JPH07319785A - Microcomputer development support system - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To eliminate the labor and time required for wiring of a signal cable connecting a computer and a development support device. CONSTITUTION:Radio equipments 2a to 2n are connected to computers 1a to in through signal cables 8a to 8n and interfaces, and radio equipments 3a to 3n are connected to development support devices 4a to 4n respectively through signal lines 9a to 9n. Computers 1a to 1n and development support devices 4a to 4n are connected through radio equipments 2a to 2n and 3a to 3n by radio waves. Programs generated in computers 1a to 1n are transferred to development support devices 4a to 4n through radio equipments 2a to 2n and 3a to 3n and are transferred from development support devices 4a to 4n to target systems 5a to 5n.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a microcomputer installed in a microcomputer system such as a robot (hereinafter, referred to as
It is called a microcomputer. ) Concerning a microcomputer development support system for developing a program.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, as a microcomputer development support system of this type, there is one shown in FIG. 6, for example. In the figure, this microcomputer development support system is composed of a plurality of computers 1a to 1n and a development support device 4, and the computers 1a to 1n are connected to the development support device 4 via signal cables 6a to 6n, respectively. Also,
The development support device 4 is connected via a signal line 7 to a target system (microcomputer system) 5 including a robot equipped with a microcomputer 51. Computers 1a-1
n is a program for the microcomputer 51, and the created program is RS-
The program is transferred to the development support apparatus 4 via an interface such as 232C and the execution state of the transferred program is monitored. At this time, the development support device 4 fetches the execution information of the program from the microcomputer 51 and transfers it to the computers 1a to 1n. The microcomputer development support system is actually arranged as shown in FIG. In the figure, the computer 1 is placed on a table, and a signal cable 6 is connected to the back surface of the computer 1 by a connector, and the computer 1 and the development support device 4 are connected by the signal cable 6. Further, the development support device 4 is mounted on the transfer robot 55 which is the target system 5, and is connected to the microcomputer 51 built in the transfer robot 55.

[0003]

However, the conventional microcomputer development support system described above has the following disadvantages because the computer 1 and the development support device 4 are connected by the signal cable 6. (A) The signal cable 6 needs to be extended from the back surface of the computer 1 and connected to the development support device 4. Since a plurality of cables for connecting to a display, a disk, etc. are also connected to the back of the computer 1,
These cables get in the way, and it takes time to connect the signal cable 6. (B) When jointly developing the target system 5,
Since it is necessary to connect many computers 1 to the development support device 4, it takes a lot of time and effort to connect the signal cable 6. (C) When the target system 55 is a moving body such as a robot or a rotating body, since the target system 5 moves, the signal cable 6 may be broken.

The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and an object of the present invention is to provide a microcomputer development support system in which the wiring of a signal cable connecting a computer and a development support device does not require any trouble.

[0005]

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the invention according to claim 1 is to provide a plurality of program development devices for developing a program for operating a microcomputer mounted in a microcomputer system, and the above-mentioned program. A microcomputer development support system comprising a plurality of development support devices for operating the above microcomputer and fetching program execution information from the above microcomputer to the above program development device. Is provided with a first wireless means connected via an interface, and each of the development support devices is provided with a second wireless means connected to the development support device. , With a predetermined program development device connected via the above interface A first frequency selection unit that selects the frequency of the carrier wave assigned to the transfer destination device when another program development device or / and a development support device of the transfer destination for transferring the data including the created program are designated. When,
A first transmitting unit for transmitting the data to the transfer destination device on the selected carrier wave; and program execution information from the development supporting device received from the second wireless means or / and another first wireless unit. A first receiving unit for transferring the above-mentioned data from another program development apparatus received from the means to a predetermined program development apparatus via an interface, and the second wireless means from the development support apparatus. When the program development device that transfers the execution information of the fetched program is designated, a second frequency selection unit that selects the frequency of the carrier wave assigned to the program development device and the execution information by the selected carrier wave. A second transmission unit for transmitting to the program development device, and the above-mentioned from the program development device received from the first wireless means The chromatography data is characterized by comprising a second reception unit for transferring to the aid device.

[0006]

According to the structure of the above invention, the program development device (computer) and the development support device are wirelessly connected by the first wireless means and the second wireless means. It does not take time to wire the cable between the development support device and the development support device.

[0007]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. Embodiment 1 FIG. 1 is a schematic configuration diagram of a microcomputer development support system according to a first embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a schematic configuration diagram of a wireless device on the computer side in the microcomputer development support system, and FIG. FIG. 3 is a schematic configuration diagram of a wireless device on the development support device side in the same microcomputer development support system. As shown in FIG. 1, this microcomputer development support system includes computers (program development devices) 1a to 1n, wireless devices 2a to 2n, wireless devices 3a to 3n, development support devices 4a to 4n, and a target system 5a. .About.5n. A plurality of computers 1a to 1n are provided, and a plurality of wireless devices 2a to 2n are provided in these computers 1a to 1n, respectively, and signal cables 8a to 8n and RS-.
It is connected through an interface such as 232C.
In addition, a signal line 9 is connected to each of the plurality of wireless devices 3a to 3n.
connected to the development support devices 4a-4n via a-9n,
Signal lines 7a to 7n are provided to the development support devices 4a to 4n, respectively.
The target systems 5a to 5n are connected via. The computers 1a to 1n are the target system 5
a program for operating the microcomputers 51a-51n mounted on a-5n (work such as coding, assembling, compiling, etc.) and fetching program execution information from the development support devices 4a-4n Debugging and simulating.

The radio devices 2a to 2n transmit data including programs created by the computers 1a to 1n to the development support devices 4a to 4n by radio waves via the radio devices 3a to 3n. At this time, for example, when transferring the created program from the computer 1a to the development supporting apparatus 4n, the ID code "004" of the development supporting apparatus 4n which is the transfer destination apparatus is designated from the keyboard of the computer 1a. The wireless devices 2a to 2n are connected to the development support devices 4a to 4n.
Receive program execution information from n. Further, since the wireless devices 2a to 2n can send and receive data to and from each other, for example, a program created by the computer 1a,
Data such as simulation results and program execution information can be exchanged with another computer 1n.

The wireless devices 3a to 3n are the computers 1a.
The programs created in 1 to 1n are received from the wireless devices 2a to 2n and transferred to the development support devices 4a to 4n. Also,
The program execution information fetched from the development support devices 4a-4n is transmitted to the wireless devices 2a-2n. The development support devices 4a to 4n use the program fetched from the computers 1a to 1n via the signal lines 7a to 7n to execute the microcomputer 51a.
Write to ~ 51n. Further, the microcomputers 51a to 51n are operated by the written program, the execution information of the program (information such as contents of each register for confirming the execution state of the program) is fetched, and the signal lines 9a to 9n are fetched.
To the wireless devices 3a to 3n.

The wireless devices 2a to 2n are each configured as shown in FIG. In the figure, the wireless device 2
Is a transmitter 2A, a receiver 2B, and an interface 21.
, Duplexer 24, frequency selection circuit 27, and control circuit 2
8, the transmission unit 2A includes a modulation circuit 22 and a transmission circuit 23, and the reception unit 2B includes a demodulation circuit 26 and a frequency selection circuit 27. The interface 21 is
For example, it is connected to the computer 1a via a signal cable 8a, sends the program and data created by the computer 1a to the modulation circuit 22 and the control circuit 28, and sends the execution information and data of the program demodulated by the demodulation circuit 26 to the signal. It is transferred to the computer 1a via the cable 8a. The modulation circuit 22 digitally phase-modulates a program or data created by the computer 1a with a carrier wave of the frequency selected by the frequency selection circuit 27, and sends it to the transmission circuit 23.

The transmission circuit 23 amplifies the signal subjected to digital phase modulation by the modulation circuit 22 and sends it to the duplexer 24. The duplexer 24 transmits the signal from the transmission circuit 23 to the other wireless devices 2a to 2n and the wireless devices 3a to 3n other than the own device via the antenna, and also to the other wireless devices 2a to 2n.
Also, a signal including program execution information and data from the wireless devices 3a to 3n is received and sent to the receiving circuit 25. The receiving circuit 25 takes out a signal of a predetermined frequency from the signal taken in from the duplexer 24 and sends it to the demodulation circuit 26.
The demodulation circuit 26 takes out program execution information and data from the signal taken out by the receiving circuit 25 and sends it to the interface 21. The frequency selection circuit 27 is, for example, 4
Several frequencies can be selected on the basis of 00 MHz, and a carrier of the instructed frequency is sent to the modulation circuit 22 according to an instruction from the control circuit 28.

The control circuit 28 takes out an ID code designating a data transfer destination device from, for example, the data of the computer 1a fetched from the interface 21, and instructs the frequency selecting circuit 27 to specify a carrier wave corresponding to the ID code. This ID code is predetermined for all of the computers 1a to 1n and the development support devices 4a to 4n, and each code can be identified by this code. Further, the control circuit 28 extracts the ID code from the data fetched from the demodulation circuit 26, confirms that the received data is the data for the computer connected to the own device, and if it is the data for the own device. Transfers the data to the computer via the interface 21, and does not transfer the data if the data is not data for the own device. Further, the control circuit 28 performs data access control and error control with the transfer destination device, and
The order of the transferred data is controlled according to the priority order.

On the other hand, each of the wireless devices 3a to 3n is constructed as shown in FIG. In the figure, the wireless device 3 includes a transmitter 3A, a receiver 3B, a duplexer 31,
Switching circuit 34, frequency selection circuit 37, and control circuit 38
And an ID code setting circuit 39, and the transmitter 3
A includes a modulation circuit 35 and a transmission circuit 36, and the reception unit 3B includes a reception circuit 32 and a demodulation circuit 33. The duplexer 31 transmits the signal from the transmission circuit 36 to the wireless devices 2a to 2n via the antenna, and the other wireless device 2a.
2n to receive a signal of data including a program created by a computer and send it to the receiving circuit 32.

The receiving circuit 32 takes out a signal of a predetermined frequency from the signal taken in from the duplexer 31, and demodulates the demodulating circuit 3
Send to 3. The demodulation circuit 33 takes out data including a program from the signal taken out by the receiving circuit 32 and sends it to the switching circuit 34. The switching circuit 34 includes a control circuit 38.
In response to this instruction, for example, the execution information of the program fetched from the development support device 4a is switched to the modulation circuit 35 and sent, and the data including the program from the demodulation circuit 33 is sent to the development support device 4a. The modulation circuit 35 is
The execution information of the program fetched from the development support device 4a is digitally phase-modulated with the carrier wave of the frequency selected by the frequency selection circuit 37 and sent to the transmission circuit 36. The transmission circuit 36 amplifies the signal subjected to digital phase modulation by the modulation circuit 35 and sends it to the duplexer 31. Frequency selection circuit 3
7 has a configuration in which several frequencies can be selected with 400 MHz as a reference, and sends a carrier wave of the instructed frequency to the modulation circuit 35 according to an instruction from the control circuit 38.

The control circuit 38 takes out the ID code from, for example, the development support device 4a fetched from the switching circuit 34, and instructs the frequency selection circuit 37 to select a carrier wave corresponding to the ID code. Further, the control circuit 38 extracts the ID code from the data fetched from the demodulation circuit 33, confirms that the data is to the development support device 4a connected to the own device, and if it is the data for the development support device 4a. Transfers the data to the development support device 4a via the signal line 9a, and if the data is not for the development support device 4a, the data is not transferred. further,
The control circuit 38 performs access control and error control of data with the transfer destination device, and also performs order control of fetching the transferred data according to the priority order. The ID code setting circuit 39 presets the ID code of the transfer destination device to which the data including the program execution information is transferred by using a switch or the like. For example, when specifying the ID code "001",
It is set to transfer data including program execution information to the computer 1a.

Next, the transmission / reception control operation of the wireless device in this microcomputer development support system will be described. Figure 4
Is a flowchart showing a transmission control operation of the wireless device, and FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing a reception control operation of the wireless device. First, when transmitting the program created by the computer 1a of FIG. 1 to the development support device 4n, the ID code "003" of the development support device 4n is designated by the keyboard of the computer 1a. The data transferred from the computer 1a to the wireless device 2a via the signal line 8a is transmitted to the modulation circuit 22 via the interface 21 of the wireless device 2a.
Is taken into. The control circuit 28 uses the interface 21.
The ID code “003” indicating the transfer destination device of the data is taken out from the device (step S10), and the ID code “00” is acquired.
The frequency assigned to the development support apparatus 4a corresponding to "3", for example, 450 MH is selected by the frequency selection circuit 27 (step S11). The modulation circuit 22 transmits the data including the program created by the computer 1a on the carrier wave of the frequency to the wireless device 3n connected to the development support device 4n (step S12).

On the other hand, in the wireless device 3n, the receiving circuit 32 takes in a signal of data including the program created by the computer 1a via the duplexer 31, and the demodulating circuit 33 demodulates the signal to take out the data. Control circuit 38
Extracts the ID code from the data, confirms that the data transmitted based on this ID code is the data to the own device, and then further identifies the sender device.
The code, for example, "001" is taken out (step S2
0). Then, it is specified from which device the transmitted data is transferred (step S).
21). Then, after the computer 1a is identified from the ID code "001", it is fetched from the data from the computer having the highest priority (step S22). That is, when data is transmitted from a plurality of computers almost at the same time, reception of data transmitted from a computer having a high priority is prioritized. Of course, computer 1a
In the case of only, the data of the computer 1a is received.
Then, the data including the program demodulated by the demodulation circuit 33 is transferred to the development support device 4n via the switching circuit 34 and the signal line 9a (step S23).

Next, the development support device 4n transfers the data including the program to the microcomputer 51n of the target system 5n to extract the execution information of the program, and the wireless device 3
n and the wireless device 2a to the computer 1a. The transmission operation and the reception operation by the wireless device 3a and the wireless device 2a in this case are as described above. Further, for example, the operation of transmitting and receiving the data between the computer 1a and the computer 1n via the wireless device 2a and the wireless device 2n is also as described above. According to the configuration of this embodiment, the computers 1a to 1n and the development support devices 4a to 4n.
Since the wireless devices 2a to 2n and the wireless devices 3a to 3n are connected to each other wirelessly, it does not take time and effort to wire a cable between the computer and the development support device. Further, since the computer and the other computer are also connected wirelessly, there is no need to wire a cable between the computers, which is suitable for joint development.

The embodiment of the present invention has been described in detail above with reference to the drawings. However, the specific structure is not limited to this embodiment, and there are design changes and the like within the scope not departing from the gist of the present invention. Also included in the present invention. For example, in the above-described embodiments, the computer has been described as the device for developing the program, but the invention is not limited to this, and a measuring device capable of creating a program may be used. In addition, the interface connecting the computer and the wireless device is RS-2.
Not limited to 32C, GP-IB or Ethernet may be used. In addition, the frequency band used by the wireless device is 4
Not only 00 MHz but also 1.2 GHz band or other frequency band may be used.

[0020]

As described above, according to the configuration of the present invention, the program development apparatus and the development support apparatus are connected by the first wireless means and the second wireless means. Wiring of the cable between the program development device and the development support device does not take time. Further, since a predetermined program development apparatus and another program development apparatus can be connected to each other by the first wireless means of the other apparatuses, it does not take time and effort to connect the program development apparatuses to each other.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a schematic configuration diagram of a microcomputer development support system according to a first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a schematic configuration diagram of a wireless device on the computer side in the microcomputer development support system.

FIG. 3 is a schematic configuration diagram of a wireless device on the development support device side in the microcomputer development support system.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing a reception control operation of the microcomputer development support system.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing a transmission control operation of the microcomputer development support system.

FIG. 6 is a schematic configuration diagram of a conventional microcomputer development support system.

FIG. 7 is a diagram showing a specific arrangement of the microcomputer development support system.

[Explanation of symbols]

1a to 1n Computer (program development device) 2,2a to 2n Wireless device (first wireless means) 3,3a to 3n Wireless device (second wireless means) 2A transmitter (first transmitter) 2B receiver (First receiving unit) 3A transmitting unit (second transmitting unit) 3B receiving unit (second receiving unit) 4a to 4n Development support device 21 Interface 27 Frequency selection circuit (first frequency selection unit) 28 Control circuit (First Frequency Selector) 37 Frequency Selector (Second Frequency Selector) 38 Control Circuit (Second Frequency Selector)

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A plurality of program development devices for developing a program for operating a microcomputer mounted in a microcomputer system, the program operating the microcomputer, and fetching program execution information from the microcomputer to execute the program. In a microcomputer development support system composed of a plurality of development support devices transferred to a development device, each of the program development devices is provided with a first wireless means connected via an interface, and the development support device is also provided. Second wireless means connected to each of the development support devices, and the first wireless means includes data including a program created by a predetermined program development device connected via the interface. Other programs at the transfer destination When a system development device or / and a development support device is designated, a first frequency selection unit for selecting a frequency of a carrier wave allocated to the transfer destination device, and the transfer destination device for transferring the data by the selected carrier wave. And a program execution information from the development supporting device received from the second wireless means, and / or
And a first receiving unit that transfers the data received from the other program developing apparatus from the other first wireless means to a predetermined program developing apparatus via an interface, and the second wireless unit. The means is, when a program development device that transfers the execution information of the program fetched from the development support device is designated, a second frequency selection unit that selects the frequency of the carrier wave assigned to the program development device, and is selected. A second transmission unit that transmits the execution information to the program development device on the carrier wave, and a second reception unit that transfers the data from the program development device received from the first wireless means to the development support device. A microcomputer development support system characterized by comprising: