the core M can be used for a single-gun integrated or split system, if the main control unit is applied to a double-gun system, the main control unit is connected with an expansion board, A, B double-port direct current signal acquisition, BMS communication, input quantity detection and output quantity control are achieved, and therefore double-port charging is completed.

The charging controller integrates man-machine interaction, metering and charging control into a whole, has high integration level, simplifies electrical design and reduces wiring and interference caused by the wiring; certain functions, such as metering and charging, pile cloud communication, card reader communication and the like, realize the multiplexing of the A core and the M core in design, and can meet the requirements of charging equipment in different levels; in addition, the requirements of different models and different customers are realized through the free configuration and cutting of each unit in the controller. The method is suitable for single-gun all-in-one machines, double-gun all-in-one machines, one-pile double-gun split machines and the like, the functional division of each functional unit is clear and not overlapped, the configuration is flexible, and the hardware cost is reduced.

Example 2

According to the utility model discloses on the other hand, still provide a battery charging outfit, including charge controller, charge controller is the charge controller of any one of the aforesaid.

Optionally, the charging device is a charging pile.

The above embodiment numbers of the present invention are only for description, and do not represent the advantages and disadvantages of the embodiments.

In the above embodiments of the present invention, the descriptions of the respective embodiments have respective emphasis, and for parts that are not described in detail in a certain embodiment, reference may be made to the related descriptions of other embodiments.

In the embodiments provided in the present application, it should be understood that the disclosed technology can be implemented in other ways. The above-described embodiments of the apparatus are merely illustrative, and for example, the division of the units may be a logical division, and in actual implementation, there may be another division, for example, multiple units or components may be combined or integrated into another system, or some features may be omitted, or not executed. In addition, the shown or discussed mutual coupling or direct coupling or communication connection may be an indirect coupling or communication connection through some interfaces, units or modules, and may be in an electrical or other form.

The units described as separate parts may or may not be physically separate, and parts displayed as units may or may not be physical units, may be located in one place, or may be distributed on a plurality of units. Some or all of the units can be selected according to actual needs to achieve the purpose of the solution of the embodiment.

In addition, functional units in the embodiments of the present invention may be integrated into one processing unit, or each unit may exist alone physically, or two or more units are integrated into one unit. The integrated unit can be realized in a form of hardware, and can also be realized in a form of a software functional unit.

The foregoing is only a preferred embodiment of the present invention, and it should be noted that, for those skilled in the art, a plurality of modifications and decorations can be made without departing from the principle of the present invention, and these modifications and decorations should also be regarded as the protection scope of the present invention.

Claims

1. The charging controller is characterized by comprising a main control unit and an expansion board, wherein the main control unit comprises a main control board and a core board, and the main control unit is used for providing a first control function; the expansion board is connected with the main control board and used for providing a second control function, wherein the main control unit provides one charging interface, and the expansion board provides the other charging interface; the core board is connected with the main control board in a connector mode.

2. The charging controller of claim 1, wherein the main control unit has a first expansion interface, the expansion board has a second expansion interface, and the first expansion interface is connected to the second expansion interface.

3. The charge controller of claim 1, wherein data transmission between the core board and the master board employs CAN communication.

4. The charge controller of claim 1, wherein the master control unit further comprises an electricity meter module, a card reader module, and a 4G module, at least one of the electricity meter module, the card reader module, and the 4G module being connected in series with the master control board or in series with the core board.

5. The charge controller of claim 1, wherein said core board comprises at least one of: display screen, ethernet module, voice module, ESAM module, USB module.

6. The charge controller of any of claims 1 to 5, wherein the first control function comprises at least one of: the system comprises charging control guidance, output electric signal acquisition, insulation detection control, heat dissipation system control, CAN communication, RS485 communication, DO control and DI acquisition.

7. The charge controller of any of claims 1 to 5, wherein the second control function comprises at least one of: the system comprises charging control guidance, output electric signal acquisition, insulation detection control, CAN communication, RS485 communication, DO control and DI acquisition.

8. A charging apparatus comprising a charging controller, characterized in that the charging controller is the charging controller of any one of claims 1 to 7.

9. The charging apparatus of claim 8, wherein the charging apparatus is a charging post.