CN214896578U - Optical module firmware downloading device - Google Patents
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The utility model discloses an optical module firmware downloading device, include: the lower carrier plate is provided with a socket group matched with the optical module; the microprocessor is arranged on the lower carrier plate, and a memory for storing the related configuration information of the firmware and the firmware data is arranged on the microprocessor; the USB interface is arranged on the lower carrier plate and used for downloading the relevant configuration information of the firmware and the firmware data from the upper computer; and the optical module carries out data communication through an interface group of the microprocessor.
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Technical Field
The utility model relates to a debugging device who uses under the optical module condition of dispatching from the factory. More specifically, the utility model relates to an optical module firmware download device that is used in the optical module condition of dispatching from the factory to burn its inside firmware.
Background
Before an optical module leaves a factory, it is usually necessary to burn operating data (i.e., optical module firmware data) and parameter configuration information (i.e., both the operating data and the configuration information are written in an MCU of the optical module) inside the optical module, so that the optical module leaving the factory can be directly put into use, and for the same optical module, secondary burning is also necessary for later program upgrade, which is called firmware download by a burning process person.
Currently, the firmware downloading method is to use a download board to connect to a computer, run firmware downloading software on the computer, and download the module firmware, so the resources required by a download station on the production line usually include: an operator, a computer, a test board; in the production process of the optical module, according to the requirements of continuous production and production efficiency improvement, the firmware downloading needs a plurality of downloading stations to meet the productivity requirement, so a plurality of operators, a plurality of computers and a plurality of test boards need to be configured, and the workflow of each test station comprises:
firstly, running and downloading software through a computer, loading a firmware hex file, and subpackaging the hex file;
writing the data after the hex file subpackage into a test board through a USB, wherein the test board is written into the MCU of the optical module through I2C;
therefore, in each practical work, the firmware needs to be downloaded through the USB of the test board by the cable transmission of the loaded firmware through the upper computer, the USB is transmitted to the microprocessor of the test board, the microprocessor converts the received signals and writes the converted signals into the MCU of the optical module through the I2C to complete the burning work, in the work flow, time is consumed in the data transmission from the USB to the test board, and each downloading station needs to be configured with a computer, so that the cost is high.
SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL
An object of the present invention is to solve at least the above problems and/or disadvantages and to provide at least the advantages which will be described later.
To achieve these objects and other advantages in accordance with the purpose of the invention, there is provided an optical module firmware downloading device including:
the lower carrier plate is provided with a socket group matched with the optical module;
the microprocessor is arranged on the lower carrier plate, and a memory for storing the related configuration information of the firmware and the firmware data is arranged on the microprocessor;
the USB interface is arranged on the lower carrier plate and used for downloading the relevant configuration information of the firmware and the firmware data from the upper computer;
the LCD display screen is in communication connection with the download board;
and the optical module carries out data communication through an interface group of the microprocessor.
Preferably, the set of sockets is configured to employ a socket assembly that is adaptable to a plurality of optical module package types;
the socket assembly is configured to adopt any one or combination of interfaces of optical modules of SFP, XFP, QSFP-DD, OSFP, CFP4 and CFP 2.
Preferably, the interface group is configured to include any one or more of I2C, SPI, C2, UART.
Preferably, a switch for switching the working state of the optical module firmware downloading device is arranged on the lower carrier plate.
Preferably, a FLASH memory in communication connection with the microprocessor is further arranged on the lower carrier plate.
The utility model discloses at least, include following beneficial effect: firstly, the utility model discloses a set up the display that cooperatees on the lower support plate to and set up the microprocessor of taking the memory, download firmware data and save in advance in microprocessor, directly download the firmware for the optical module through the lower support plate during operation, reduce the download time;
and secondly, the utility model discloses a set up the display screen on the lower support plate for show process data such as the parameter information of firmware download, download flow, the operating personnel of being convenient for looks over, and change the module after the download is accomplished, its can with download the board cooperation, directly replace the use of computer, practice thrift the cost.
Thirdly, the utility model discloses the interface of a plurality of model optical modules of integration on a download board for download the board can a plurality of optical modules of adaptation, and the adaptability of product is better.
Additional advantages, objects, and features of the invention will be set forth in part in the description which follows and in part will become apparent to those having ordinary skill in the art upon examination of the following or may be learned from practice of the invention.
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Fig. 1 is a schematic structural diagram of an optical module firmware downloading device according to an embodiment of the present invention.
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The present invention is further described in detail below with reference to the drawings so that those skilled in the art can implement the invention with reference to the description.
It will be understood that terms such as "having," "including," and "comprising," as used herein, do not preclude the presence or addition of one or more other elements or groups thereof.
It should be noted that in the description of the present invention, the terms indicating the orientation or the positional relationship are based on the orientation or the positional relationship shown in the drawings, and are only for convenience of describing the present invention and simplifying the description, and do not indicate or imply that the indicated device or element must have a specific orientation, be constructed in a specific orientation, and be operated, and thus should not be construed as limiting the present invention.
In the description of the present invention, unless otherwise explicitly specified or limited, the terms "mounted," "disposed," "sleeved/connected," "connected," and the like are to be construed broadly, such as "connected," which may be a fixed connection, a detachable connection, or an integral connection, a mechanical connection, an electrical connection, a direct connection, an indirect connection via an intermediate medium, or a connection between two elements, and those skilled in the art will understand the specific meaning of the terms in the present invention in a specific context.
Furthermore, in the present disclosure, unless explicitly stated or limited otherwise, a first feature may be "on" or "under" a second feature in direct contact with the first and second features, or in indirect contact with the first and second features through an intermediate. Also, a first feature "on," "over," and "above" a second feature may be directly or diagonally above the second feature, or may simply indicate that the first feature is at a higher level than the second feature. A first feature being "under," "below," and "beneath" a second feature may be directly under or obliquely under the first feature, or may simply mean that the first feature is at a lesser elevation than the second feature.
Fig. 1 shows an implementation form of an optical module firmware downloading device according to the present invention, which includes:
the optical module comprises a lower carrier plate 1, wherein a socket group 2 matched with the optical module is arranged on the lower carrier plate, and the microprocessor on the lower carrier plate can be in communication connection with the optical module through the socket group; the microprocessor 3 is arranged on the lower carrier plate, and a memory 4 for storing the related configuration information of the firmware and the firmware data is arranged on the microprocessor and is used for storing the configuration information downloaded by the firmware and the firmware data of the optical module; according to the scheme, the microprocessor with a memory stores the download information required by the optical module in advance so as to reduce the transfer time of data transmission in the burning process, and the microprocessor is used for driving and displaying information of an LCD (liquid crystal display) in actual work; an interface (I2C, SPI, C2, UART, etc.) for communicating with the MCU in the optical module; logic and download protocol for processing MCU download program in optical module; signals for identifying that an optical module is inserted into an MSA socket, and the like;
the USB interface 5 is arranged on the lower carrier plate and is used for downloading the relevant configuration information of the firmware and the firmware data from the upper computer, the USB interface is used as a transfer interface, and before operation, information needing burning can be stored in a memory in advance through a USB, namely the USB interface is used for receiving the configuration information downloaded by the firmware and the firmware data of the optical module;
the optical module firmware downloading device comprises an LCD (liquid crystal display) screen, the LCD screen is used for displaying the firmware version in the current firmware downloading plate, the type of a target MCU (microprogrammed control Unit), the packaging type of an optical module product, the communication form of an optical module downloading interface, the downloading mode (upgrading or downloading) of the optical module firmware, the state display of the firmware downloading process, the display of the firmware downloading time and other functions, the display screen is matched with the microprocessor to display corresponding parameter information, the process information belongs to the prior art, namely, the display screen on the original computer can also display related information;
the optical module is in data communication through an interface group 7 of the microprocessor and is used for finishing data communication between the optical module and the microprocessor in the download board through the interface group.
In another example, as shown in FIG. 1, the set of sockets is configured to employ a receptacle assembly 8 that is adaptable to a plurality of light module package types;
wherein, the socket assembly is configured to adopt any one or more interface combinations of optical modules of SFP, XFP, QSFP-DD, OSFP, CFP4 and CFP2, in the burning process of the prior art, different operating data and parameter information are usually required to be adopted according to different optical module models, and optical module products have SFP, XFP, QSFP28, QSFP-DD and the like according to the packaging forms, so optical modules of different packaging types need corresponding download boards, and the interface assembly of the optical module firmware download device in the scheme includes MSA sockets of multiple packaging types, such as one or more combinations of SFP/XFP/QSFP-DD/OSFP/CFP 4/CFP2, so that the download board can adapt to the download needs of optical modules of multiple specifications, has better adaptability, and effectively reduces the use data of the download boards, and controlling the cost.
In another example, the interface group is configured to include any one or more of I2C, SPI, C2, and UART, and in this structure, the interface group of the microprocessor performs data communication with the MCU in the optical module to adapt to communication modes of different optical modules, so that the interface group has better adaptability.
As shown in fig. 1, in another example, a switch 9 for switching the operating state of the optical module firmware downloading device is disposed on the lower carrier, and in practical use, the switch can control the power-on operation of each component in the device, and switch the power-on state of the device component, so as to prevent the lower carrier from being in a standby state for a long time.
In another example, as shown in fig. 1, a FLASH memory 10 communicatively connected to the microprocessor is further disposed on the download board, so that the download board has better expansibility later by integrating the FLASH memory on the download board, and the requirement of storage space during later upgrade of the device is ensured.
The workflow of this patent includes:
step one, an engineer configures information of product firmware, and writes optical module firmware into a memory in a firmware downloading device through a USB;
and step two, an operator can use the firmware download board to perform offline operation, burn operation is completed by plugging and unplugging a corresponding optical module, namely after the download board is plugged into the optical module, the microprocessor identifies a signal that the optical module is plugged into the MSA socket, so as to process the logic and download protocol of an MCU download program in the optical module according to the signal and drive the LCD to display related information, and the microprocessor communicates with the MCU in the optical module based on an interface group (I2C, SPI, C2, UART and the like) according to the processing condition to complete corresponding firmware download (burn) operation.
Based on this, the present invention has the following functions:
1) the method that the computer reads the firmware hex file is cancelled, the firmware is downloaded to the module through the computer, and the download time is shortened by directly downloading the firmware to the module through the download board.
By means of mode conversion, on one hand, time overhead between the USB of the computer and the test board can be saved. On the other hand, the data length of the USB-to-IIC communication protocol is influenced. A complete firmware needs to split very many USB to IIC packets. A large amount of time is consumed. The data packet splitting and the time overhead of converting the USB to the IIC can be well solved through the direct downloading of the download board.
2) In the downloading process, a computer is cancelled, and an LCD display screen is adopted to display firmware information, downloading state and downloading result.
When the operator uses the firmware downloading board, the operator does not need to use a computer, and only needs to insert the module into the seat corresponding to the downloading board, so that the firmware is automatically downloaded. The status of the downloading process, whether the downloading result is successful or not and the error code are displayed through an LCD display screen. The computer equipment resources can be saved.
3) The problem that a previous operator can only operate one downloading station is solved, one or more downloading plates are placed in front of one operator according to the capacity requirement without a computer after the downloading plates are used, the operator can operate the plurality of downloading plates only by plugging and unplugging modules, operation is simplified, and manual configuration is reduced.
4) And the engineering personnel configures the information of the product firmware and writes the optical module firmware into the firmware downloading device. The operator can use the firmware download board to perform offline operation.
The improved structure of the invention comprises:
the firmware downloading board program can be adapted to the firmware downloading interfaces of all products of the current company, the configuration is very flexible, the operation is simple, and the firmware downloading function of all products can be met.
From the effect of the feedback of the project department at present, the improvement effect is obvious, and the downloading man-hour is saved by about 2/3. For the larger firmware of the optical module firmware file, the more time is saved for downloading. Through the firmware downloading device, the downloading time can be shortened, equipment resources are reduced, the labor cost is reduced, the optical module is inserted into the MSA socket, the firmware is automatically downloaded, the operation is simple, and a plurality of firmware downloading devices can be operated by one person.
The invention also has the following expanding purposes:
1. at present, more and more company foundries are provided, and when the foundries need firmware downloading, firmware downloading boards can be configured for the foundries, so that the cost of technical butt joint communication can be saved. The debugging verification time and the stability and reliability of firmware downloading are reduced.
2. For the scene that the product at the client side needs to be upgraded with firmware to solve the problem, the firmware can be downloaded to the client side and automatically upgraded, so that the operation cost and the business trip cost are reduced. The aging cost, the logistics cost and the like caused by batch withdrawal are reduced.
3. For a scene that the client side needs to change the configuration of some registers, the download board can complete the automatic modification function of the module registers. The aging cost, the logistics cost and the like caused by batch withdrawal are reduced.
The above embodiments are merely illustrative of a preferred embodiment, but not limiting. When the utility model is implemented, the proper replacement and/or modification can be carried out according to the requirements of users.
The number of apparatuses and the scale of the process described here are intended to simplify the description of the present invention. Applications, modifications and variations of the present invention will be apparent to those skilled in the art.
While embodiments of the invention have been disclosed above, it is not intended to be limited to the applications listed in the specification and the examples. It can be applicable to various and be fit for the utility model discloses a field completely. Additional modifications will readily occur to those skilled in the art. The invention is therefore not to be limited to the specific details and illustrations shown and described herein, without departing from the general concept defined by the claims and their equivalents.
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1. A light module firmware downloading device, comprising:
the lower carrier plate is provided with a socket group matched with the optical module;
the microprocessor is arranged on the lower carrier plate, and a memory for storing the related configuration information of the firmware and the firmware data is arranged on the microprocessor;
the USB interface is arranged on the lower carrier plate and used for downloading the relevant configuration information of the firmware and the firmware data from the upper computer;
the LCD display screen is in communication connection with the download board;
and the optical module carries out data communication through an interface group of the microprocessor.
2. The optical module firmware download apparatus of claim 1, wherein the set of sockets is configured to employ a socket assembly that is adaptable to a plurality of optical module package types;
the socket assembly is configured to adopt any one or combination of interfaces of optical modules of SFP, XFP, QSFP-DD, OSFP, CFP4 and CFP 2.
3. The optical module firmware download device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the interface set is configured to include any one or more of I2C, SPI, C2, UART.
4. The optical module firmware downloading device of claim 1, wherein a switch for switching an operating state of the optical module firmware downloading device is disposed on the lower carrier.
5. The optical module firmware downloading device of claim 1, wherein a FLASH memory communicatively connected to the microprocessor is further disposed on the lower carrier.
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