TWM557381U - Solid-state hard disk copying device with removable mother-source connection mechanism - Google Patents

Abstract

A solid-state hard disk copying device with a removable female source connection mechanism includes: a housing; a removable female source interface, which is located in a first area of the housing, has a groove and a female source connector to A mother solid-state hard disk is detachably inserted; a plurality of PCI-E modules are located in a second area of the casing for a plurality of solid-state storage devices to be inserted; and an operation interface, It is located in a third area of the casing, and is used to copy the parent source copy data of the parent source solid state hard disk to the plurality of solid state storage devices according to an input operation received by the operation interface.

Description

Solid-state hard disk copying device with removable mother-source connection mechanism

This creation relates to a solid-state hard disk copy device, and more particularly to a PCI-E solid-state hard disk copy device that is convenient for users to perform copy operations and expands the number of copies.

The general copy of a PCI-E solid-state hard disk is usually performed using a PCI-E connection interface provided by a PC (Personal Computer) PCI-E (peripheral component interconnection-express) control card. However, this approach requires the cooperation of management software, and it cannot handle many solid state drives at one time, that is, it cannot perform a large number of copy operations.

In addition, for different customers, the number of batch copies of PCI-E SSDs may have different requirements. In order to meet the needs of different customers, manufacturers of PCI-E solid-state hard disk copy devices must provide various specifications of solid-state hard disk copy devices. However, when there are many different specifications to meet, the overall cost of a PCI-E solid state drive copy device manufacturer can increase significantly.

In addition, when a PCI-E control card fails, the multiple PCI-E connection interfaces provided by it do not work properly.

In order to solve the aforementioned problems, a novel PCI-E solid state hard disk copy device is urgently needed in the art.

One of the purposes of this creation is to disclose a solid state hard disk copy device with a removable mother source connection mechanism, which is provided by a removable mother source interface for a mother source solid state hard disk 10 to be detachably connected. In order to facilitate users to perform a data copy operation.

Another purpose of this creation is to disclose a solid-state hard disk copy device with a removable mother-source connection mechanism, which can adjust the number of copy units by serial connection to meet the number of copies of various batches.

Another purpose of this creation is to reveal a solid-state hard disk copy device with a removable mother-source connection mechanism, which can implement a PCI-E (peripheral component) through a field programmable gate array (FPGA) chip interconnection-express (peripheral component connection-fast) solid-state hard disk copy function to independently perform a data copy operation without the need of a PC (personal computer; personal computer) support, and simplified by the general PCI-E controller Way to achieve PCI-E solid state hard disk copy function.

Another purpose of this creation is to disclose a solid-state hard disk copy device with a removable mother-source connection mechanism, which has a plurality of independently replaceable copy units in order to facilitate the elimination of local failures of the copy device.

Another purpose of this creation is to disclose a solid-state hard disk copy device with a removable mother-source connection mechanism, which can perform data comparison on the copied solid-state hard disk to ensure the correctness of the data copy.

In order to achieve the foregoing object, a solid-state hard disk copy device with a removable mother-source connection mechanism is proposed, which has:

A shell

A removable female source interface, which is located in a first area of the casing, has a groove and a female source connector for a female source solid state hard disk to be detachably connected;

A plurality of PCI-E modules, which are located in a second area of the casing and are used for plugging in a plurality of solid-state storage devices; and

An operation interface is located in a third area of the casing, and is used to copy the mother source copy data of the mother source solid state hard disk to the plurality of solid state storage devices according to an input operation received by the operation interface.

In one embodiment, each of the PCI-E modules has:

A serial input port;

A serial output port; and

A control unit comprising an FPGA chip and a serial interface and a PCI-E interface circuit electrically coupled with the FPGA chip;

The FPGA chip is electrically coupled to the serial input port and the serial output port respectively through the serial interface, and is coupled to the PCI-E module and the PCI-E module through the PCI-E interface circuit; The FPGA chip receives the source copy data through the serial input port; and the FPGA chip copies the source copy data into a solid-state storage device through the PCI-E interface circuit.

In one embodiment, the FPGA chip outputs the mother source copy data through the serial output port.

In an embodiment, the plurality of PCI-E modules are electrically connected to one of the serial input ports and one of the serial connections by a connection line between every two adjacent PCI-E modules. The output ports form a series connection.

In one embodiment, the source copy data is obtained by decompressing a source image file.

In an embodiment, the source image file is an image file selected from a plurality of image files stored in a memory of the mother solid state hard disk in advance.

In one embodiment, the operation mask has an information display screen.

In one embodiment, the operation interface has a plurality of selection buttons.

In an embodiment, each of the copy units further has an indicator lamp driving circuit to drive a plurality of indicators.

In an embodiment, the female connector has a PCI-E interface or a SATA (serial advanced technology attachment) interface or a USB (universal serial bus) interface.

In order to allow the expensive review committee to further understand the structure, characteristics, and purpose of the new model, drawings and detailed descriptions of the preferred embodiments are attached below.

Please refer to FIG. 1, which is a schematic diagram of the appearance of an embodiment of a solid state hard disk copy device with a removable mother source connection mechanism. FIG. 2 is a solid state disk copy device with a removable mother source connection mechanism of FIG. 1. An exploded view of a copy unit; and FIG. 3 is a schematic view of interconnection states of a plurality of copy units of the solid-state hard disk copy device with a removable mother-source connection mechanism of FIG. 1. As shown in Figure 1-3, the solid-state hard disk copy device with a removable mother-source connection mechanism includes a casing 100, a removable mother-source interface 101, a plurality of PCI-E modules 110, and a message display 120. And a set of keys 131-132, wherein each PCI-E module 110 has a PCI-E interface 111, a plurality of indicator lights 112, a circuit board 113, a serial input port 114 and a serial output port 115, and the plurality of PCI-E modules 110 are connected in series by a plurality of connection lines 116 (through the serial output port 115 of the previous PCI-E module 110 and the serial connection of the subsequent PCI-E module 110 The input ports 114 are connected to each other) to form a series connection.

The removable female source interface 101 is located in a first area of the housing 100, and has a groove 101a and a female connector 101b. The female connector 101b may have a PCI-E interface or a SATA (serial advanced technology) attachment (serial advanced technology attachment) interface or a USB (universal serial bus; universal serial bus) interface for a mother solid state hard disk 10 to be detachably inserted.

The plurality of PCI-E modules 110 are located in a second area of the casing 100 and are used for plugging in a plurality of solid-state storage devices 200-205.

The message display screen 120 and the keys 131-132 are used to form an operation interface in a third area of the casing 100 for a user to perform an input operation to copy the mother source copy data of the mother source solid state hard disk 10 to The plurality of solid-state storage devices 200-205.

Please refer to FIG. 4, which shows a circuit block diagram of the circuit board 113. As shown in FIG. 4, the circuit board 113 carries an FPGA chip 1131 and a serial interface 1132, a PCI-E interface circuit 1133, a display interface 1134, a key circuit 1135, and an indicator, which are electrically coupled to the FPGA chip 1131. The lamp driving circuit 1136 and a work recording unit 1137.

Among them, the FPGA chip 1131 is electrically coupled to the serial input port 114 and the serial output port 115 respectively through the serial interface 1132, and is coupled through the PCI-E interface circuit 1133 and the PCI-E interface 111.

One of the plurality of PCI-E modules 110. The first PCI-E module is under the control of its FPGA chip 1131, and receives a copy of the data from the mother source solid state hard disk 10 through a serial input port 114. And output the source copy data through a serial output port 115, while other PCI-E modules 110 are under the control of their respective FPGA chips 1131 and received by a serial input port 114 from the previous one. The mother-source copy data sent by the PCI-E module 110 through a serial output port 115. After receiving a plurality of PCI-E modules 110, the mother-source copy data can be copied to the solid-state storage devices 200-205.

In addition, the source copy data can be obtained by decompressing a source image file, where the source image file can be stored in a memory (not shown) of the source solid state hard disk 10 in advance. One of the multiple images selected.

The FPGA chip 1131 can be coupled through the display interface 1134 and the message display screen 120 (which can be constituted by a liquid crystal display) to provide information on the operating status, and through the key circuit 1135 and the keys 131-132 (including an activation key and a plurality of selection keys) ) Is coupled to receive key input. In an embodiment, the display interface 1134 and the message display 120 of the first copy unit are coupled, and the key circuit 1135 and the keys 131-132 of the first copy unit are coupled, while other copy units The display interface 1134 and the key circuit 1135 are not used.

The FPGA chip 1131 can drive the plurality of indicators 112 through the indicator driving circuit 1136 to indicate an operation state of a corresponding copy unit 110.

In addition, the FPGA chip 1131 can also store a work record through the work record unit 1137.

Please refer to FIG. 5, which is a schematic diagram of an operation example of a solid-state hard disk copy device with a removable mother-source connection mechanism. As shown in FIG. 5, after inserting the mother solid state hard disk 10 into the removable mother interface 101, the user can insert the mother by pressing the buttons 131-132 (including an activation button and a plurality of selection buttons). The source copy data in the source solid-state hard disk 10 is copied to the solid-state hard disks 200-205, thereby completing a batch copying operation.

In addition, this creation can further add an expansion input port and an expansion output port to the shell of the solid-state hard disk copy device with a removable mother-source connection mechanism, so that the expansion output port of a copy device It can be connected to the expansion input port of another copy device to expand the number of batch copies.

In addition, the solid-state hard disk copy device with a removable mother-source connection mechanism of the present invention can also perform a data comparison procedure after executing a batch of copying operations to ensure the correctness of the data copy.

In addition, since the functions of this creation can be realized by planning an FPGA chip, the solid-state hard disk copy device with a removable mother-source connection mechanism of this creation can meet the needs of users to copy solid-state hard disks without the support of a PC. In addition, since the FPGA chip of this creation only needs to implement the solid-state hard disk copy function in the control part of the PCI-E interface, it can omit other functions (such as display cards and sound cards) possessed by general PCI-E controllers. , Network card, etc.), and can further enhance the robustness and reliability of the solid-state hard disk copy device with a removable mother-source connection mechanism.

With the design disclosed above, this creation has the following advantages:

1. The solid-state hard disk copying device with a removable mother-source connection mechanism has a removable mother-source interface for a mother-source solid-state hard disk 10 to be detachably inserted to facilitate users to perform a data copy operation .

2. The solid-state hard disk copy device with a removable mother-source connection mechanism can adjust the number of copy units by serial connection to meet the demand for various batch copies.

3. The solid-state hard disk copy device with a removable mother-source connection mechanism of this creation can implement a PCI-E solid-state hard disk copy function through an FPGA chip, so that a data copy operation can be performed independently without the support of a PC, and The PCI-E solid-state hard disk copy function is implemented in a simplified manner compared with the general PCI-E controller.

4. The solid-state hard disk copy device with a removable mother-source connection mechanism of the present invention has a plurality of independently replaceable copy units, so that local faults of the copy device can be easily eliminated.

5. The solid-state hard disk copy device with the removable mother-source connection mechanism of this creation can compare the data of the copied solid-state hard disk to ensure the correctness of the data copy.

What is disclosed in this case is a preferred embodiment. For example, those who have partial changes or modifications that are derived from the technical ideas of this case and are easily inferred by those skilled in the art, do not depart from the scope of patent rights in this case.

In summary, regardless of the purpose, method and effect, this case is showing its technical characteristics that are quite different from the conventional ones, and its first creation is practical and practical, and it is also in line with the new type of patent requirements. Granting patents at an early date will benefit society and feel good.

10‧‧‧ Mother Source Solid State Drive

100‧‧‧shell

101‧‧‧Extractable female source interface

101a‧‧‧groove

101b‧‧‧female connector

110‧‧‧PCI-E module

111‧‧‧PCI-E interface

112‧‧‧ Indicator

113‧‧‧Circuit Board

114‧‧‧ serial input port

115‧‧‧ serial output port

116‧‧‧Connecting cable

120‧‧‧ Message Display

131-132‧‧‧button

1131‧‧‧FPGA Chip

1132‧‧‧Interface

1133‧‧‧PCI-E interface circuit

1134‧‧‧display interface

1135‧‧‧Key Circuit

1136‧‧‧ Indicator Drive Circuit

1137‧‧‧Work recording unit

200-205‧‧‧Solid State Storage Device

FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of an embodiment of a solid-state hard disk copying device with a removable mother-source connection mechanism. FIG. 2 is an exploded view of a copy unit of the solid-state hard disk copy device with the removable mother-source connection mechanism of FIG. 1. FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram of interconnection states of a plurality of copy units of the solid-state hard disk copy device with a removable mother-source connection mechanism of FIG. 1. FIG. 4 is a block diagram of a circuit carried by a circuit board of the solid-state hard disk copying device with a removable mother-source connection mechanism of FIG. 1. FIG. 5 is a schematic diagram of an operation example of a solid-state hard disk copy device with a removable source connection mechanism.

10‧‧‧ Mother Source Solid State Drive

100‧‧‧shell

101‧‧‧Extractable female source interface

110‧‧‧PCI-E module

111‧‧‧PCI-E interface

112‧‧‧ Indicator

120‧‧‧ Message Display

131-132‧‧‧button

200-205‧‧‧Solid State Storage Device

Claims (10)

A solid-state hard disk copying device with a removable female source connection mechanism includes: a housing; a removable female source interface, which is located in a first area of the housing, has a groove and a female source connector to For a mother-source solid state hard disk to be detachably inserted; a plurality of PCI-E modules, which are located in a second area of the casing, for a plurality of solid-state storage devices to be inserted; and an operation interface, It is located in a third area of the casing, and is used to copy the parent source copy data of the parent source solid state hard disk to the plurality of solid state storage devices according to an input operation received by the operation interface. According to the solid-state hard disk copy device with a removable mother-source connection mechanism described in item 1 of the scope of the patent application, each of the PCI-E modules has: a serial input port; a serial output port And a control unit including an FPGA chip and a serial interface and a PCI-E interface circuit electrically coupled to the FPGA chip; wherein the FPGA chip is connected to the serial input through the serial interface respectively The port is electrically coupled to the serial output port, and is coupled to a PCI-E module through the PCI-E interface circuit; the FPGA chip receives the source copy data through the serial input port. ; And the FPGA chip copies the mother source copy data to a solid state storage device via the PCI-E interface circuit. The solid-state hard disk copy device with a removable mother-source connection mechanism described in item 2 of the scope of the patent application, wherein the FPGA chip outputs the mother-source copy data through the serial output port. The solid-state hard disk copying device with a removable mother-source connection mechanism described in item 2 of the scope of the patent application, wherein the plurality of PCI-E modules are formed by using a space between every two adjacent PCI-E modules. A connection line electrically connects a serial input port and a serial output port to form a serial combination. According to the solid-state hard disk copy device with a removable mother-source connection mechanism described in item 1 of the scope of the patent application, the mother-source copy data is obtained by decompressing a source image file. The solid-state hard disk copy device with a removable mother-source connection mechanism according to item 5 of the scope of the patent application, wherein the source image file is a plurality of pre-stored in a memory of one of the mother-source solid-state hard disks One of the images selected in the image. The solid-state hard disk copying device with a removable mother-source connection mechanism described in item 1 of the scope of the patent application, wherein the operation mask has an information display screen. The solid-state hard disk copy device with a removable mother-source connection mechanism described in item 1 of the scope of the patent application, wherein the operation interface has a plurality of selection buttons. According to the solid-state hard disk copy device with a removable mother-source connection mechanism described in item 1 of the scope of the patent application, each of the copy units further has an indicator lamp driving circuit to drive a plurality of indicators . According to the solid-state hard disk copy device with a removable mother-source connection mechanism described in item 1 of the scope of the patent application, the mother-source connector has a PCI-E interface or a SATA interface or a USB interface .