WO2010093281A2

WO2010093281A2 - Debugging microcontroller kit and electronic designer

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Publication number: WO2010093281A2
Application number: PCT/RU2009/000702
Authority: WO
Inventors: Нурмухамбет Ильмурадович ХАЛИТОВ
Original assignee: Khalitov Nurmukhambet Ilmuradovich
Priority date: 2009-01-13
Filing date: 2009-12-18
Publication date: 2010-08-19
Also published as: WO2010093281A3

Abstract

The utility model "debugging microcontroller kit and electronic designer" is intended for designing and debugging devices on a base of microcontrollers, with a kit cost of up to 500 rub. The above-mentioned result is achieved in that said kit is formed in the body of a standard compact disc (CD-ROM), wherein all information relating to said device (HEX files, circuits, instructions, programming tools, etc.) is written directly to the compact disc itself, and all accessories are arranged on an insert page in the body of the compact disc, except for the bulky components, such as quartz etc., which are arranged in the corners of the body, and, moreover, the base platform (circuit) is taken to be the circuit of the terminal with a 4x4 (or larger) keyboard and a 7 digit (or more) display, which circuit has been supplemented by a built-in programmer and computer interface of the type RS-232 or USB, with a printed circuit board "dispersed" beneath one of the popular and inexpensive form factors (bodies).

Description

Description of the utility model The utility model relates to the field of computer engineering / microcontrollers / development tools and debugging devices on microcontrollers and can be used as a budget solution for enterprises developing devices on microcontrollers and can also be used as an electronic designer for amateur radio designers.

The objective of the claimed utility model is to provide the technical ability to create an affordable, inexpensive debugging complex-electronic designer, both by specialists of small enterprises, and for amateur designers without the use of special expensive equipment. the problem is solved by the fact that the applicant proposes to use the device "Electronic Designer", described below, for the manufacture of the device "Debug microprocessor kit" utility model "Debug microcontroller kit-Electronic costructor" is a device "Debug microprocessor kit" for the manufacture of which the device is used "Electronic constructor" i.e. is a device for manufacturing a device.

Therefore, in accordance with the recommendations for m. clause 5.2.1, it is possible (necessary) to identify features specific to devices

1. "Debug microcontroller kit"

2. "Electronic Designer"

Description of the device "Electronic Designer"

Analogs of the Electronic Constructor device manufactured by the industry are not known to me since the technology of thermal transfer (iGOP PCB or LUT) is used for the manufacture of the "Debug microcontroller kit" device. It is used by specialists and amateur radio enthusiasts to make single copies or small series of printed circuit boards, the industry does not used due to the fact that it requires a large amount of manual labor for the manufacture of printed circuit boards of manufactured devices.

A brief description of the iCOP PCB technology or laser-ironing technology can be found in Appendix 1. The following characteristic features can be distinguished for the "Electronic Designer" device:

1) Use as a structural base of a Jewel Boh case, while a Jewel Boh type housing is used to place all the components necessary for the manufacture of the Microcontroller Debugging Kit device.

A description of a CD or DVD in a Jewel Boch case is available at www.cd-format. gu /? page = 134 A printout of this page is available in Appendix 2.

2) The use of an insert (upper insert sheet) in a Jewel BOX type housing for placing, according to the drawing in Appendix 4 of Fig. 2, electronic components necessary for the manufacture of the Microcontroller Debugging Kit device.

3) The use of inlay (bottom liner) in a Jewel Boh housing for placement on its corners of the overall electronic components necessary for the manufacture of a Microcontroller Debugging Kit, such as a quartz resonator, iR LEDs, etc.

4) the use of a Jewel Boh type case for placing in it (the case) prints (stencils) of printed circuit boards necessary for the manufacture of printed circuit boards of the "Debug microcontroller kit" device by thermal transfer.

5) using a compact disc or DVD disc to record on it (a disc) all the information necessary for the manufacture of a "debug microcontroller kit" device such as files necessary for the production of prints (stencils) used for the manufacture of printed circuit boards, if necessary, detailed instructions for the manufacture of printed circuit boards , device diagrams and other necessary information tion, and the subsequent placement of the aforementioned disk in the case of type Zevel box. a brief description of the drawings of the device "Electronic Designer" is available in Appendix 4, where: in FIG. 1 drawing of a case with a type of green boch with a compact or DVD disk placed in it (case) onto which all the information necessary for the manufacture of the Microcontroller's Debugging Kit device, such as files necessary for the production of printouts (stencils) used for manufacturing of printed circuit boards, detailed instructions for the manufacture of printed circuit boards, and other necessary information.

In Fig.2 and Fig.Z drawings of prints of drawings of printed circuit boards (stencils) on thermal film or special paper necessary for the manufacture of printed circuit boards by thermal transfer.

Figure 4 is a drawing of an insert (upper insert sheet) into a Zebel box type case with the electronic components located on it necessary for the manufacture of a "debug microcontroller kit" device.

The implementation of the device "electronic constructor"

Insert sheets into the CD case (insert and inlay) are made by printing or are printed on a printer according to the drawings in FIG. 4 of Appendix 4, then the electronic components necessary for the manufacture of the "Microcontroller Debugging Kit" device are placed on them, the components are fixed on the insert and inlay using a special glue-flux and / or mechanically and placed in a green box-type housing.

Printouts of the printed circuit board pattern (stencils) required for the manufacturing of the printed circuit board of the "Debug Microcontroller Kit" device by thermal transfer are printed on a laser printer on thermal film or special paper, according to the drawings in Fig. 3 and Fig. 4, and then placed in a Zebel box type case.

All files and the corresponding software tool needed to produce, if necessary, prints of the printed circuit board drawings (stencils) used to make the printed circuit boards of the Debug Microcontroller Kit device using the thermal transfer method, as well as detailed instructions for using the Electronic Designer device, are recorded on CD or DVD disc, and then this disc is also placed in the case of a type of sound boh.

Description of the device "Debug microcontroller kit"

Known devices: a debugging kit STK 500-501 from ATMEL company and similar kits from other leading manufacturers of microcontrollers such as msgoshir, ipfipeop, Siemeps, etc. They are characterized by universality, lack of binding to any popular form factor (case) and platform (email. scheme). closest in technical essence. is a debugging kit STK-500 of the company Atmel. STK-500 kit descriptions can be found on the official website of the Russian representative office of the Atmel company www.atmel.ru / onrdware / Nardware.ehtm The printout from this site is on Appendix 3. The disadvantage of the described constructions is the necessity of using expensive special equipment for its manufacture and, as a result, with respect to high cost of the final product = 100-200 USD. such equipment (and the price of the product) is not available not only for most radio amateurs living outside the capital, but also for many small enterprises. On the other hand, the complex of technical and constructive solutions that I propose as an Electronic Constructor device quite acceptable for small enterprises and hobbyists is economically disadvantageous in conditions of a large mechanized enterprise because of the large amount of manual labor required to make the Microprocessor Debugging Kit device. It is known that the price of the microcontrollers themselves and their "strapping" is relatively low: that is, the cost of the popular microns (ATtiny2313, ATmega8) is 50-100 rubles, and the average price of SMD (chip) Components such as resistors, capacitors, transistors, etc. is 0.5 rubles. Thus, the cost of the device per micron with the number of SMD components of 100, (i.e. rather complicated), excluding the printed circuit board and the case, can be 150-200 rubles. Moreover, all these components, due to their miniature size, are easily m. placed on insert sheets (insert and inle) into a Jewel Boh case costing (together with the case) 15–20 rubles for a CD and 40–50 for a DVD. A description of the design of the CD or DVD disc in the Jewel Boch case is available at www.cd-format. gu /? page = 134 and in Appendix 2.

As for the printed circuit board, technologies have recently emerged for the manufacture of printed circuit boards using the thermal transfer method (IRop pcb or loot technology) of the printed circuit board both from special thermal films and from available paper types, while the printed circuit board may printed on this paper using a conventional laser printer using available wiring programs. These technologies do not require any special equipment and can be applied both in a small business and even at home. moreover, the finished printout of the printed circuit board (screen) on such a film or paper can also be easily placed in a housing of type Jew boh.

And taking into account the fact that the capacity of a standard CD is 700 megabytes (and a DVD disk) equal to 4 gigabytes), and with the volume of program memory of the aforementioned microns equal to 2-8 kilobytes, hundreds of different firmware programs for these microns can be placed on such a disc plus 100 megabytes of various service information (schemes, instructions, software tools, etc.).

For the Device "Debug microcontroller kit" the following characteristic features can be distinguished:

1) the use of the device "Electronic Designer" described above, for the manufacture of the device "Debug microcontroller kit"

2) use as a basic platform of the circuit (and program) a standard terminal with a 4x4 keyboard (or more) with a 7-bit (or more) display equipped with a built-in programmer and a computer interface RS-232 and / or USB, with a PCB layout for any affordable and inexpensive case, which is not pretending to universality, nevertheless covers most of the requests of the above categories of consumers.

3) the use of a CD or DVD disk for recording on it (disk) executable (HEX) files, which are a necessary component of the "debug microprocessor kit" device, for recording on it (disk) the software part of the built-in programmer, which is necessary for recording microcontroller programs in memory devices "Debugging microprocessor set of executable (HEX) files, and other programs necessary for functioning of the device" Debugging microcontroller set ".

Appendices 4 and 5 provide a brief description of the drawings of the "Debugging Microcontroller Kit" device. where, in appendix 4 of FIG. 1, a drawing of a compact or DVD disc in a Jewel Boh 'case at a scale of 0.7 / 1 on which all information related to the "Debugging Microcontroller Kit" device is recorded, such as executable (HEX) files that are a necessary part of the device " Debug microcontroller kit ", the software part of the built-in programmer, necessary for writing executable (HEX) files, and other files necessary for fiction, to the microcontroller program memory of the device" debug microcontroller kit " any device "debug microcontroller kit" programs.

In Appendix 5 of FIG. 1,2,3,4,5 photographs of the device "debug microcontroller kit" made using the device "Electronic Designer".

In Appendix b, a possible variant of the circuit implementation of the device is "debug microcontroller kit. the implementation of the device "debugging microσσσntrottler kit" Devices "Debugging microcontroller kit" is made using devices "Electronic designer" which is an integral part of the proposed utility model. in particular, the printed circuit boards of the device are made by thermal transfer of the printed circuit board using printouts of the printed circuit board on thermal film or special paper (stencils) that are part of the Electronic Designer device and located in the green housing of the proposed utility model, detailed instructions for the manufacture of printed circuit boards device boards, as well as the files necessary for self-production, if necessary, the above stencils are recorded on a CD or DVD disk I'm part of the proposed utility model.

Then, the electronic components located on the insert and inle of the "Electronic Designer" device, which is part of the proposed utility model, are mounted on the printed circuit boards of the "Debugging microprocessor kit" device manufactured according to the electrical circuit diagram (in FIG. 6) and wiring diagrams, and also in FIG. 1,2,3,4,5 in Appendix 5. The circuit data and detailed step-by-step instructions for manufacturing the device "debug microcontroller kit" are recorded on a compact disc or DVD disc included in the proposed utility model (see Appendix 4 of Fig. 1). and in conclusion, using the device’s built-in programmer, executable (HEX) files recorded on the CD or DVD included in the utility model are recorded in the microcontroller’s memory of the device’s microcontroller, which is an integral part of the “Debugging microcontroller kit” device . the program part of the programmer built into the "Debugging Microcontroller Kit" device and executable (HEX) files are also recorded on a CD or DVD included in the proposed utility model. Using the claimed utility model, the technical (and economic) possibility of manufacturing the proposed device without the use of special equipment is achieved, at a low cost and sufficiently high consumer qualities of the "Debug microcontroller kit-Electronic constructor" set

Claims

Formula

1. Utility model "Debug microcontroller kit-Electronic constructor", consisting of the device "Electronic constructor" intended for the manufacture of the device "Debug microcontroller kit" used for designing and debugging devices based on microcontrollers, characterized in that for as a structural base of the proposed utility model the case of a compact disk or a DVD disk of the Jewel Boh type is used, and on the disc itself is recorded all the information necessary for making the device "Debug th microcontroller kit "t. E. related to the device "Electronic Designer", and for the operation of the device "Debug microcontroller kit", i.e. related to this device.

2. The device "Electronic Designer" according to claim 1, characterized in that as the structural base of the device "Electronic Designer" is used a housing of type Jew Box for placement in it (housing) of all components necessary for the manufacture of the device "Debugging microcontroller kit".

3. The device according to claim 2, characterized in that the insert (upper insert sheet) in the Jewel Boh type case is used to place electronic components on it necessary for the manufacture of the Microcontroller Debugging Kit device.

4. The device according to claim 2, characterized in that the inlay (lower leaf insert) in the Jewel Boh type housing is used for placement on its corners of the overall electronic components necessary for the manufacture of the Microcontroller Debugging Kit device, such as a quartz resonator, IR LEDs, etc.

5. The device according to claim 2, characterized in that the Jewel Boh type case is used to place printouts of printed circuit boards (stencils) in it (the case) necessary for the manufacture of printed circuit boards of the "Debug microcontroller kit" device by thermal transfer.

6. The device according to claim 2, characterized in that the compact disc or DVD disc is used to record on it (the disc) all the information necessary for the manufacture of the "Debug microcontroller kit" device, such as files necessary for the production of printouts (stencils) used if necessary for the manufacture of printed circuit boards, detailed instructions for the manufacture of printed circuit boards, circuit diagrams of the device and other necessary information, and the subsequent placement of the aforementioned disk in a case of type Jew boh.

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7. The device "Debug microcontroller kit" according to claim 1, characterized in that the device "Electronic Designer" described above is used to manufacture the device "Debug microcontroller kit".

8. The device according to claim 7, characterized in that the basic platform uses a circuit (and program) of a standard terminal with a 4x4 keyboard (or more) with a 7 (or more) bit display equipped with a built-in programmer and RS-232 computer interface and / or USB, and other hardware necessary for the normal operation of the Micro-Debug Microcontroller Kit.

9. The device according to claim 7, characterized in that it uses a CD or DVD disc to write executable (HEX) files on it (a disk), which are a necessary part of the "Debugging microprocessor kit" device, to record the software part of the built-in programmer on it (disk), necessary for recording in the program memory of the microcontroller of the device "Debug microprocessor set of executable (HEX) files, and other programs necessary for the functioning of the device" Debug microcontroller set ".

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