TWI222827B - A changeable communication module apparatus - Google Patents

Abstract

A changeable communication module apparatus comprises a master board and a slave board, in which the master board is installed with the necessary components that makes the wireless communication card operating and is selective and configurable for the module interface. Besides, the slave board is a modular add-on card with different functionality. The technique of the invention is characterized by providing the master board module with identical wireless communication function capable of changing different slave board module in terms of demand and letting the master board module determine to read the control data on the master board or on the slave board by means of the plug-n-play action of the slave board.

Description

1222827 V. Description of the invention (l) The technical field to which the invention belongs The present invention relates to a multi-conversion communication module and a basic wireless communication unit that can be used, especially a device that can be used, and can be used as required Conversion to different modes = multiple different functions. With the advancement of technology, the transmission mode of information, the mode of transmission over the wire, and the advancement to the wireless transmission mode = ^ has the convenience of carrying and transmitting data. This also makes people more and more close. 'Using wireless technology': distance is also a specific point for data transmission and access limitations (for example, restaurants, mountains, seaside, etc.), "; Any place (for example, on an airplane or a train) ^ In the mobile state, 'big ^' increases the convenience of long-distance communication and data exchange. It is used for the purpose of transmission in poor water. For wireless communication, Includes digital mobile phones, mobile phones, green kappa, and flat season cranes: unieatiQns (GSM), General Packet Radio Service (GpRS), Bluetooth (Bluetoot ^ i), and wireless networks (Wireless Un) and so on. Existing wireless communication cards that are known for wireless transmission are often used in portable computers ^ PDA's / ϋσ as expansion devices for wireless transmission, so that they can be connected to the Internet through a wireless connection system. The conventional portable wireless communication cartoon crane sets all necessary components, such as a wireless communication module (for example, GSM, GPRS, wireless network, or Bluetooth wireless, etc.), on a motherboard.

1222827 V. Description of the invention (2) (mother board) module, and use a special Compact Flash interface) The functions connected to other systems are often limited to the original class installed on it, due to different interfaces Unable to connect or must be able to complete the function of the device, resulting in inconvenience or ^ 疋 connection interface (for example, the only type of wireless communication card line communication module increases the cost of using a PC or PDA. Summary of the invention A variety of different functions. The present invention has the basic features of a wireless card, and the control on the board is based on the board to control the daughter board and the parent data or the daughter board. The purpose of the present invention is to provide A multi-transformation and function-modulated daughter board is used to add a communication module device. The component components indicated on the motherboard of the daughter board can be borrowed from the information provided by the present invention or used in the present invention. A multiplexer reads the control on the connector board to increase the mother board that will communicate with the target cost as much as possible, and one is a plug-in connector that can be used without the daughter board. The multi-variable controller (mu 11 i) on the daughter board points to the plug-in action on the daughter card to generate data. And there are wireless communication cards that refer to the following system by modularizing the component components The module device includes a daughter board that can be connected to this motherboard, and a modularized additional pull operation that is changed in accordance with the requirements to decide to read the master data. The communication module device is replaced, in which the mother function controller ). This multiplexing controller can choose to read the control on the motherboard by having different functions through the functions of the module motherboard. The method is further explained,

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This does not limit the foregoing disclosure of the invention. Those who are familiar with the present invention can make some improvements and modifications, but still do not depart from the scope of the present invention. ^ Embodiments The purpose and effects of the present invention are described in detail below with reference to the drawings. . Refer to:-Figure, which is a schematic diagram of a multi-conversion communication module device according to the present invention. The multi-conversion communication module device of the present invention includes a main board (1) and a daughter board (2), wherein the main board (1) is further configured with a plurality of

Components, including at least: a multiplex controller (1 丨), an electronic rewritable program, read-only memory (EleCtricaily Erasable Pr〇grammg: ble Read

Only Memory (PPROM) (12), an SSD device bridge chip (socHd Static Disk device bridge chip) (13), a wireless communication module (14), and a connector a (15). Among them, the multiplexing controller (11) further includes: a row of lines FO (ll1) and a row of lines! ^ 1 (112). The wireless communication board group (14) is a replaceable module, which includes at least gsm, GPRS or Bluetooth wireless module, but is not limited to this.

The daughter board (2) is also provided with a plurality of components, which at least include: an electronic 2 erasing read-only memory (2 4) and a connector B (2 5). In addition, a battery pack (21) can be further set in the daughter board (2) according to the same requirements (see section ^ ", a memory card adapter (22) (see the third figure) or F. Spring communication module (23) (see the free chart). At least one of the three is a modular daughter board (2) in different forms. The indicated memory adapter (2 2), the usable memory card contains

Page 7 1222827 V. Description of the invention (4) But not limited to MMC (MultiMedia Card), SD (Safe Digital) or MS (Memory Stick) memory card; wireless communication module (23) includes but is not limited to wireless network Or a Bluetooth wireless card, which can also be replaced by a Global Positioning System (GPS) chip. Therefore, the possible combinations of daughter boards (2) can be exemplified as (a) battery pack; (b) memory. Card adapter; (c) wireless network card; (d) memory card adapter + battery pack , (E) battery pack + monitor bud wireless card; (f) battery pack + wireless network card; or (g) battery pack + GPS card, but it is not limited to this.

That is, when the mother card with different types of communication modules is inserted into the modularized daughter card, it can become a multi-conversion communication module device. Examples that can be cited here include: (a) Motherboard ... Wireless network, daughter card ... Memory card (SD, MMC or MS) adapter; (b) Motherboard: GSM or GPRS, daughter card · Wireless network; (c) Mother board: Bluetooth wireless, daughter board: memory card (SD, mmc or MS) adapter + battery pack; (d) mother board · · GSM * GpRS, daughter card · GPS + battery (E) Motherboard: wireless network, daughter card · memory card (Yang, MMC or MS) adapter + battery pack, but not limited to this.

Before the main board and the daughter board are connected, the operation of the components on the main board is performed by multiple controllers (11) that read the data stored in E2PR0M (12) in advance, and then you use the cable F1 (112) to transmit the instructions Wireless communication module (14) The line communication module (14) can operate for wireless transmission. Connected to two different modular daughter boards ⑴ 日 寺, the daughter board ⑴ can make the channel on the daughter board (2) enter the motherboard ⑴ through the connection of Jieyi B (25) and connector A (15). The motherboard ⑴ can be switched by the plug-in action switch EPROM (12) of the daughter board 晶片.

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=), So that the multiplexing controller (11) can choose to read the data pre-stored in the E2PROM (12) on the motherboard (1) or read the pre-stored data in the E2PROM (24) on the daughter board (2). data. The above-mentioned multiplexing controller (11) can support multiple modes. Here are a few examples. As shown in Table 1, Modes 1 to 3 in Table 1 are multiplexed modes, and Modes 4 to 6 are simplex modes. Examples. The multiplexing controller (丨 丨) can achieve its multiplexing purpose through the change of this module.

Information from the daughter board (2), such as information from E2 pROM (2 4), memory card adapter (22), or wireless communication module (2 3), can be obtained from two paths The connector A (15) is transmitted to the cable dagger (111) 'of the multiplexing controller (11) and enters the multiplexing controller (11) to perform the operation of the wireless communication card. Its one path is from the connector A (15) to the SSD device via the bus B2 (162), the bridge chip (13), and then transmitted to the multiplexer control jack (11) via the bus Bι (161). The other path is The self-connector A (1 5) is directly transmitted to the multiplexing controller (11) via the bus c (1 6 3) without passing through the SSD device bridge chip (13). Information transferred from the daughter board (2) to the motherboard (1) can be switched by switching the chip (not shown).

The main function of the above-mentioned SSD device bridge chip (13) is to transmit the information on the pluggable daughter board (2), such as SD, MMC, MS, etc., to the real integration through the SS]) device bridge chip (13) Driven Electronic Interface (True · IDE) 'Its function is the same as that of a general memory expansion card (personai Computer Memory Card International Association, PCMC IA) adapter. Heshu E2PR〇M (12) (24) The main functions include: (1) storage

1222827 V. Description of the invention (6) PCMCIA card information structure (CIS); and (2) store a set value and prepare to set (conn ig) this multiplexer controller to determine the What mode does the multiplexer controller work in (丨 丨). For example, EPROM 93C56 has a total of 256 bytes (bytes).

Set the card data structure (CIS), and set the settings of the e2PROM 93C56 chip as shown in Table 2. That is, when the power is turned on, the data stored in E2PRom 93C56 will be input to the multiplexing controller, and a 240-byte CIS tribute will reside in the RAM buf fer; The other 16-bit and 5 are used for this multiplexing controller, and then the host side of the system will send a reset signal to the card end to determine which branch type this multiplexing controller works in. The host of the system will randomly capture the 240-bit CIS data temporarily stored in the memory to determine what kind of function the card will be when operating in the operating system (OS). That is, it first determines the function of the chip by setting 16-bit data and the reset signal on the host side, and then the operating system will set what functions this card has in Win98 / 2K / CE. ,

1222827 Brief description of the diagram The first diagram is a schematic diagram of a GPRS multi-conversion communication module device according to the present invention. The second figure is a schematic diagram of another embodiment of the GPRS multi-conversion communication module device according to the present invention. The third figure is a schematic diagram of another embodiment of the GPRS multi-conversion communication module device according to the present invention. The fourth figure is a schematic diagram of another embodiment of the GPRS multi-conversion communication module device according to the present invention. Component representative symbol ¥ 1 Motherboard-11 Multiplex controller 111 cable F〇112 cable Fi 12 Electronic rewritable program read-only memory (E2PROM) 13 SSD device bridge chip 14 Wireless communication module 15 Connector A 161 Bus Row B2 162 Bus h _

163 Bus C 2 Daughter Board 21 Battery Pack 22 Memory Card Adapter

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Page 12 1222827 Table 1 Multiple Modes Supported by Multiplex Controller

Mode 1 Mode 2 Mode 3 Mode 4 Mode 5 Mode 6 Cable F0 UART PIO True IDE X PIO True IDE Cable Fi UART UART UART UART X X UART: Universal Asynchronous Receiver and Transmitter (Universal Asynchronous

Receiver / Transmitter) PIO: Programmable Input / Output True IDE: Really integrated drive electronic interface Table 2 Setting value of card data structure set in E2PROM93C56 F0Fi 001 UART UART 010 PIO UART 100 True IDE UART 101 X UART • • • — Multiplex Mode > Simplex Mode

Claims (1)

1222827 6. Scope of patent application 1. A universal device, which can be used to pull out the module for wireless replacement, control data 2 · If the application includes less than one (E2PROM) 3 · If the application is for special control data 4 · If there is a communication module 5 in one step of applying for special setting · If controlling data 6 for applying exclusively · Reading the data for controlling state or controlling capital 7 · If applying for exclusive operation is borrowing = packet wireless service technology (GPRS) The installation of a multi-conversion communication module includes a main board and a daughter board, where the motherboard is provided with at least the necessary components for the communication card to operate. The daughter board is a module card. The special feature is that the daughter board is a The attachment card is changed according to different needs, and the wireless communication card can obtain the control data on the main board or the device described in the first range of the 0 range of the sub board by plugging in the daughter board to determine the items. The necessary components are a multiplex controller, an electronic rewritable program read-only memory bus, a hotline communication module and a connection cry. The device according to the second item of the invention, wherein the series of the main card I is stored in the electronic rewritable program read-only memory. The device described in the first item of the invention, wherein the daughter board has at least an electronic rewritable program read-only memory, a connector, and a battery pack, a memory card slot, a GPS module or a wireless, four At least one of them. …, As described in the fourth item of the range H, wherein the sub-card is stored in the electronic rewritable program read-only memory. The device described in item 3 or 5, wherein the multiplexing control sub-module: the control of the program read-only memory π can erase the wobble of the program read-only memory, which is performed by a switching chip execution item Device, its. In the switching chip, the plug-in action of the daughter card switches the pins of the switching chip. Page 13 n 夂 厶 Q 厶 I Decide. Device described in item 5, A As claimed in the patent scope, the controller on the main card is sequentially passed. The connector or the device described in item 1 of the current X ° Hydro Confluence patent scope ^ a multiplex controller, an SSD device, an erasing program read-only memory (E2p leg), a connector module and A connector. ~ Confluence 10. According to the scope of patent application, it is used to bridge the connection device to the chip. The installation test described in 9 items, the device and the multi-work control heart control device are 11 · The control data described in item 10 of the scope of patent application is stored in the electronic rewritable r = 12. The device described in item 11 of the patent includes at least one electronic rewritable program read-only memory, which includes one step—a battery pack, a memory card slot, and a wired sfL board set, at least one of the four. 1 3 · The device described in item 12 of the scope of patent application, the control data of which is stored in the electronic rewritable type 1 4 · The installer described in item 11 or 13 of the scope of patent application The controller reads the control data of the electronic rewritable process on the motherboard, or reads the control data of the electronic read memory on the daughter board through a switch 1 5 In the device described in item 7, the control data can be transmitted to the multiplexer, the necessary components are to an I piece, an electronic device can be used, and a wireless communication enables the two buses to be connected to the main card in the SSD φ. Read-only memory To the daughter board, to the connector, and a GPS module or a read-only memory on the daughter card. The multi-mode read-only memory can be written and executed by the chip. The switching chip 1222827 VI. The operation of the patent application range is determined by the plug-in action of the daughter card to switch the switching crystal pin. ^ ， 16。 The device as described in item 13 of the scope of patent application, wherein the control data can be sequentially passed through the connector on the main card, the bus, the bridge chip and another bus. To the multiplexing controller. Yi 17. The device as described in item 1 of the scope of patent application, wherein the necessary element includes at least a multiplexing controller, an SSD device bridge chip, an electronic can: write a bus, the first: the sink; the first sink Row, a wireless communication δί 连接 module and a connector. 18. The device as described in item 17 of the scope of patent application, wherein the remote control data on the main card is stored in the electronic rewritable program read-only memory. '1 9 · = The device described in item i of the scope of patent application, where the daughter board ~ is provided with at least an electronic rewritable program read-only memory and a connector, and ^ two = contains-battery pack, a memory At least one of the card slot, a GPS module, or a 1-line flood-traffic module. …, 20. The device as described in item 8 of the scope of patent application, wherein the manufacturing data on the daughter card is stored in the electronic rewritable program to read only the body. 21.!: = The device described in item 18 or 2Q of the patent scope, wherein the control beam can be sequentially passed through the connector on the main card, the first bus: control ΓΓ. The bridging chip and the second bus are transmitted to the device 22. The device described in item 21 of the scope of patent application, the transmission process is determined by a switching chip. China-Israel ”Beco 23. The device described in item 18 or 20 of the scope of patent application, wherein the control Page 15 Scope of patent application Tributary materials can be sequentially input to the multiplexing controller via the connector or third on the main card. Second Confluence Transmission 24. The device according to item 23 of the scope of patent application, wherein the transmission path of the control data is determined by a switching chip. 25. The device according to item 22 or 24 of the scope of patent application, wherein the operation of the switching chip is determined by the insertion and removal of the daughter board. 27. The device described in item 26 of the scope of patent application, 26. The device described in item 18 or 20 of scope of patent application, wherein the multiplexing controller reads the electronic erasable program on the motherboard; Read the note ^ = the control data, or read the control data of the electronic rewritable process =-on the daughter board, which is performed by a switching chip. Feet to decide. The operation is to switch the t knife to change the chip by inserting and removing the daughter card.